Klicker's
Crop Update
Availability
The strawberry plants continue their winter hibernation with awakening and growth as the days gets longer and warmer. We anticipate a fresh harvest the first part of June. In the meantime, frozen Klicker Strawberries™ are available year-round at the Klicker Antique & Fruit Store in Walla Walla along with a few other select retailers. Please click below to locate a retailer of frozen Klicker Strawberries™ nearest you.
Growing Season
Fresh Klicker Strawberries™ generally are ready around June 1st and continue until the middle to late July. The majority of our strawberry acreage is located on our ranch property sitting at an elevation of 1000 feet. Other fields are located at increasing elevations in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, culminating with fields located on top of Klicker Mountain at 3800 feet. Not only do the different elevations spread the season out, it also spreads the risk. If one field gets damaged from frost or hail, another one may be spared.
About Klickers
History
The Klicker Family has been raising strawberries in the Walla Walla Valley since 1918. It began when brothers Del and Jake Klicker picked too many garden strawberries at their mother's Klicker Springs Hotel located in the Blue Mountains. Needing to dispose of the extras (a strawberry pie does not need 10 flats of strawberries!), the industrious brothers hitched their wagon to their horses and traveled 15 miles to town and immediately sold the strawberry flats for a premium price. They found out they could make more money selling their mom's garden strawberries than the family could earn housing hotel guests.
Learn More About Our Strawberries
Youth Opportunities
What began as a garden patch of strawberries grew into a full-time business that over the years has been blessed to have employed several generations of local youth.
Today, we (Kirk and Nancy) are the fourth generation of Klickers to raise June bearing strawberries and still employ primarily youth to harvest the crop. It is a joy for us to have the opportunity to give young people the chance to work and grow as individuals. We currently have 25-30 acres of strawberries and employ approximately 150 workers, from ages 12 and up. Our field bosses and supervisors are all high school age and older who have earned their positions of leadership by working hard as pickers, displaying exemplary leadership skills, and earning the respect of their peers.
Contact Us - Farm Office
We are NOT the Klicker Store
Klicker's Strawberry Acres
106 Strawberry Lane
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Email Us
509.525.2494
Located first driveway on the right off of
Mill Creek Road on the east end of Walla Walla.
No U-Pick Available
Klicker Store - Retail
Your retailer for in-season fresh and year-round frozen Klicker Strawberries™, produce, antiques, Fall pumpkins and December Christmas trees.
Contact Klicker Antique & Fruit Store
3300 East Isaacs Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509.525.8650
Located east end of Isaacs, right after Community College