I've loved reading your recommendations of vacant lots -- keep them coming! Above is one of my favorites (taken at the corner of Sredzkistraße and Rykestraße a couple of years ago. Doesn't that one perfect apple seem placed by a divine hand? And talking of bounty, I was stunned by this morning's pristine blue sky. Cool breezes and golden light: perfect weather for berry-picking, no? Off we go!
If you're inspired too, here's an updated version of pick-your-own places (strawberries, blueberries, cherries sweet and sour, apples and more) from last year's post. Do let me know if you have favorites I've missed.
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For free foraging in the city and suroundings, see the much-beloved Mundraub (with an article on the same by Slow Berlin here).
Berliner Beerengarten, various locations
Buschmann Winkelmann/Spargelhof Kleistow, Glindower Straße 28, Klaistow (map)
Tel. 033206 / 61070
Neumanns Erntegarten, Heineberg 2, Potsdam-Bornim (map)
Tel. 0331 501651 or 0170 8368646
Reported on by Suzy of Foodie in Berlin and Sam and Sophie of Krauted Haus.
Obstgut Marquardt, Potsdam-Satzkorn (map)
Tel. 033208 57718
Obsthof Lindicke, Am Plessower Eck 1, Werder (map)
Tel. 03327/45624
SL Gartenbau, Perwenitzer Chaussee 2, Oberkrämer-Vehlefanz (map)
Tel. 03304/39940
Obstbau Zaspel, Helenenauer Weg 2, Blumberg-Elisenau (map)
Tel. 03338/45524 o. 0172/4149186
Obstgut Müller, Dorfstr. 1, Altlandsberg-Wesendahl (map)
Tel. 03341/ 215856
Great list Sylee! Have fun today and if you pick too many berries to eat then I will personally go out of my way to help you deal with the overspill :-D
Posted by: paul | 16 July 2011 at 11:09 AM
so cheering to think of urban berlin with the greenings of fruit within.
Posted by: jonquil | 16 July 2011 at 02:26 PM
lol... eat the forbidden fruit :0
Great post.
Posted by: dan | 17 July 2011 at 11:30 PM
Paul, I'll do a summer pudding soon and you can be first in line!
Jonquil, I know, long may that green heart live!
Dan, thank you.
Posted by: Berlin Reified | 18 July 2011 at 10:18 AM
great picture. The light is perfect for that shot.
Posted by: Oh-Berlin.com | 21 July 2011 at 02:48 PM
Karina, I couldn't quite believe my luck when I saw that one apple in that light.
Posted by: Berlin Reified | 22 July 2011 at 06:06 PM
I've been dreaming of the blueberries in Berlin for the last two years. I think my little baby boy was conceived in the haze of ecstatic blueberry engorgement. Now I'm back and pigging out again, I'm inclining toward the raspberries...
Posted by: The Good Soup | 01 August 2011 at 03:48 PM
I love those little green spots in Berlin. You never quite expect them, and they're lovely! The picture is great, too, of course. I love how there's really just the ONE apple - I mean, what are the odds? It looks like one of those ancient pictures.
Posted by: Daniella | 22 August 2011 at 02:06 PM
The Good Soup, did you end up finding raspberries?
Daniella, you understand!
Posted by: Berlin Reified | 17 September 2011 at 10:37 PM
Comparative anatomy was first pursued to answer some questions about evolutionary adaptation raised by physical anthropologists. Anthropologists still make frequent use of comparative dental anatomy in their work. Thanks.
Posted by: www.weightlosspunch.com | 18 March 2013 at 01:29 PM
One of the things I miss most is the acres of wild blackberries that grow all over the NW (USA) around Seattle this time of year. Might be time to go scavenging - thanks for the tips!
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