Eckert’s
If you enjoy picking fruits and veggies, or just want a farm aesthetic for your senior pictures, then Eckert’s is the place for you. No matter what season it is, there’s always something growing that makes for beautiful scenery in your portraits. You can easily spend an hour or more having your portraits taken here.
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The Best Part About Eckert’s
Eckert’s is ever changing. With different produce growing each season, you’ll have a variety of scenic opportunities.
The pumpkin patch makes for a perfect fall backdrop where you can sit surrounded by pumpkins, stand in the middle of the pumpkin row, or even hold a pumpkin or two.
Apples and peaches make for the perfect portraits where you look like you’re picking them or sit under a shady tree with a basket full of them. You can even have a little snack and take some portraits while you take a bite out of them.
The sunflower field is perfect for fun, summery, bright yellow flower portraits. You can easily peek through the sunflowers, stand in front of them, or pose down the dusty pathway in between the rows.
Corn fields are also fun to get lost in and take similar portraits to those in sunflower fields. Stand in the corn and push it to the sides to peek out or stand on the dirt path with corn surrounding you. Even take a seat on the ground to get the full effect of being surrounded by corn.
Eckert’s also has tractors and trucks parked around the vicinity that add to the country feel. You can lean against them, sit by them, or even climb up in the truck bed or on the tractor seat.
If you’re looking for more trees than fruit, Eckert’s grows Christmas Trees as well. You can stand in the middle of the rows, peek around the trees, or lay a blanket on the ground and sit under them.
What to Expect Each Season
Spring
With spring means all the decorative flowers are now blooming around the farm. This also means blackberry and strawberry season is here. These are perfect for nice, bright backgrounds as the berries will stand out against the greenery in the area, especially the bushes they’re growing on.
Summer
Summer is one of the most known times of year to head to Eckert’s with it being apple picking and sunflower season. You can even find peaches around the beginning of July. Blackberries are still growing for a little while longer too. This also means all the trees and grass are full of color, along with surrounding fruits and vegetables that are getting ready to pick, or even if they’re past season. You’ll be surrounded in lively color no matter what part of Eckert’s you’re at.
Fall
Not only are there beautiful fall colors and leaves falling around Eckert’s, but it’s also pumpkin season. This is the perfect time to head down to the pumpkin patch for pumpkin portraits. You can still catch apple picking season if you’re wanting some portraits with apples as well. The corn maze is ready to be traversed in the fall too.
Winter
There may not be much left growing in the winter, but there are Christmas Trees. Whether you’re looking for snowy portraits or not, these trees make for fun and nice green backgrounds. If it does snow though, the ground and Christmas Trees will be blanketed and make for wonderful winter wonderland portraits.
Pricing and Accommodations
Eckert’s is free to park, but they do charge a field pass fee, whether you’re picking fruits and vegetables or not. There are bathrooms in the main buildings, but not out in the fields.
Address
Belleville Location: 951 S Green Mt Rd, Belleville, IL 62220
Millstadt Location: 2719 Eckert Orchard Ln, Millstadt, IL 62260
Senior Pictures at Eckert’s
Emmie
Eckert’s
Emmie just knew that she had to have some sunflower senior pictures taken when she heard they were growing at Eckert’s! Not only did we find beautiful sunflowers growing…
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