Atkinson Farm

Visiting family in Magnolia and stopped by Atkinson Farm for just some watermelon, however, everything looked so amazing that we picked up fresh yellow and red tomatoes, zucchini, and cantaloupe too!

Went for the first time this morning with my church group. Pulling in was a calm peaceful drive, the road is maintained so it wasn’t a bumpy adventure like pulling into other farms we have picked produce at. I was a little confused at where to go at first but just kept following the road and eventually found it.
Parking was easy and there was plenty of it for a weekday morning, although I can imagine it wouldn’t be the best on a busy weekend. Upon entering the main building it was refreshing that the workers were so friendly, they offered us buckets (a dollar each, that can be used each returning visit) as well as told us we were welcome to use our own bucket or bag. We bought one from them. She then pointed us in the direction of the crops and wished us well.
Walking out you pass a barn and a few homes which are all well kept as well as another crop that looked to be where their fresh veggies were grown. A farm hand was walking near us and struck up conversation and told us the best place to pick berries at. He was also very nice.
After about an hour we went to pay and the line was long but it was quick and the cashier again apologized to each person for the wait. She really is great at customer service.
All together it was an enjoyable experience. There is livestock in the back of the property that my kids enjoyed looking at and the property is well maintained with friendly staff. Not to mention the strawberries are tasty, can’t wait to try the rest of the produce I purchased. If you’re in the area and looking for good family fun, or just fresh produce… you can’t get any fresher than from the fields to your table.

I brought my 8 year old daughter to pick strawberries on Saturday. It was a fun experience and the strawberries were great. We also enjoyed shopping in the market afterwards. Make sure to arrive early it got busy quick and parking was tight when it started to get busy. The staff was very helpful. I would definitely go back.

My friend and I brought our two 10 year old kiddos to the farm to pick some fresh strawberries during Spring Break. What a terrific experience! Bring your bucket or buy one there for $ 1.00. Then, go to the massive fields and start picking. Not every plant has ripe ones so be ready to enjoy the experience going plant to plant. They were plentiful but you have to sort through them methodically only picking the edible ones. We saw plenty of red, ripe, untainted strawberries and picked them. There were several rotten on the bottom ones too, which is to be expected, so we just taught the kiddos to only pluck the ones they’d really eat and leave the non-​ripe ones and the rotten ones on the plant. Just as a precaution, we warned our 10 year olds about spiders, bugs, or varmits, but there were surprisingly none that we saw the whole time. It was a sunny day and we spent about an hour there, going up and down the rows together. Before we got out of the car, put spf on the kiddos and our arms, glad we did. Then, we went to the tiny store to weigh and pay for 4 buckets of our fresh, picked strawberries. We also purchased other fruits and vegetables while there. Yum! We finished off the adventure by making strawberry smoothies at home and the kiddos (and us adults) had a perfectly pleasant day!

March 1^st was kickoff for picking so I decided to take my 7yr old daughter out to pick Strawberries on Sat. March 5, 2016 ! Weather was perfect thou we arrived at 11:30am. Later than I wanted. They open at 10:00am. We managed to just about fill a bucket which they gave us and we paid later. I must say if you wanna find Good Strawberries Come early! Dont think your gonna show up 4hrs after opening and find a bunch! Just saying! The girls in store we very nice and cheerful. Parking gets filled up too! Bring hats & sunglasses! They also have beautiful and nice homegrown fruits and vegetables in lil store be sure and take some home and Eat Fresh! Roasted Cauliflower is amazing! It was absolutely Fun and I definitely recommend it! Charge your cellphone up get some awesome videos and pictures of family!

Awesome! We had so much fun!
We shopped at the market since it wasn’t a time we could pick and they were very helpful! The fruit and vegetable sections were great and fresh.
Kids will love this place. My kids loved it! They picked out a variety of fruits and vegetables and we discussed their names and what they felt like. Would be a great school outing.
We missed picking season but will be back in March to pick strawberries.
There is a good amount of parking and you can even see where they are growing things.
Overall I highly recommend families check this place out!

Seriously don’t waste your time at this place. It is not a farm. When you pull in it seriously looks like a housing project with a section of grass in the middle. We called recently to inquire about the you pick strawberries. We called to gain information and find out if they were still in season. The lady on the phone said that they were still doing it and we should come on out. Well we drove an hour to bring our 4– year– old daughter to pick strawberries and we then found out that the season was over. There were no strawberries. When I explained this to the person at the store she said that there may be a few remaining strawberries somewhere!!! Thanks for the information when we called to ask these questions! I will never be back. I have been to many farms and you pick fruit places. This place is a joke. It really does not even look like a farm. I can’t imagine actually purchasing produce from this place after seeing it.

I called ahead to check on the status of the «you pick» berries. We were informed they still had plenty of berries and to come out to pick them. We packed the kids in the car and drove over an hour to get there only to be told the season is at an end and we would be hard pressed to find a pint left! Will never go back.

We’ve been out to Atkinson Farms to pick strawberries many times, and always had a good experience. It’s a great place to take your kids or go with a friend, and we found more than enough big, juicy, beautifully ripe strawberries when we went today. After picking, we shop for fresh veggies and jellies in the market. The service is efficient and we’ve never experienced the rudeness some of the other reviews describe. There is a $ 10 minimum for credit card charges, so keep that in mind if you plan on spending less. They charge $ 1.00 for the buckets, but you can bring them back time and time again for your strawberries. We love this place.

very bad service, the owner is very rude… when I tried to use my groupons he kicked me out of the place… I never come back to this place, HORRIBLE experience… my child cried for his rudeness

Meh. All of the comments that state that they have very bad service, is so very true!
The lady (who is probably the owner) is very rude.
I’m really not sure why she decided to partner up with Groupon when she just seems so annoyed that people are using the voucher.
Also, after calculating the Groupon value, it wasn’t even worth it :/​
I gave 2 stars because picking the strawberries was fun! Still had a good time finding and picking my own berries.

we purchased Groupon for strawberry picking. this was the first time we went there but will be our last one!!!
The owner of this farm is rude and impatient. she didn’t even willing to wait for a few seconds to let us pull out the Groupon in the phones. She literally pushed our check out items aside and called the next customer in line. when we complained her attitude she even got mad at us and said she only treats her customers nice if she thinks they are good customers. what did we do to entitle as her ‘bad customer’? I think nowadays a lot of people won’t print vouch to redeem and it is fair common all the vouches go paperless. if she is not get used to save the environment at least she should show some respects to her customer. I think this is the worst experience I ever had in terms of customer service. I would give her ZERO star if I have the choice here!

I am SO glad I stopped here! The people were helpful and the produce is to die for! I have been a couple of times and the prices are so great that I feel like I’m robbing them! Everyone has been so nice and I plan on returning for as long as they are there…(hopefully forever)!

A horrible experience. I bought 2 Groupon’s for out of state guests. We planned to go there yesterday and since it was an hour drive I checked the website to make sure there were no problems; nothing posted on the site. I called, no answer. So off we drove. We arrived to have a teenage boy say, «Hope you are not here to pick strawberries». I told him we were and he said they just sprayed the plants and to come back in 3 days. I explained I had company from out of state and we would not return. He got the manager, Veronica, who, after calling the owner Bobby, told me to contact Groupon for a refund. I asked why they didn’t post something on their site or answer their phone. She said the phone number printed on the Groupon was wrong. I asked why she could not even offer a simple apology, and she said «I can apologize but it won’t change anything». I was utterly taken aback at their complete lack of caring that we drove over an hour each way, and that they refused to take any personal responsibility. I will never give this company my business

We went to pick strawberries today using a Groupon. People who work there were super friendly to us. One lady told us where to go to get the biggest strawberries. The row we were in had tons of fresh, rip strawberries to pick. We ended up picking over 8 pounds! My 4 and 1 year olds had a blast. We also bought home grown cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, Brussels Sprouts, kale, cucumbers, beets, and some local honey. The bill was less than $ 25 for it all. What fun! Now, off to figure out what to do with 8 pounds of strawberries!

Very bad service. The owner has arrogant attitude. We are 1^st time there so we r not sure how to use the groupon! She did not want to help and offer very bad service!
We were told we can have 1 lb strawberries n 4.25 credit for the other products from the store with the Groupon. So we did. I stood in line to pay for my stuffs. I show the voucher to the other lady in the cashier from my phone (which it said ok from the groupon) but the lady wanted me to pull out the page with mark as redeem for her to make sure I marked as redeem. It make sense so I was looking for it. Just less than a min. The owner which is the other old lady in the cashier push my stuff away rudely and ask ppl behind me so she can take care them. She never smile to us but other white customers at the store! End up I complain a lit with her then she began to say it was my fault to use the groupon! I end up have to pay more I don’t even know if she calculated my stuff right.
She said she will never welcome me to come back again cuz she always has her own customers. I hope she will by that kinda attitude.
But I wonder If you have good business why bother to sell groupon?
I will never come back here! I don’t even want to give a star but Unilocal requires it!!!
And I will tell all my friends not to come there either! Not just the bad service n the strawberries are small n bad!

I do love this farm and I do love to shop here because I love fresh produce. I have no complaints about any thing other than the time we picked blackberries and when we got home and filled our bags for the freezer they were full of little white worms. I am guessing that is because they do not use any pesticides which I am thankful for. :) So a soaking of water and vinegar on the blackberries took care of that. Probably will not purchase those any more but will continue to buy the other produce. :)

What an awesome farmer’s market! I drive past the farm daily and never pay much attention to it. It’s surrounded by regular suburban neighborhoods and always figured there wasn’t much to it. How wrong I was! Drove up the long roadway towards the back which revealed a few acres of fields full of lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, and othe vegetables. Towards the back there are a few houses and buildings. The middle one is the actual farm market. Right now strawberries are available for picking. I think tomatoes are also available for picking as I saw a young family ask for permission to harvest. You get a bucket and have fun with picking the berries. There’s 2 small fields to pick from. Compared to Froberg’s in Alvin, these fields are tiny. Unlike Froberg however, there’s lots of ripe strawberries from each bush. Normally I have to go through a few rows of bushes to get enough in Alvin. Here, I picked off about 2 lbs after going through just 10 bushes. The other bonus about the strawberries here is that it’s much sweeter than Froberg’s. Price is great at $ 2 per pound. If you live on the northside of town, this is a great place to bring your family to pick your own fruits and vegetables. At the front alongside Spring Cypress, they’ll post a picture of what’s ready to harvest for pick-​your-​own from strawberries to blueberries to tomatoes. Inside the farmer’s market, it’s tiny but it’s all fresh fruits and vegetables grown on the farm. Lots available from oranges to brussel sprouts to lettuce. Truly local-​grown. Also noticed a menu from Underbelly posted on their bulletin board… I assume they supply local produce for them? Anyway it’s a nice hidden gem in Spring and I honestly hesitated to write a review lol.