Lowcountry Strawberry Festival

The Strawberry Festival features fresh-from-the-field deliciousness and family-friendly activities, put on by the good folks at Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens.  

It started in 1997 and has grown into what is now one of South Carolina’s largest spring festivals. 

Each year Boone Hall, a working farm, plants a dozen or so acres with 135,000 strawberry plants.  They also host a Family Festival full of fun outdoor activities, spread out over 20 acres. 

Exact dates and details for 2026 haven't been announced yet, so stay tuned.  But here's what was on tap in 2025:

CLASSIC FESTIVAL FEATURES

• All American Petting Zoo
• All American Pig Races
• Giant Slide and Obstacle Course
• Bubble Therapy-Gazillions Of Giant Bubbles
• Boone Hall Farms Playground Fun
• Live On The Boone Hall Farms Stage
• All American Pony Rides – additional fee
• Festival Foods Available For Purchase

CONTESTS

Miss Berry Princess Contest

• 2pm Sunday April 13
• CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

Strawberry Pie Eating Contests

• No charge to enter

• Limited to first 20 to sign up on each day

• Contests Saturday 4/5 at 3:00pm AND Saturday 4/12 at 3:00pm

• Held at the Boone Hall Farms Stage

• Registration On-Site at the Event

TWO KINDS Of PIE EATING CONTESTS

• Traditional – one regular sized pie per person

• “Mini and Me” Adult-Child Team Contest – Saturday April 12 at 3:00pm

• Adult will eat regular sized pie

• Child eats a  smaller sized pie

• $100 Prize Package For

• Each Contest Winner/Team

This year's hours of operation are:

Friday April 4, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Saturday April 5, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Sunday April 6, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Friday April 11, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Saturday April 12, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Sunday April 13, 2025

• Gate Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

You can pick your own berries at the Strawberry U-Pick Fields Friday through Sunday during the festival and bring them back as a tasty souvenir of your day ($3.25/lb plus a $2.50 container fee).  Admission to the festival itself is $15 for ages 3 and up.  Children 2 and under admitted free with an accompanying adult.  Festival ride tickets are sold separately.  Parking is free.

To get to the Strawberry Festival, just cross the IOP Connector into Mount Pleasant, then take 17 North.  It’s up a short ways on your left, at 2434 N. Hwy. 17.  (Note: for the Strawberry Festival you’ll enter from Highway 17, not the main entrance to Boone Hall Plantation, which is located on Long Point Road.)