The Experience: Where can you find rock stars, Chinese acrobats, dog tricks, fruit pies and baby pigs all in one place? The State Fair, of course! Starting Friday, this annual event will More…

The Experience: Glimpses of sun and the rapidly waning school year are getting locals riled up for summer. What better way to officially ring in the season than to pick a flat of ripe, sun-kissed berries and make jam? Or you might eat most of them on the way home and enjoy the last morsels in a pie or with a dollop of whipped cream. Yum. Kids love traipsing through the fields to find ripe berries, and somehow what you could buy at the store or farmer’s market is even sweeter when you’ve spent a summer day harvesting them yourself. More…

Farm store, pumpkin patch, corn maze, berries and more.
15801 SW Roy Rogers Rd., Sherwood; 503-590-4301; www.baggenstosfarms.com.

34840 SW Johnson School Rd., Cornelius; 503-357-3570; www.peachypigfarm.com. Pumpkin patch; u-pick fruits, vegetables and nuts; farm animals and more.
34840 SW Johnson School Rd., Cornelius; 503-357-3570; www.peachypigfarm.com.

Highlights include a pumpkin festival, concerts, petting farm and country store.
14601 Arndt Road, Aurora; 503-678-2455; www.firpointfarms.com.

Features many family-friendly festivals throughout the year.
17673 French Prairie Rd., St. Paul; 503-633-8445; www.frenchprairiegardens.com.

Corn maze, pumpkin patch and hay rides in October. Petting zoo. Check for free summer concerts, pending permit approval.
17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd.; 503-621-3489; www.krugersfarm.com.

Pumpkin festival in October features hayrides, activities and farm animals.
21975 SW 65th Ave., Tualatin; 503-638-1869; www.leefarmsoregon.com.

A woman-owned farm featuring organically grown berries and vegetables. U-pick or pick up.
25113 S Ridge Rd., Beavercreek; 503-632-0462; www.moonridgefarms.com.

22255 SE Borges Rd., Damascus; 503-658-2237; Family farming since 1906. Pumpkin patch with horse-drawn hayrides (weekends) in October.

Pumpkin patch, mazes and pumpkin flinging (from a trebuchet!) in the fall; other activities throughout the year.
11435 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd.; 503-645-9561; www.plumperpumpkins.com.

Corn maze, pumpkin patch, hay rides and farm animals.
16511 NW Gillihan Rd., Sauvie Island; 503-621-3874; www.thepumpkinpatch.com.

Pumpkin patch; u-pick fruits, vegetables and nuts; farm animals and more.

34840 SW Johnson School Rd., Cornelius; 503-357-3570; www.peachypigfarm.com.