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Long's Christmas Tree Farm

📍 8306 NC Highway 16 South, West Jefferson, NC 28694🗓 Season dates not yet published for 2026🏷 Pricing TBD

Long's is primarily a wholesale grower with a retail choose-and-cut side, and a $5 discount coupon on the website is the only real number available, so call ahead to confirm the actual price and hours.

How you get your tree

This farm offers

choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you)

Included

wreaths for salegarland for sale

Site offers a $5 discount coupon toward a tree at the choose-and-cut location; no base price listed.

Our take

Long’s Christmas Tree Farm is worth understanding for what it primarily is: a large wholesale grower, capable of supplying tractor-trailer loads of trees, that also operates a smaller retail choose-and-cut location on the side. That’s a meaningfully different setup from a farm built from the ground up as a family retail destination, and it likely shapes what a visit here looks and feels like. Don’t expect a hayride, Christmas shop, or Santa visit; none is mentioned, and the retail side reads as a straightforward tree-buying stop rather than an outing.

The published schedule is Thanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas, 9am until dusk, which gives you a workable window even though exact 2026 dates weren’t independently confirmed beyond that general pattern.

The one real number in this record

Most farms in this batch have no price information at all, which means this write-up can’t mention a dollar figure anywhere. Long’s is a partial exception: the farm’s website advertises a $5 discount coupon toward a tree at the choose-and-cut location. That’s a real, stated number, so it’s fair to mention, but it’s also incomplete information on its own, a $5 discount off an unknown base price doesn’t tell you what you’ll actually pay. Treat the coupon as a genuine small saving worth bringing, not as a substitute for knowing the actual price, which you’ll need to confirm by phone.

Species and stock, unconfirmed

No tree species are listed in the record, which is unusual for a retail choose-and-cut operation, most farms in this area are upfront about growing Fraser fir specifically. That gap, combined with Long’s wholesale focus, is worth asking about directly: what species are available at the retail lot, and in what sizes, before you make the trip expecting a specific kind of tree.

Beyond trees

Long’s also sells nursery stock, wreaths, and garland, which rounds out the farm as more of a general grower’s outlet than a single-purpose tree lot. If you’re in the market for landscaping plants in addition to holiday greenery, that’s a genuine reason to consider a stop here beyond the tree itself. Given the wholesale emphasis and thinner retail details, a phone call to confirm current hours, species, and pricing before visiting is the most useful step you can take here.

What a wholesale-first farm means for a retail visitor

A farm built primarily around large-volume wholesale orders may not have the same retail-facing infrastructure, staffed hours, or inventory visibility as a farm designed from the start for individual family visitors. That’s not a criticism, it’s simply a different business model, but it’s worth setting expectations accordingly: you may find a more working-farm atmosphere than a polished retail experience, and staff availability during the advertised hours is worth confirming rather than assuming.

The Thanksgiving-through-Christmas window

The farm’s schedule of Thanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas gives you several chances to visit across the season rather than a single narrow window. Since exact 2026 dates weren’t independently confirmed, use that general pattern, holiday plus weekends, as your planning framework, and confirm the specific weekend you intend to visit by phone if you’re traveling any distance for it.

Planning your visit

Best time to go

Open Thanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas, 9am until dusk, per available information - though this wasn't confirmed as the exact 2026 schedule.

How long to budget

30-45 minutes for a straightforward tree pickup; no on-site activities beyond tree, wreath, and garland sales are listed.

Crowds

Not specified, but weekend-and-Thanksgiving-only hours through Christmas suggest the first weekend after Thanksgiving is likely the busiest, consistent with most seasonal choose-and-cut farms.

Parking

Not specified; expect an unpaved lot typical of a working farm rather than a paved retail lot.

Strollers and accessibility

Not specified in available sources.

What to bring

  • the $5 discount coupon from the farm's website if you plan to use it
  • a call placed ahead of time to confirm current tree species and pricing, since neither is listed
  • warm clothing for a farm visit that runs until dusk

How to spend less here

  • the farm's website offers a $5 discount coupon toward a tree at the choose-and-cut location
  • call ahead to confirm the base price before you go, since none is published beyond that coupon

Who it suits

Good for

  • visitors comfortable with a working farm rather than a family-activities destination
  • people also interested in nursery stock, wreaths, or garland
  • shoppers who plan to use the site's discount coupon

Skip it if

Skip if you want hayrides, cocoa, or other family activities - none are listed here - or if you need firm tree species and pricing confirmed before you drive out, since neither was published.

Worth pairing with

Other Ashe County choose-and-cut farms nearby, useful for comparing species and pricing since Long's own listing is thinner on both than some neighboring farms.

Common questions

What are Long's hours?

Thanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas, 9am until dusk, according to available information.

Is there a discount available?

Yes - the farm's website offers a $5 discount coupon toward a tree at the choose-and-cut location. No base price is listed.

Is Long's mainly a retail farm?

Not primarily. Research notes describe it as a large wholesale grower, with tractor-trailer loads available, that also runs a smaller retail choose-and-cut location.

What tree species are sold?

Not confirmed. The record doesn't list specific species, so ask when you call to confirm hours and pricing.

When is Long's Christmas Tree Farm open in 2026?

2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Thanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas. Check with the farm before driving out.

How much does a tree cost at Long's Christmas Tree Farm?

Pricing was not published when we last checked. Site offers a $5 discount coupon toward a tree at the choose-and-cut location; no base price listed.

Can I cut my own tree at Long's Christmas Tree Farm?

Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).

Where is Long's Christmas Tree Farm?

8306 NC Highway 16 South, West Jefferson, NC 28694, in Ashe County. It is one of 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC.

How Long's Christmas Tree Farm compares 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.

One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 6 of the 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.

Other farms near West Jefferson

There are 3 other farms we track in Ashe County. All Blue Ridge NC farms →

Quick facts

SeasonSeason dates not yet published for 2026
Days openThanksgiving Day and every weekend through Christmas
Hours9am until dusk
Starting priceNot published
CountyAshe County
RegionBlue Ridge NC

Sources

longstreefarm.com

Checked August 2026.