June is the CHERRY season in California. I found a perfect, cute farm for cherry picking just to the north of Los Angeles. To get there from LAX take the 405 north to the 5 north to the 14 freeway. Continue north to the Palmdale Blvd exit and then go west for 6 miles and you will see the big sign of the farm "Villa del Sol" that is actually the largest U-pick sweet cherry farm in Southern California. It takes about 1.5 hours but is well worth it to experience this CHERRY JUNGLE.
At the farm entrance you get a red bucket and listen to their rules, however you don't need to pay anything to get in this farm. You only pay depending on how many cherries that you pick, which costs 3 dollars per pound.
As soon as you step into the farm you will see the cherry jungle! Cherries are everywhere and they all look red and ready. How do they taste?
They are soooo sweet!!
"Villa del Sol"
After the cherry picking, if you want to have a picnic nearby, there is a really nice park called "Marie Kerr Park". To get the park from the farm, go back the main road and make a left at the first signal and then another left on 30th and you will see it on the right side.
In middle of June, I found this beautiful pink flowering tree in the park. I had never seen this flower before so researched to find out what kind of tree it was (I even called the parks and recreation of Palmdale) and finally learned that it is named a "Desert Willow" which is native to southwest US and northern Mexico.
