Cherry-Picking Season in the East Bay: A Delta Coves Tradition
Cherry-Picking Season in the East Bay: A Delta Coves Tradition
May into early June are magic in the East Bay. The weather warms, the Delta comes alive, and cherry season arrives with beautiful blooms and sweet fruit ready to pick.
Why Cherry Season Matters
Cherry-picking season is a window into East Bay living at its finest. It's not something you do once and forget. It's a seasonal ritual—the kind of thing you plan for, look forward to, and end up doing every year once you discover it.
For Delta Coves residents and their guests, it's become a genuine tradition.
Fresh cherries. Golden afternoon light. At farms just 15-20 minutes away cherry tree farms dot the landscape inviting you to pick some for yourself. If that doesn't sound an unexpected highlight to the luxury waterfront lifestyle you’ve always imagined, we're not sure what does.
Sweet Lou's Cherries: Your Local Farm Partner
We've partnered with Sweet Lou's Cherries in nearby Brentwood—this neighborhood farm that's been an East Bay favorite for years.
Davidson Collections Explore Your New Neighborhood Gift
When you tour the Davidson Collection homes at Delta Coves, you'll receive a coupon to pick up to 2 lbs of fresh cherries, redeemable right at the farm. It's our way of saying: Living here is special. The People. The Location. The Lifestyle. Access to real, local, seasonal experiences. The kind of places and rhythms you build a life around.
Sweet Lou's Cherries
1301 Sellers Ave, Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 450-1727
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday & Sunday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Instagram: @sweetlouscherries
How Cherry Picking Works
After your tour our models and the community.
Arrive at Sweet Lou’s Farm with your coupon. Pick your cherries straight from the tree—or watch your kids do it, or let your grandchildren discover where food actually comes from. The satisfaction is immediate and real. Take them home, rinse them, and enjoy. Fresh cherries taste like summer.
It takes about 15-20 minutes, door-to-door from Delta Coves. Not a whole-day expedition—just enough time to step out of your routine and into the season.
More Than Just Fruit
Cherry-picking season is one of those markers that change how you experience time. Instead of months, you start thinking in seasons. Instead of weekends, you start thinking about which orchard, which farm.
That's what makes living here different. You're not just buying a home. You're buying access to a lifestyle where the calendar still follows the land—where May - June means cherries, summer means boating and waterfront entertaining with family and friends, and community isn't something you have to force. It just happens naturally.
Bring It Home
Once you've picked your cherries, the Delta Coves difference becomes clear. You head home to the Island Camp community amenities or to your own waterfront deck.
This is one of those places that embraces a different pace to living well.
Get Your Coupon
Coupons are available when you tour the homes at Davidson Collection at Delta Coves. Schedule a private tour or drop by the sales center any day, 10 AM – 6 PM.
Call to schedule a private tour: davidsoncollectionatdeltacoves.com
Call or Text: (925) 506-1519
Cherry season doesn't wait. And neither should your next chapter.
Davidson Collection at Delta Coves is a multi-award-winning community of luxury waterfront homes on the California Delta. 9 floor plans starting from $1.4M–$2.5M+. Limited inventory. Award-winning builder, Davidson Communities. Developed with an eye toward creating the kind of lifestyle that makes East Bay living remarkable.
