Yes the sprays of berries get heavy and lean over. Out in Bakersfield, CA I found some elderbery bushes that were a good 20 feet tall. Hard to get at the berries! But there were hundreds of bushes and I always got more than I could use. I would take them home and put them in the freezer for about 1 hr, than take them out and put the berry heads in a plastic bag and bang it and all the berries will fall off, than I put them in containers or freezer bags and frozen them for later use.
