After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree!
And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics
See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights
When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for
traditions and standards
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My Christmas Tree guide has photos and descriptions of
more than 2 dozen varieties of Christmas trees, along with a simple comparison chart!
If it has just snowed; see
this page about how to make snocones from real snow!
Your kids will love it!
Tips:
- If the name of the farm is blue with an underline; that's a link to their website or Facebook page. Click on it for the most current hours and information.
- ALWAYS email or call the farm or store BEFORE YOU GO
- many farms have closed in the past year, and of course, we won't know until the season starts and we find they aren't open! Call to confirm their supply, their hours
and whether they have trees, are allowing choose-and-cut or just precut trees; and which attractions or winter activities are available.
All three can change during the short Christmas season, due to weather, demand and the farmer's business conditions! Farms get sold, shut down or run out of trees, and they don't all update me every day, let alone every year. For
more tips to make your trip fun and successful, click here
!
DON'T DRIVE OUT THERE IF YOU CAN'T REACH THEM (by phone, email or find current information on their website or Facebook page!
- And please tell the farmer you visit in Northwest Iowa that you found their farm
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Updates for February 2025
February 2025:
After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree!
And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics
See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights
When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for
traditions and standards
In March, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt
-
see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt - (www.EasterEggHuntsAndEasterEvents.org)
. It's the ONLY website that is updated every Easter for all Easter Egg hunts in
the U.S.
Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Buena Vista County
Calhoun County
Carroll County
Cherokee
County
- Country Pines Tree Farm - Christmas
trees-you choose and you cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, garlands, Christmas
decorations, tree shaking provided, trees baled, saws provided, gift shop,
707 520th Street, Marcus,
IA 51035. Phone: (712) 436-2636. Cell: 712-229-3592. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Friday and Saturday, beginning November 29 & 30, from 9 am to 5 PM;
Sunday, December 1, 12 pm to 5PM, Monday-Friday, December 2-6, 1 pm to 5PM, Saturday, December 7, from 9
am to 5PM, Sunday, December 8, from 12 pm to 5 PM; Closing Sunday, December 8, at 5PM. Directions: just
south of Cleghorn and Marcus, west of Cherokee, east of LeMars and Remsen and north of Quimby, Washta
and Kingsley. Payment: cash, Check. We have scotch pine in the field and precut Fraser fir and
balsam fir up to 10'. We will be offering green and flocked wreaths in many sizes, garland, swags,
cemetery mounds, tombstone toppers and beautifully decorated centerpieces and spruce tips, birch poles,
and red twig for outdoor decorating. We also sell the worlds best tree stand. Our gift shop will feature
Santas, Snowmen, Tree Ornaments, and fresh Iowa made jams just right for gift giving or Christmas
morning. The barn will be warm with the wonderful scents of Christmas trees and hot cider!! We will have
saws available for you to cut your tree or we will cut your tree, if you like, shake it, net it and load
it into your vehicle. We include a disposal bag with every tree we sell. Our friendly staff will be
waiting for your visit. Our super kids and great friends help us out during the selling season and we
appreciate their many volunteer hours.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties:
Scotch Pine,
PreCut varieties: Fraser fir, Balsam fir
(UPDATED: November 26, 2023, JBS)
Clay County
Crawford County
- Evergreen Acres - Christmas trees-you
choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut
Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, garlands, Christmas decorations,
tree shaking provided, trees baled, saws provided, gift shop, snacks and
refreshment stand, restrooms, school tours
2931 O Avenue, Denison, IA
51442. Phone: 712-263-2515. Open: from Thanksgiving until Christmas eve,
weekends from 10 am to dusk; weekdays, call first. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions.
Open for Christmas trees from
Thanksgiving until Christmas eve. Payment: Cash, Check. While picking
out your Christmas tree you can enjoy hot apple cider, fresh baked
cookies and browse through the gift shop.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Blue Spruce,
Canaan Fir, Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
You
Choose and We cut varieties: Blue Spruce, Canaan Fir, Fraser Fir, Norway
Spruce, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
PreCut varieties: Scotch Pine.
Comments from a visitor on August 07, 2009: "My in-laws own and
operate this tree farm and I help them over the Thanksgiving holiday so
how can I not say that it is awesome. They really go out of their way
for you. "
Dickinson County
Emmet County
Humboldt County
Ida County
Kossuth County
Lyon County
Monona
County
O'Brien County
Osceola County
Palo Alto County
Plymouth
County (Sioux City area)
Pocahontas County
Sac County
Sioux County
- Pine Creek Christmas Tree Farm - Christmas
trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas boughs, trees tied, tree shaking
provided, trees baled, saws provided, winter hay rides, gift shop,
snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms
1001 7th Street Avenue Northwest, Orange City, IA 51041. Phone:
712-737-2498. Directions: From the corner of Highway 10 and Albany
Avenue SW, go North to 7th Street NW. Turn west 3/4 mile, past cemetery.
Farm is on the north side of the road. Open: Saturdays 9 am, Weekdays
3:30pm until dark. Open for Christmas trees Thanksgiving Day until 3rd
week in December. Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine, White Pine,
White Spruce.
Webster County
Woodbury County