Choose-and-Cut Christmas Tree Prices: Are You Still Charging 2003 Prices? What Real Farms Charge in the US, Canada and the UK
In December 2018, more than two weeks before Christmas, Harry Otley closed Otley Farms, his Christmas tree farm in Corvallis, Oregon, for the season.
"I'm out of any sellable trees right now," he told KVAL News. The year before, he had stayed open until Christmas Eve.
Then came the line every grower should tape above the cash box: "I probably should have shut her down early last year."
So what should you charge? Real farms in 2025 and 2026 charge $75 to $119 for a flat-rate tree in the US, $10 to $15 per foot where they price by height, and about £55 to £70 for a 7-foot Nordmann in the UK. In Ontario, a 7-foot tree runs about C$75 to C$139, often priced by height band. The three main models are flat rate, per foot and a price per tree (set by a tag). Many UK farms use a fourth: height bands.
The Short Answer
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Why Price Is the First Question (and the Most Expensive Guess)
If you are planning a paid Christmas season, start with the big picture in Christmas on the Farm. This article zooms in on one decision: the number on your sign.
That number decides how much cash you bank in a short season, how fast your best trees disappear, and whether you still have 8-footers in mid-December.
Here is the trap. A new grower searches "how much to charge for a Christmas tree," finds a university budget from 2003, and prices at $35. You do not just lose money on that tree. You lose it sooner, to someone who got a bargain.
Choose-and-cut is a big slice of the market. In the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) survey, 25% of real trees bought in 2023 came from a choose-and-cut farm, ahead of chain stores at 21%, out of a projected 21.58 million real trees.
The Three Pricing Models (Plus the UK Height Band)
Model No. 1: Flat Rate (Any Tree, One Price)
Every tree costs the same. Conley Christmas Tree Farm in Farmington, New Hampshire, posts it plainly for 2026: "All 'cut your own' trees are $75.00." Linvilla Orchards in Media, Pennsylvania, charges $119 plus tax for any cut-your-own tree, with a wagon ride to the field and free parking.
Pros: fastest checkout, simplest sign, easy to sell online.
Cons: your biggest trees are the "best deal," so they go first. A 9-footer earns the same as a 6-footer.
Best for: farms with similar-sized trees and busy gates.
Jones Family Farms in Shelton, Connecticut, adds a twist: its 2025 flat rate was $109 on weekdays and $114 on weekends.
Model No. 2: Per Foot
You measure the tree and multiply. Northlake Christmas Trees & Nursery in Benson, North Carolina, lists 2026 prices of $10 a foot for pines and cypress and $12 a foot for spruce. Pipe Creek Christmas Tree Farm in Bandera County, Texas, charged $15 a foot with a six-foot minimum, according to a December 2025 Texas Public Radio report.
Pros: feels fair to customers. Tall trees earn what they cost you to grow.
Cons: you need a measuring pole and someone to use it. Checkout slows on busy Saturdays.
Best for: farms with a wide spread of heights and staff at the gate.
A minimum height or minimum price protects you. Without one, a family cutting a 4-foot tabletop tree uses the same wagon ride and parking space for a fraction of the price.
Model No. 3: Price Per Tree (Tags)
Each tree carries its own price, usually as a coloured tag. Weston's Farm in Fryeburg, Maine, used this system in 2025: untagged trees $46, red tags $59, blue tags $72 and white tags $87. The farm says trees "are priced according to height, quality and species."
Pros: your best-shaped trees earn the most, and families see the price before they cut.
Cons: tagging takes hours before opening day. Tags blow off or get swapped.
Best for: farms where quality varies within rows, or that let families reserve trees early.
The UK Version: Height Bands
Many UK farms price by height band, often by species too. Furze Firs in Slinfold, West Sussex, lists 2026 cut-your-own Nordmann firs at £45 up to 6 ft, £55 up to 7 ft and £75 up to 8 ft. Duff Christmas Tree Farm near Buchlyvie, Scotland, charged £65 for a 7-foot Nordmann or Fraser and £49 for a 7-foot Norway spruce in 2025.
Ontario farms use bands too. Elliott Tree Farm in Hillsburgh posts 2026 bands from C$139 up to 7 ft to C$199 up to 10 ft, plus HST.
Height bands sit between flat rate and per foot. The sign is simple, tall trees still pay their way, and staff only check which band a tree falls in. A height pole at checkout makes it painless (the free kit below includes printable height-pole markers).
Field-Tested Play: Price your cheapest species lower to steer families away from the trees you are short on. Duff's 2025 list charged £49 for a 7-foot Norway spruce against £65 for a Nordmann of the same height. |
Which Model Fits Your Farm? A Quick Decision Guide
Ask three questions, in order:
Are most of your trees about the same size and species? Use a flat rate.
If not, do you have staff at the gate with a measuring pole? Use per foot, with a minimum height or price.
If not, does quality vary a lot within the same rows? Use tags. If not, use height bands.
Many farms mix models. Northlake prices pines and spruce per foot but gives each Fraser fir its own tag. MacGowans Christmas Tree Farm in Ottawa charges a flat C$80 for any tree under 9 ft and C$125 for trees 9 to 12 ft. Mixing is fine, as long as a tired parent can read your sign in five seconds. For the bigger picture on pricing any farm activity, see how to price your agritourism activities and services.
What Real Farms Charge: US, Ontario and UK
Prices were read from each farm's website (or a news report or tourism listing, where noted) in November 2026. Many farms had not posted 2026 prices yet, so each row shows the year the page displays.
Farm | Location | Model | Posted price (cut-your-own) | Year shown | Extras and notes |
Conley Christmas Tree Farm | Farmington, NH, US | Flat rate | US$75 any tree (no cutting under 4 ft) | 2026 | Shaking, baling and pin-stand drilling included |
Linvilla Orchards | Media, PA, US | Flat rate | US$119 plus tax | 2026 | Wagon ride to field; free parking and admission |
Jones Family Farms | Shelton, CT, US | Flat rate, weekday/weekend | US$109 weekdays, US$114 weekends, plus tax | 2025 | Pewter ornament; peak-weekend reservations |
Gaver Farm | Mt. Airy, MD, US | By species | US$65 white pine; US$80 Douglas, Canaan (to 9 ft), blue spruce (to 6 ft), plus tax | 2026 | Free shaking, baling, saw use |
Northlake Christmas Trees & Nursery | Benson, NC, US | Per foot plus tags | US$10/ft pines and cypress; US$12/ft spruce; Fraser fir by tag | 2026 | Pre-tagging Nov 1-22; county tourism listing |
Pipe Creek Christmas Tree Farm | Bandera County, TX, US | Per foot | US$15/ft, 6-ft minimum | 2025 (news report) | Family-run since 1991 |
Weston's Farm | Fryeburg, ME, US | Coloured tags | US$46 untagged; $59 red; $72 blue; $87 white | 2025 | Wrapping $2 a tree; sales tax extra |
Alpine U Cut | Bremerton, WA, US | Height band by species | Noble 6-7 ft US$90, 7-8 ft $108; Douglas 6-7 ft $50; per foot over 12 ft | Not shown | Free shaking, baling and loading; wreaths $22 |
MacGowans Christmas Tree Farm | Ottawa, ON, Canada | Flat by size class | C$80 under 9 ft; C$125 for 9-12 ft; plus tax | 2026 | Wagon rides, hot chocolate, cookies included |
Elliott Tree Farm | Hillsburgh, ON, Canada | Height bands | C$139 up to 7 ft; $159 to 8 ft; $179 to 9 ft; $199 to 10 ft; plus HST | 2026 | No entry fee; trees netted |
Cormack's Tree Farm | Uxbridge, ON, Canada | Height bands | C$100 for 6-7 ft; C$120 for 7-8 ft; pre-cut adds C$10 | 2026 season page | Cash only |
Briggs Cut-your-Own Christmas Trees | Navan, ON, Canada | Height bands, HST included | C$55 to 4 ft; C$75 for 4-8 ft; C$90 for 8-10 ft; C$105 over 10 ft | Not shown | Debit and cash |
Thomas Tree Farm | North Gower, ON, Canada | Per foot (small trees) | About C$12/ft under 6 ft, plus HST | 2025 | Free wagon rides and cocoa; many sizes marked sold out on the page |
Furze Firs | Slinfold, West Sussex, UK | Height bands (Nordmann) | £45 to 6 ft; £55 to 7 ft; £75 to 8 ft; £95 to 9 ft | 2026 | Wreath-making kit £30; handmade wreath £39.50 |
Duff Christmas Tree Farm | Buchlyvie, Scotland, UK | Height by species | Nordmann or Fraser 6 ft £55, 7 ft £65; Norway spruce 7 ft £49 | 2025 | Saw provided; free parking |
Snowbird Christmas Tree Farm | Lincolnshire, UK | Per foot by species | Nordmann £10/ft; Norway spruce £7.50/ft (up to 7 ft) | 2025 | |
Marldon Christmas Trees | Marldon, Devon, UK | Height by species, plus cutting fee | Nordman 7 ft £69.99; spruce 7 ft £54.99; £5 fresh cutting fee | 2026 page | Santa's Grotto booked separately |
Rougham Estate | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK | Booking fee plus measured price | £15 time-slot ticket per tree, on top of the tree price | 2026 | Tree "measured and priced"; booking button read "Tickets sold out" |
Two patterns jump out of that table.
First, the experience is often baked into the price. MacGowans, Thomas Tree Farm and Linvilla include wagon rides, cocoa or free admission. Their tree price is really a family-outing price.
Second, some UK farms charge for the experience separately. Rougham Estate charges a £15 booking fee (a time-slot ticket) per tree on top of the tree itself, and when we checked, its booking button already read "Tickets sold out." Marldon adds a £5 fresh-cutting fee. The pickyourownchristmastree.org UK guide (2023 figures) put a typical 7-foot tree at £50 to £80.
Reality Check: The US directory pickyourownchristmastree.org (2023 figures) says most farms charge "about $10 to $13 per foot," and puts a typical 7-footer at $70 to $100. Its same page lists a Maryland farm at $25 for any tree. Low outliers exist. They are not your benchmark. |
Then and Now: Why the $20 to $40 Guides Undercharge You
Search for Christmas tree budgets and two extension documents often come up.
University of Tennessee PB1463, "Tree Crops For Marginal Farmland: Christmas Trees With a Financial Analysis" (2002 revision). It says: "Choose-and-cut prices are higher, ranging from $20 to $40 per tree." Wholesale pines for 7-foot trees ran $7 to $14.
University of Maryland RES-08, "Christmas Tree Enterprise" (2003). Its budget assumes "$25 for a 5-foot tree; $30 for 6-ft, & $35 for 7-ft."
Just to keep pace with inflation, the $35 Maryland price would be about $61 in 2025 dollars (using the US Consumer Price Index, 184.0 in 2003 and 321.9 in 2025). And buyers now pay more than inflation alone would explain. The NCTA survey found a median price of $80 in 2022 and $75 in 2023. UPI, reporting the Real Christmas Tree Board's survey, said buyers "generally paid between $80 and $100" in the 2024 season, and 90% said the price was worth it.
USDA Census figures tell the same story at the farm gate. US Christmas tree farms cut about 15.1 million trees in 2017 and 14.5 million in 2022, yet sales grew from $377 million to $553 million. That works out to roughly $25 of sales per tree cut in 2017 and $38 in 2022 (my sums, blending wholesale and retail). Fewer trees, more money per tree.
Field-Tested Play: Inflate any budget older than 10 years before you trust it: multiply by today's CPI, divide by the CPI of the year it was written. Then check five farms nearby and price from the higher figure. |
Worked Example: What a 7-Foot Tree Earns Under Each Model
Take one 7-foot tree. Using real posted prices (tree only, before tax):
Flat rate at Conley's price: $75.
Flat rate at Jones Family Farms' 2025 weekday price: $109.
Flat rate at Linvilla's price: $119.
Per foot at $12 (Northlake spruce): 7 x $12 = $84.
Per foot at $15 (Pipe Creek): 7 x $15 = $105.
Top tag at Weston's: $87, if your best 7-footer wears the white tag.
Height band at Alpine U Cut (noble, 7-8 ft): $108.
Now scale it up, as an illustration, not any farm's results. Say you can sell 560 trees a year (worked out below).
At the old $35 guide price: 560 x $35 = $19,600.
At the NCTA median of $75: 560 x $75 = $42,000.
At $12 a foot on a 7-foot average: 560 x $84 = $47,040.
That $40 gap, from $35 to $75, is $22,400 a season: $224,000 over ten seasons.
How One Family Visit Adds Up
The tree is only part of the sale. One illustrative family, with real prices where we have them and assumptions where we do not:
7-foot tree at $12 a foot (Northlake's spruce rate): $84
Noble fir wreath (Alpine U Cut's posted price): $22
Netting (Weston's wrapping fee): $2
Four hot cocoas at an assumed $3 each: $12
One Santa photo at an assumed $15: $15
Total: $135. The tree is about 62% of the spend. The extras add $51 without cutting another tree. That is the idea behind upsells that double your agritourism revenue without more visitors, and why the experience premium matters more than the cost of the tree itself.
Selling cocoa or baked goods? Check the permit rules in selling food on your farm.
How to Set Your Own Price, Step by Step
Step 1: Count the Years Every Tree Carries
A Christmas tree is not a one-season crop. The Real Christmas Tree Board says it takes "eight to 10 years to grow a Christmas tree." The British Christmas Tree Growers Association says a typical 6 to 7-foot tree is 10 to 12 years old.
The University of Maryland budget shows what that means for cash. It plants 1,200 trees per acre, sells 900, and stays in the red for seven seasons, down $2,388 per acre before the first harvest. By year 9 the acre is $21,657 ahead.
Its listed costs come to about $5.94 per tree sold in 2003 dollars, roughly $10 today. Then add any costs that old budget may not cover on your farm, such as land, your own hours, today's fuel and wages. The Washington Times reported in December 2024 that production costs have risen since the pandemic for wages, fertilizer, equipment and trucking. Hugh Rodell, owner of North Star Christmas Trees, which sells from lots in Maryland, told the paper: "We probably should have raised prices a little higher."
Step 2: Check Your Local Competition
List every choose-and-cut farm within an hour: their model, their 7-foot price and what is included. You do not have to be the cheapest. You have to be clearly worth it.
Step 3: Price the Experience, Not Just the Tree
Families are buying a memory. In the Real Christmas Tree Board's 2025 survey, "making memories with my family" ranked second among reasons to choose a real tree, behind only the scent.
For ideas on what that experience can include, see hosting a Christmas tree farm experience. Then decide whether the experience is inside the tree price (the MacGowans and Linvilla way) or sold separately (the Rougham Estate way, with a £15 booking fee). If you charge a separate fee, our guide to setting entry fees and ticket pricing shows how to make it feel fair, and how small farms can sell event tickets without losing money on fees covers the booking side.
Step 4: Work Out How Many Trees You Can Sell Each Year
This is the step that might have saved Harry Otley's season. Here is an illustrative example:
You have 6,000 trees planted in 8 yearly blocks.
Using Maryland's 75% saleable rate, that is 4,500 saleable trees.
4,500 divided by 8 harvest years is about 560 trees a year.
Sell more and you are eating next year's crop. Price is your main brake.
Step 5: Set Your Rules Before Opening Day
Reservation tags: Northlake runs pre-tagging and reservations from November 1 to 22. Families pick early; you know what is sold.
Peak-day pricing or bookings: In 2025, Jones Family Farms charged more on weekends and required reservations on Thanksgiving weekend and the first weekend of December.
Cut-off date: decide the date you stop cutting, and say so on your website.
Sold-out policy: write the message now. "Sold out for this season. Join our list for first pick next year."
Free Kit: Your price is only as good as the sign that sells it. Get printable, fillable price signs for flat rate, per foot and height bands, plus height-pole markers, tag-your-tree tags, a sold-out sign and a pricing worksheet. Print them tonight. Hang them before the first car pulls in. |
Running Short of Trees: Four Fixes That Protect Next Year
Shortages are real. In 2023, New Jersey grower Bill Exley of Exley's Tree Farms told The Philadelphia Inquirer that "multiple growers" had sold all their trees and closed after Thanksgiving weekend. NCTA says supplies of farm-grown trees "have been tight since 2016." In 2019, NCTA seasonal spokesperson Doug Hundley traced it back to the 2008-2009 recession. When growers can't cut their trees, he said, "they don't have the space to plant more."
The picture shifts year to year: in 2025 the Real Christmas Tree Board called supply strong. Your farm's own supply is what counts.
Fix No. 1: Buy in pre-cut trees. Trax Farms in Washington County, Pennsylvania, secured 1,800 trees for the 2025 season through long-time grower relationships, and vice president Charles Trax told WESA he usually sells out. The AP reported in 2019 that Missouri grower Mike Rood's farm buys pre-cut trees from other states to cover a shortfall. Price pre-cut trees separately; Cormack's adds C$10 for pre-cut.
Fix No. 2: Limit sizes. Conley's 2026 price page says: "Please, no cutting trees under 4'." Protect the young trees that are next year's income.
Fix No. 3: Use reservation tags. Sell your scarce sizes early, at full price, to families who plan ahead.
Fix No. 4: Raise the price on scarce sizes. If 8 to 10-foot trees run out first, they are underpriced. MacGowans charges C$80 under 9 ft and C$125 above it. Elliott Tree Farm jumps from C$199 at 10 ft to C$279 for 10 to 12 ft.
Reality Check: Raising prices takes nerve. Ken Stuyt of Fallowfield Tree Farm in Ottawa told CTV in late 2024 that he was holding his price of about C$14 a foot: "I would like to increase it, but we did that during COVID." Holding a price is a choice; make it on purpose, with your supply numbers in front of you. Our article on repricing when fuel costs jump shows how one farm handled a long-overdue increase. |
Legal, Insurance and Paperwork: Questions to Ask Before You Open
Handing a saw to a family is a liability decision as much as a pricing one. Treat these as questions for your lawyer, accountant and insurer, not legal advice.
Sales tax: do I charge it, and on what? Rules differ by place. Mississippi's Department of Revenue exempts trees cut at the time of sale on the farm, but says "sales of pre-cut Christmas trees are taxable." California's tax authority, in a 1965 opinion letter, said choose-and-cut sales are taxable if made at retail. Ask your accountant: is my tree taxable, are my wreaths and cocoa taxable, and should my sign show tax included? Our guide to agritourism and taxes lists more questions.
Does my state's agritourism law cover cut-your-own? Details vary by state. Massachusetts law covers harvesting operations such as cut-your-own, but requires posted signs with specific warning language. Minnesota requires clearly visible warning signs, and the University of Minnesota Extension calls the law "a defense in court, not full immunity." Start with our agritourism laws by state and where to post agritourism warning signs.
Should I use a waiver for saws and wagon rides? Minnesota Extension says waivers have limits, especially for minors. Ask your lawyer, and read do liability waivers protect your farm before you print one.
Does my policy know I hand out saws? Farm Credit East advises telling your carrier exactly which activities you offer. One specialty agency warns that "a slip on the ice or a knocked-over tree" can lead to claims. Ask: am I covered for saws, wagon rides, parking and food? See agritourism insurance: what coverage do you need.
What a Durian Farm Taught Me About Pricing a Short Season
I don't grow Christmas trees. But I founded Bloopy Durians in Bentong, Malaysia, and our durian seasons are short too: about four to five months a year in total, from December to February and June to August.
A short window changes how you think about price. Every week counts, and when the fruit is gone, it is gone.
Two things help us. First, we keep a WhatsApp list of loyal customers who buy whenever durians are available. That list is our version of a reservation tag: loyal buyers, lined up before the rush.
Second, we offer a day out, not just fruit. Visitors from all over the world reach us through a four-wheel-drive adventure, and many companies send their staff and management to the farm. The journey is part of the day.
For a Christmas tree farm, the lesson is simple: build a list of last year's families, tell them first, and price the day, not just the tree.
Field-Tested Play: At checkout, ask every family: "Want first pick next year?" Collect a phone number or email. By next November you will have a list ready to fill your first weekend, and your cash flow will thank you. |
FAQ: Choose-and-Cut Christmas Tree Prices
How much should I charge for a choose-and-cut Christmas tree?
At the US farms we checked, flat rates run $75 to $119 and per-foot prices $10 to $15. The NCTA median was $75 in 2023. Check five farms near you, add the value of your experience, and make sure your trees last the season.
Is it better to charge per foot or a flat rate?
Flat rate is faster and suits farms where trees are similar in size. Per foot is fairer when heights vary but needs a measuring pole and staff. Height bands sit in between.
How do UK farms price cut-your-own Christmas trees?
Many use height bands, often by species. A 7-foot Nordmann was £55 at Furze Firs (2026) and £65 at Duff (2025). Some add fees, such as Rougham Estate's £15 booking fee per tree.
What do Ontario Christmas tree farms charge?
For a 7-foot tree we found C$75 (Briggs, HST included) to C$139 (Elliott Tree Farm, 2026, plus HST). MacGowans charges a flat C$80 plus tax for any tree under 9 ft (2026). Most farms add HST on top.
Should I charge an entry or parking fee?
It depends on what you offer. Linvilla gives free parking and admission and charges $119 a tree; Rougham Estate charges £15 per tree to book a slot. A separate fee works best when visitors get something extra.
How many trees can I sell each year without running out?
Divide your saleable trees by the years in your rotation: 4,500 over 8 years is about 560 a year. If you sold out early last year, raise prices or limit sizes.
Do I charge sales tax on choose-and-cut trees?
It depends where you farm. Mississippi exempts trees cut on the farm at the time of sale but taxes pre-cut trees; California has treated choose-and-cut as taxable. Ask your accountant.
When should I raise my Christmas tree prices?
When you sell out early, when your best sizes go first, or when costs rise. Change prices before the season and post them online so families know before they drive out.
Your Next Step: Turn Your Price Into a Profitable First Season
A price is one decision. A profitable first season takes many more: when to launch, how many visitors your land and parking can handle, what you spend in year one, and what must be ready before the first saw goes out.
That is why I wrote The First-Season Profit Plan. It is a 39-page PDF workbook in four modules: your market and launch season, your land and parking, your year-one budget and break-even, and your pre-opening essentials. You get six printable worksheets, including the 40-Mile Competitor Scan, the Year-One Budget and a Bad-Weather Policy Card, plus a 12-Week Countdown, an Opening Day Scorecard and nine expensive first-season lessons.
It costs US$37, one time, as an instant PDF download, and it is backed by a "Read It, Use It, Love It" 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Not sure your farm is ready for paying visitors? Take the free quiz.
Want more ways to earn from your land? Grab the free ebook.
P.S. Remember Harry Otley's line: "I probably should have shut her down early last year." The fix is a plan made the season before: a price that matches your supply, a cut-off date, and a list of families ready to reserve. You can make yours this week.
Written by Stephen Loke of AgritourismSuccess.com, whose farm is featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun. Farm prices were read from each farm's website, or the news report or tourism listing cited, in November 2026, and may change; always check the farm's own page. This article is general information, not legal, tax or insurance advice.
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WESA, Pennsylvania Christmas tree supply 2025 (Dec 2, 2025): https://www.wesanews.org/economy-business/2025-12-02/pennsylvania-christmas-tree-supply-2025
CTV News Ottawa, "This is how much a Christmas tree will cost you in Ottawa" (2024): https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/this-is-how-much-a-christmas-tree-will-cost-you-in-ottawa-1.7128633
Mississippi Department of Revenue, Notice 72-16-005, sale of Christmas trees (July 8, 2016): https://www.dor.ms.gov/sites/default/files/Business/72-16-05%20Christmas%20Trees.pdf
California CDTFA, Annotation 150.0100, Christmas trees: https://cdtfa.ca.gov/lawguides/annotations/150-0100.pdf
Farm Credit East, "Who Takes The Fall? Liability Limitations for Agritourism Activity Hosts" (Oct 14, 2025): https://www.farmcrediteast.com/resources/Industry-Trends-and-Outlooks/Reports/2510KEP_AgritourismLiabilityLimitations
University of Minnesota Extension, "Protecting your farm and your guests: Understanding agritourism liability in Minnesota" (May 20, 2025): https://extension.umn.edu/agritourism-news/protecting-your-farm-and-your-guests-understanding-agritourism-liability-minnesota
Grinnell Specialty Agency, "Don't give the Grinch an inch": https://grinnellspecialtyagency.com/content/enewsletter/dont-give-the-grinch-an-inch
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