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- 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
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February 2025:
After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree!
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Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Avery County
- A White Christmas - Precut Christmas trees, Living Christmas trees (to plant
later), Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Wreaths, accessories and decorations, restrooms, net-bagging of trees, refreshments and crafts.
1097 Davenport Road, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: (828) 765-8629. Open:
November 22 - December 16, 2013, Everyday 8:30
am to 5:30 PM. Directions: Located in Linville Falls. From Marion take 221
North to Blue Ridge Parkway. At Linville Falls tree lot is at Old Parkway
Jet Store located 150 yard North of Parkway on right. Look for signs. Choose
and Cut 3/4 mile from tree lot on Davenport Road,
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Fraser Fir 4 - 8 feet.
- Babe Clarks Sugar Grove Nursery - Christmas
trees- you choose and we cut, Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs, trees
baled, restrooms
294 Everett Clark Rd, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-5272. Alternate Phone: 828-387-1140. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 7 pm,
Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm, then on Sunday from 1 pm to 7 pm. Directions: We
are located in Crossnore NC, take 221 to Crossnore from 181 and 194 to
Crossnore drive. Turn right onto walt clark road go approximately 2 miles to
Everett Clark road Follow signs to sugar grove nursery.
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas
tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir, Norway
Spruce, White Pine.
- Bobby D's Christmas Trees - Christmas trees- you choose and we cut,
Wreaths, Unsheared Trees, Restrooms, Baling, Refreshments
143 Hutcheson Lane, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-387-0976. Email: [email protected].
Christmas
tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir,
(ADDED: December 9, 2022, JBS)
- Cartner Christmas Tree Farm - Christmas trees- you choose and we
cut, Christmas wreaths, garlands, Santa visits
, snacks and refreshment
stand, restrooms
901 Balsam Drive Mtn Glen Golf Club, Newland, NC 28657.
Phone: 828-733-1641. Fax: 828-733-3799. Email:
[email protected].
Open: the weekend before Thanksgiving (Saturday, November 18 - Sunday, November 19); Thanksgiving Day (Thursday
November 23rd) through the end of the weekend after Thanksgiving Day (24th of November - Sunday, November 26th); and
then Saturday and Sunday, December 2nd and 3rd from 9 am until dusk, and by special appointment on Saturday December
9th. (call our toll free number 877-384-8733 so we may be able to accommodate you.). Enjoy a stroll through the farm
while you hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. Our staff will help you cut your tree and load it into your car. We
also have an assortment of wreaths and garland available. Santa will be visiting the Cartner Farm on November
24th through the 26th, December 2nd and 3rd. Santa is busy, so make sure you visit during the hours of 11 am
through 2 pm on the days he is visiting! We offer warm inside accommodations, refreshments and restrooms . Directions: From
Marion: Take Highway 221 North to Crossnore Drugstore on right. Turn left
onto Highway 194 North. Go 4 miles to Newland and continue trough Newland 2
miles to the farm on the right. From Morganton: Take Highway 181 North to
Newland. Turn right at the first stop light onto Highway 194 North go 2
miles, farm is on left.
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, Check,
Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Tours available by appointment. Warm inside
accommodations are available while trees are cut, baled and loaded onto
vehicles.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties:
Fraser Fir.
- Christa's and Sam's Nursery - 2023 presumed permanently closed Choose and cut Christmas trees
Hwy 181, Pineola,
NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-3353. Email:
[email protected]. Open: UPDATE for 2023, Their
phone number is disconnected and website is gone, so I assume they have closed permanently. If you know
anything for sure, please write
me, their last reported hours were We grow premium quality North Carolina Fraser Fir Christmas tress, hemlock, white pine and rhododendron. Our
specialty is the North Carolina Fraser Fir. This tree is the most popular Christmas tree in the world because of its
needle retention, long lasting pleasant aroma, dark green color, beautiful shape, and strong branches. We custom
hand-shear all our trees to enhance their beauty. We provide our customers with a fun hayride from our store to the
tree farm. After you pick out your tree, we will cut and haul your tree back to the your automobile where it will be
bailed and loaded on your vehicle. We also provide hot chocolate and hot apple cider. We also have a great selection
of hand-made wreaths of various sizes and garland to help you decorate your home or office for the holiday season.
Directions: On I40 get off exit 100 and go to Hwy 181 North and we are 25 miles North just across Avery/Burke county
line on the left. On the Blue Ridge Parkway we are at Mile Marker 312.
- David Pittmans Farm - Uses
integrated pest management practices, Christmas trees-you choose
and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees,
Christmas wreaths, trees tied, trees baled, free tree trimmings, saws
provided, winter hay rides, bonfires and smores, free hot cider, picnic area
986 Licklog Road, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-295-2545. Alternate Phone:
828-387-1734. Email:
[email protected]. Open: weekends Thanksgiving till Christmas.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates.
Directions: Follow
the Farm #2 link from the website.
Click here for a map and directions.
We use integrated pest management
practices. Payment: Cash, only.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
PreCut varieties: Fraser Fir.
- Elk River Evergreens - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths and boughs, Christmas decorations, saws provided, trees tied, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms
121 Brooks Shell Road PO Box 117, Elk Park, NC 28622. Phone: 828-387-7695. Email us at: [email protected]. Directions: Farm #1 (Orchard Farm)is located on Highway 19-E one-half mile from the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. Farm #2 (Ellis Family Farm) is located 2 blocks from downtown Elk Park. From Tennessee, farm is 1 and 1/2 miles from state line on Hwy 19-E. Turn right on Winters Street and follow signs. From North Carolina locations, turn left at sign on Winters Street. And for a map to our farm, click here.
Our products are usually available in November, December. Open: Sunday to Friday from 12 pm to 6 pm; Saturdays - 9
am to 6 pm; open Thanksgiving day from 9 am to 5 pm; Locations will be open from
mid November to mid December. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
PreCut varieties: Fraser Fir.
- Evergreen Ridge - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, hayrides
299 Tower Road, Newland,
NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-9606. Email:
[email protected].
Open: the
day after Thanksgiving and are open seven days a week from 9 am to 4:30 pm. All of our cut your own trees are (Prices may have changed!) $45
(2019) and we'll have pre cut trees that vary in price. HAYRIDES.
FREE REFRESHMENTS. GIFT SHOP WITH HIGH QUALITY LOCAL CRAFTS.
CLEAN RESTROOMS. SPECTACULAR VIEWS. FRASER FIR WREATHS & ROPING.
- Franklin Tree Farm -
Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Living, rooted Christmas Trees, Hay Rides, Wreaths
PO Box 33, Linville Falls,
NC 28647. Phone: 828-765-2518. Open: Sunday and Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm;
November 19 thru December 18. Wreaths, garland (roping), restrooms, net-bagging of trees, refreshments and crafts.
Sachets are made from the fresh fir needles. Hayrides to
additional tree fields are provided weather
permitting.Pre-tagging of trees by cutomers August - December.
Log Cabin/Vacation Rentals available. Sleigh Riding in field
weather permitting.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
PreCut varieties: Fraser Fir.
- Fraser Forest Christmas Tree Farm
- 2019 presumed permanently closed
697 Old Jonas Ridge Road, Pineola, NC 28662. . Their website is gone; and there's nothing current about them on the internet, so I assume they have closed. If you have any information to the contrary,
please write me. Phone: 828-733-9613 . Email us at: [email protected].
Open: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 9 am until dark, other times by appointment; for choose and cut Christmas trees starting Thanksgiving Day. Directions: From Highways 181/221 in Pineola, turn onto Old Jonas Ridge Road. Farm is 7/10 mile, on left. From Blue Ridge Parkway, turn onto Old Jonas Ridge Road at Milepost 311. Farm is 1/2 mile, on right. And for a map to our farm, click here.
Our products are usually available in November, December. Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Canaan Fir, Eastern White Pine, Fraser Fir. - Ginger Hollow Nursery - Choose and cut Christmas trees
51 Ed Clark Lane, Newland,
NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-3366. - Haw Mountain Nursery - Choose and cut Christmas trees
310 Bartlett Farmer Road, Newland,
NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-9298.
- Hickory Nut Christmas Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and
you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Christmas wreaths, trees
bagged, trees tied, tree shaking provided, trees baled, restrooms
3025
Hickory Nut Gap Road, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-0472. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Thursday to Sunday, from 9 am to 5 pm, from
November 25 to 28, and the following weekend, Friday to Sunday, from 9 am to 5 pm, December 3 pm to 5. Updates:
Click here for updates.
Directions: Take highway 194 to Newland, drive
to town center, exit NE corner of town square on Hickory Nut Gap Road, drive
3 miles to Hickory Nut Christmas Tree Farm on left (west) side of road.
Coming from Banner Elk turn right (south) from highway 184 on Hickory Nut
Gap Road. Continue 7 miles to Hickory Nut Christmas Tree Farm on right
(west) side of road.
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, only.
Christmas
tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Balsam Fir.
You Choose
and We cut varieties: Balsam Fir, Blue Spruce, Canaan Fir, Douglas Fir, and
other varieties (call!).
- McDaniel Tree Farms - Precut Christmas trees, Living Christmas
trees (to plant later), Wreaths, Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Wreaths
900 Grandview Lane, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: (828) 733-1554. Phone: (828) 733-4495. Directions: 3/4 mile south of Newland. Take Grandview Lane at sign. Follow signs to end of road approximately 1 mile Open: November 23 - December 5, Everyday 9
am to 5:30 PM.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Fraser Fir 5 - 12 feet
- Mountain View Nursery - Christmas trees- you
choose and we cut, trees tied, trees baled, restrooms
480 Lick Log Road, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-2189. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: 480 Lick Log Road, off 19-E and
Squirrel Creek Road, Newland, NC, (7 miles from Newland, NC; 9 miles from
TN/NC state line; 14 miles from from Spruce Pine, NC). Open: Friday and Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm; Friday after Thanksgiving to December 21. Choose and
Cut Hours: Friday and Saturday 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm;
Friday after Thanksgiving to December 21, 2008. Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
- Reece Farm and Nursery - Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Wreaths,
Restrooms, Tree Baling, Pre-Tagging
241 John Jones Rd, Elk Park, NC 28622. Phone: 828-898-5642. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Nov 24-26 10-5 Sun 27 1-5 pm.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir.
(ADDED: December 9, 2022, JBS)
- River Tree Farm - Choose and cut Christmas trees
PO Box 124 or 676 Old Turnpike Road, Banner Elk,
NC 28604. Phone: 828-898-5762.
- Sugar Grove Nursery - Christmas trees- you
choose and we cut, Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs, trees baled,
restrooms
294 Everett Clark Road, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-5272.
Alternate Phone: 828-387-1140. Open: November 18; 2010 to December 24th
Monday to Saturday 9 am to 7 pm, Sunday 1 am to 6 pm. Directions: from
interstate 40 take exit 105 to 181 north to pineola. take 221 south 3 miles
to crossnore, turn right on crossnore drive make a right onto walt clark
road follow signs to nursery.2 miles on left.
Click here for a map and directions.
Choose and cut starts the week
before thanksgiving. Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce, White Pine.
- Sugar Plum Farm - Choose and cut Christmas trees
1263 Isaacs Branch Road, Plum Tree,
NC 28664. Phone: 828-765-0019 or 888-257-0019. Email:
sugarplumfarms contact form.
Open: from mid-November, from
8:30 am to 4:30 pm Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. We will also be open from 8:30 to 4:30 on Thanksgiving Day,
Friday, Saturday and SundayThanksgiving weekend; Weekdays other than above we are open 12:30 to 4:30 PM. We accept
tour groups by appointment. Groups can have meals catered with your choice of menu. Please arrive by 4:00 pm so
you can pick out your tree before dark. The dates of December 19 - December 22 please call 828-765-0019 for an
appointment to come and pick out your tree. Discover Sugar Plum Farms. You will find it to be the choose and cut
tree farm that you have been looking for. Directions: off highway 19-E near Plumtree, North Carolina. We are 12
miles North of Spruce Pine and 12 miles South of Elk Park. We are 2 miles off highway 19-E on Isaacs Branch Road, on
top of Little Elk Mountain in beautiful Avery County, North Carolina. We have signs on highway 19-E to show you the
way to our farm. - Three Oaks Ltd. - Choose and cut Christmas trees
7569 Linville Falls Hwy., Newland,
NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-2662. - Tommy Trees
- 2021 permanently closed
351 Johnson Lane, Crossnore,
NC 28616. Phone: 828-733-9161. Email:
[email protected].
UPDATE for 2021, Their website is gone; and their Facebook page hasn't been updated in years, so I assume
they have closed. If you have any information to the contrary,
please write me. Choose and Cut a Fresh Fraser Fir Christmas at discount prices. We are right in the heart of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Make it a yearly family traditions.
-
Trivette Farm - Precut Christmas trees, Living
Christmas trees (to plant later), Christmas wreaths, garlands, trees tied,
trees baled, free tree trimmings, saws provided,
1510 Old Beech Mountain
Road, Elk Park, NC 28622. Phone: 828-387-1623. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Wholesale operation hours vary by customers
needs Retail lot open Monday to Sunday 9:30am till 9 pm. Directions: Call
For direction to pumpkin lot Christmas Tree lot is located at the Hilton
Head High School in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Click here for a map and directions.
Pumpkins: September - October,
Christmas trees and greenery: November Till first of December for wholesale;
Retail Christmas tree lot open Thanksgiving until December 20th. Payment:
Cash, Check. We are family owned and operated by Mark and Hannah Trivette. Choose and cut Christmas trees
Christmas tree varieties:
PreCut varieties: Fraser Fir.
Living,
rooted tree varieties: Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Eastern White
Pine, Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce.
-
Twin Oaks Christmas Tree Farm
- 2019 presumed permanently closed
5081 Flat Springs Road, Elk Park, NC 28622. . Their website is gone; and there's nothing current about them on the internet, so I assume they have closed. If you have any information to the contrary,
please write me. Phone: 828-297-5947. Fax:
828-297-5947. Email:
[email protected]. Open: N/A.
- Twin Pines Nursery - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut,
87 Twin Pine Lane, Pineola,
NC 28662. Phone: 828-733-0776. Both choose and cut your own Christmas tree,
and wholesale trees.
- Two D's Nursery - Choose and cut Christmas trees, Wreaths, Garland, Boughs,
Restrooms, Bailing
7849 Linville Falls Highway, Newland, NC 28657. Phone: 828-733-6686. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Thanksgiving day through the Christmas season, 8am - 5pm, daily. Directions: Four miles south of Crossnore, NC on
Hwy 221 (Linville Falls Hwy) on left. Thirty miles north of Marion, NC on Hwy 221 on right. Both choose and cut your own Christmas tree, and wholesale
trees.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Fraser Fir, White Pine, Turkish Fir
Living rooted varieties: Fraser Fir, White Pine,
Turkish Fir
(ADDED: December 9, 2022, JBS) - Vaughan's Blue Ridge Nursery - No Christmas trees; only kissing balls and wreaths.
PO Box 130, Pineola,
NC 28662. Phone: 828-733-0330 or 828-733-5150. No Christmas trees; we only
carry kissing balls and wreaths.
Burke County
- Jonas Ridge Tree Farm - Precut Christmas trees, Living Christmas
trees (to plant later), Christmas trees-you choose and you cut,
Wreaths, garland, restrooms and refreshments. Free hot chocolate and apple cider. Coloring books for children
8040 Joe Poore Road,
Jonas Ridge, NC 28657. Phone: (828) 733-4654. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Wednesday through Sunday
from 9 am to 5 pm, beginning the weekend before Thanksgiving. Directions:
Take I-40 to exit 105 (Morganton) Hwy 18 N to Hwy 181 N. Travel 181 N
approximately 25 mi. to Jonas Ridge after passing John Deere tractor
dealership on left. Take 1st right onto Joe Poore Road. approximately 1 mi.
on right. From Marion take Hwy 221 N to Linville Falls. Turn right on Hwy
183 at Intersection of Hwy 181 turn right. Go 1.5 mi, turn onto Joe Poore
Road. Look for signs. Formerly B & H Farms, now Jonas Ridge Tree Farm.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Fraser Fir 2 - 14 feet, Norway Spruce 2 - 5 ft.
Caldwell County
- Brickyard Nursery - Choose and cut Christmas trees
2592 Pisgah Church Road, Lenoir,
NC 28645. Phone: 828-758-8940 or 828-499-6269.
- Johnny Wilson Farm LLC - Minimizes
chemical and pesticide use, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas
wreaths, free hot chocolate, porta-potties, picnic area, Bouncy castle, farm
animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
2547 Dry Ponds Rd, Granite Falls, NC 28630. Phone: 828-217-1874. Alternate
Phone: 828-312-3080. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Thanksgiving day until sold out or
December 20th open Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 1 pm to 7 pm; Please call if inclement weather 828 217 1874 or 828 312 3080.
Directions: From interstate 40 take exit 113(Valdese)east bound turn left,
west bound turn right. Stay straight through Valdese you will cross the
castle bridge and then go up a hill. At top of hill is a stop light make a
right onto Dry Ponds Road go approximately 3 miles farm is located on left
if going to the pumpkin patch, birhtday parties or weddding or right if you
going to buy produce, landscaping material, Christmas Trees. The office is
also located on the right side inside the farm house.
Click here for a map and directions.
We minimize use of pesticides and
other chemicals. Payment: Cash, only.
Christmas tree varieties:
PreCut
varieties: Fraser Fir.
A visitor writes on November 23, 2019: "Johnny Wilson Farm got their
trees in this weekend. They are offering trees up to 10 ft, wreaths, and garland again this year! "