Greene Tree Farm publishes specific 2026 operating dates rather than a simple date range, which is unusually useful, but it also means the farm is closed most days between those select dates, so check the calendar before you drive.
Greene Tree Farm does something few farms in this batch do: it publishes exact operating dates rather than a simple season start and end. The 2026 calendar spans select days between Nov. 14 and 29, plus Dec. 4, 5, and 12, with hours that shift by month, 10am-5pm in November, 11am-4pm in December. That specificity is genuinely useful for planning, but it cuts both ways. A farm with a five- or six-week continuous season gives you flexibility to pick almost any weekend; a farm open on a defined list of dates means showing up on the wrong day likely means a locked gate.
The core offering is Fraser fir, choose-and-cut, with staff doing the actual work: cutting, baling, loading, and, notably, drilling trunks to fit spike-style stands on request. That last detail matters if your stand at home uses a spike rather than a screw-and-bucket setup; not every farm mentions accommodating that.
A complimentary hayride, weather permitting, plus hot chocolate or apple cider, is part of the standard visit. There’s also an on-site Christmas shop selling handmade goods and fresh Fraser fir wreaths, giving you a reason to linger beyond the tree lot itself if gift shopping while you’re there appeals to you.
Most farms in this region either run daily through the season or default to weekends; Greene’s specific-dates approach is a middle path that concentrates operations into fewer total open days. Practically, that means less flexibility if your first-choice date falls through due to weather, work, or a change of plans, since the next open date might be a week or more away rather than “just come back tomorrow.” Before you build a Saturday around visiting, pull up the current calendar and confirm the date is actually one of the farm’s select open days.
No price appears in the record. For a farm this specific about scheduling, the absence of published pricing is a notable gap, and it means budgeting here requires an actual phone call rather than a website check. Given that staff handle stand-drilling and full tree preparation, a slightly higher price than a bare-bones self-serve operation wouldn’t be surprising, though this record has no basis to state a figure either way.
The general rule that the first Saturday after Thanksgiving is usually the busiest day of a Christmas tree season still applies here, arguably more so: with fewer total open dates than most farms, whichever date falls closest to that post-Thanksgiving weekend is likely to draw the heaviest turnout of the whole limited schedule. If avoiding a crowd matters more to you than hitting peak tree selection, an early-November date, if one is listed, is probably your best bet.
The farm is open on select dates only between Nov. 14 and Dec. 29, plus Dec. 4, 5, and 12, 2026, per its website - not every day in that window. Confirm the exact dates before planning your trip, and go on an early date for the fullest tree selection.
1 to 1.5 hours if you take the hayride and browse the Christmas shop, less for a quick tree pickup.
Not published, but a farm open on specific, limited dates rather than a full running season likely sees concentrated crowds on each of those open days rather than traffic spread evenly across weeks.
Not specified; expect an unpaved field lot, typical of choose-and-cut farms in this region.
Not specified in available sources. Staff handle cutting and loading, which reduces physical demands on visitors beyond walking the field to choose a tree.
Skip if you'd rather visit spontaneously on a random weekend, since this farm operates on select dates only rather than every Saturday and Sunday through the season.
Other Boone-area choose-and-cut farms with more conventional weekend schedules, useful as a backup if your dates don't line up with Greene's limited calendar.
No. It operates on select dates only - 2026 dates fall between Nov. 14-29 and include Dec. 4, 5, and 12 - so check the exact calendar before visiting.
Yes - staff handle cutting, baling, and loading, and can drill the trunk for a spike-style stand on request.
A complimentary hayride is offered, weather permitting, along with hot chocolate or apple cider.
Not published. Call 828-773-1451 to confirm pricing before visiting.
November 14 – December 12, 2026. Select dates in November and early December. Hours: 10am-5pm in November, 11am-4pm in December (varies by date).
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
6869 Junaluska Road, Boone, NC 28607, in Watauga County. It is one of 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC.
We track 19 farms in Blue Ridge NC, 1 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
Its season runs about 29 days against a regional average of 27, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or sleigh ride, a cocoa or cider stand, a gift shop or farm market, which most Blue Ridge NC farms on our list do not.
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greenetreefarm.net
Checked August 2026.