National Strawberry Month - May is National Strawberry Month, apt because peak picking season is in April. Celebrate the juicy fruit by whipping up your favorite strawberry recipe.

National Strawberry Month 2024 – May 2024

Fresh strawberries. They’re one of the most popular and refreshing treats anywhere. Healthy too! And perfect for everything from cheesecake to mojitos to jam. May is National Strawberry Month, so get out your cookbooks. Strawberries and spring go together perfectly, so May is the right time to celebrate. And since their peak picking season starts in April, there will be plenty of juicy blooms.

National Strawberry Month timeline

1750s
A new strawberry type

The garden strawberry is created in Brittany, France by crossing the Fragaria virginiana, a strawberry from eastern North America, with the Fragaria chiloensis — from the Pacific.

1714
Bigger and better

Amédée François Frézier, a French explorer and engineer, introduced France to the Fragaria chiloensis — a larger, New World strawberry — after discovering it in Chile.

1600s
They’re discovered in the Americas

English settlers who landed in landed in Jamestown, Virginia, discovered an abundance of wild strawberries.

National Strawberry Month Activities

  1. Go strawberry picking

    You can never pick too many strawberries, especially in May.

  2. Host a picnic

    May is perfect picnic weather, so invite friends and family to a picnic featuring a variety of strawberry dishes. From strawberry cocktails to kid-friendly smoothies, it's a fun way to celebrate this refreshing fruit.

  3. Explore new dishes

    Strawberries can be used in savory dishes, sweet treats, or in beverages. So this May, celebrate by searching for new recipes. Not only will this give you more opportunities to eat a lot of strawberries, but you’ll also expand your cooking and baking repertoire.

Five Juicy Tidbits About Strawberries

  1. Strawberries are high in Vitamin C

    Eating eight strawberries is all it takes to consume 140 percent of a child’s recommended daily intake of Vitamin C.

  2. You can find them all over the U.S.

    Strawberries are grown in all fifty states.

  3. They’re related to a popular flower

    Strawberries belong to the Rosaceae flowering plant family, which is also the family of the rose.

  4. Strawberries aren’t berries

    Fruits that fall into the berry category have seeds on the inside, not the outside

  5. They're very, well...stimulating

    The French are convinced that strawberries serve as a powerful aphrodisiac — so much so that it’s a tradition in a French countryside to serve cold strawberry soup to newlyweds.

Why We Love National Strawberry Month

  1. Strawberries are good for you

    Strawberries give your body high levels of polyphenols, an antioxidant, as well as vitamins and fiber. Added bonuses? They're also fat, sodium and cholesterol free. Plus — they're low in calories, making them a great snack.

  2. They're synonymous with warmer weather

    Their peak season lasts from April through June. So if you're a lover of the warmer seasons, you can start getting excited when you see baskets of strawberries popping up in supermarkets.

  3. It’s an excuse to overindulge on strawberries

    French toast with strawberry jam, a salad topped with strawberries, and pork chops with a strawberry glaze — just a few examples of how to include this fruit all day long.

National Strawberry Month dates

Year Date Day
2023 May 1 Monday
2024 May 1 Wednesday
2025 May 1 Thursday
2026 May 1 Friday
2027 May 1 Saturday
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