A large, attraction-heavy Ionia farm with paid extras like a Fun House and Santa's Workshop at $10 each, but the farm's own tree-farm webpage returned a dead link during our research -- confirm by phone that U-cut is still offered before making a special trip.
2025: Santa's Workshop activity $10/person; Fun House activity $10/person (these are add-on activity fees, not tree prices).
Horrocks reads as one of the larger, more attraction-built farms in this batch – a Fun House with games, a Santa’s Workshop, a food truck, and a gift shop, on top of the tree lot itself. That’s a different proposition than the smaller, no-frills farms elsewhere in this list, and it comes with a genuinely useful piece of information most other farms in this batch don’t have: actual dollar figures for two specific add-ons.
Free: wagon rides out to the trees, a warming barn with complimentary hot cocoa and coffee, and outdoor fire pits to gather around. Paid: a Fun House with games at $10 per person, and a Santa’s Workshop experience also at $10 per person, with Santa’s Workshop noted as running on select dates rather than daily. If you’re bringing a family of four and doing both add-ons for everyone, that’s $80 on top of the tree price itself – real money, and worth deciding on ahead of time rather than getting talked into on arrival. Skipping one or both is the straightforward way to keep the visit closer to just the cost of the tree.
We want to be direct about a genuine limitation in this record. When we researched this farm in August 2026, the farm’s own tree-farm webpage (on horrocksnursery.com) returned a 404 error – the page simply wasn’t there. Everything about U-cut availability, current hours, and this season’s specifics comes from a secondary regional roundup rather than the farm’s own current materials. That’s not necessarily a sign the farm has closed the tree operation – websites break for all kinds of reasons unrelated to whether a business is still running – but it is a real reason to call and confirm before you make a special trip, rather than assuming the 2025 details still hold.
The 2025 season ran daily from 10am to 6pm, through roughly December 20, with a closure on Thanksgiving Day itself. That’s a longer, more consistent daily schedule than many smaller farms in this batch offer, which fits with the farm’s larger, more attraction-oriented positioning – but again, confirm this hasn’t changed given the webpage issue above.
If a bigger attraction farm with paid extras appeals to you, and you’re willing to make a confirming phone call first, Horrocks has more going on than most farms in this list. The broken webpage is a real yellow flag, not a disqualifier – but it’s exactly the kind of detail that should trigger a call before you drive out expecting a specific experience.
Daily 10am-6pm through roughly December 20, based on the 2025 pattern, closed Thanksgiving Day. Given the farm's larger scale and attraction lineup, weekday visits are likely calmer than weekends.
2-3 hours if you add the Fun House and Santa's Workshop to a straightforward cut; closer to an hour if you skip the paid extras
As one of the larger, more attraction-heavy farms in this list, expect bigger weekend crowds than a basic U-cut lot, especially with a Fun House and food truck drawing families beyond just tree shoppers. Weekdays within the 10am-6pm window are the likelier quiet option.
Not specified in available sources. A farm this size, with a food truck and multiple attractions, likely has a larger designated lot, but confirm on arrival.
Not specified. A warming barn and fire pits are mentioned as fixed structures, which may offer more accessible gathering space than a typical open-field farm.
you can't reach the farm to confirm current details -- its own tree-farm webpage was unreachable when we researched this, which is reason enough to verify by phone before driving out.
Martell's Northwoods Tree Farm and other Northern Michigan farms are a longer drive, but within the broader West Michigan/Ionia corridor, this farm pairs naturally with other Kent County U-cut stops if Horrocks turns out to be limited to pre-cut only.
We can't confirm this with certainty. The farm's own tree-farm webpage returned a dead link (404) when we researched this in August 2026, so while a regional roundup describes it as a U-cut farm, we recommend calling ahead to verify before making a special trip.
Each is $10 per person, based on the 2025 season. These are add-on activity fees, separate from the price of the tree itself, and Santa's Workshop was noted as available on select dates rather than every day.
Yes, a food truck is mentioned, along with a warming barn offering complimentary hot cocoa and coffee.
Based on the 2025 pattern: daily 10am-6pm, running through roughly December 20, closed Thanksgiving Day.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: 10am-6pm through Dec 20 (2025 pattern); closed Thanksgiving. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $10. 2025: Santa's Workshop activity $10/person; Fun House activity $10/person (these are add-on activity fees, not tree prices).
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
1776 N State Rd (M-66), Ionia, MI 48846, in Ionia County. It is one of 14 farms we track in West Michigan.
We track 14 farms in West Michigan, 12 of which let you cut your own tree. At $10 to start this one sits below the regional median of $70, undercutting 1 of the 2 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a gift shop or farm market, which most West Michigan farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 14 farms we track in West Michigan had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
horrocksnursery.com · grkids.com
Checked August 2026.