Christmas tree farm guide · Missouri

Christmas tree farms in Excelsior Springs & nearby.

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In Excelsior Springs

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The red barn at Christmas Ranch Tree Farm in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, with two young evergreens in the foreground and a small group of visitors and a dog at the barn door.

Excelsior Springs · Missouri

Christmas Ranch Tree Farm

Cut your own pine, spruce or fir, or choose a pre-cut fir; staff shake, bale and load it. Last season’s rates ran $8–$15 a foot. Open Friday through Monday, 9am–5pm, starting the Friday after Thanksgiving; free hot cocoa, cider, coffee and cookies in the barn.

Tree options: Cut your own & Pre-cut

Trees by the foot (last season’s rates)
$8–$15 per foot
Tree season
Opens the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 27; open Friday through Monday
Visit hours
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 9am–5pm

Rates are per foot of height, from $8.00 for Virginia pine to $15.00 for Canaan fir, Concolor fir and self-cut Douglas fir. A small 3-to-4-foot Fraser fir on a stand was $40.00 each. These are last season’s rates.

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About 13 miles away · Independence, Missouri

The outdoor wedding chapel at Fort Osage Christmas Trees in Independence, Missouri: a white pergola and rows of white benches among tall pines, with a couple in wedding attire standing small under the pergola.

Independence · Missouri

Fort Osage Christmas Trees

Cut your own tagged field tree with a farm bow saw, or choose an imported fir. Last season’s prices: $12–$14 a foot for field trees, $100–$200 for imported firs, and $10 for loading and tie-down. Open on listed days, 9am–5pm, from Saturday, November 21 through Sunday, December 6; no admission or parking charge.

Tree options: Cut your own & Pre-cut

Field-cut trees, by the standing foot (last season’s rate)
$12–$14 per foot
Tree season
Saturday, November 21 – Sunday, December 6, on listed days; closes early if the trees sell out
Visit hours
9am–5pm on listed days; Friday, December 4, 3pm–5pm

Field trees are priced by their standing height in the field, and each tagged tree shows its price and variety. Imported firs ran $100–$200 each by size, quality and variety, and loading and tie-down is $10. These are last season’s prices, and they can change at any time.

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In Excelsior Springs

Selected farms in Excelsior Springs: tree choices, published price examples, cutting, handling and visit arrangements.
CompareChristmas Ranch Tree FarmExcelsior Springs, Missouri · in town
Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees
  • Species: Scotch pine, White pine, Virginia pine, Norway spruce, Canaan fir, Douglas fir, Fraser fir (pre-cut), Concolor fir (pre-cut).
  • You can cut your own from the farm’s fields: Scotch pine, white pine, Virginia pine, Canaan fir, Douglas fir and Norway spruce, with Norway spruce cut only about two weeks before Christmas.
  • Some trees cannot grow here, so each year the farm brings in pre-cut firs from places like North Carolina or Michigan: Fraser fir, Concolor fir and Douglas fir.
  • Staff will walk with you to the rows of pre-cut trees.
Published price exampleVirginia pine, cut your own, 4.5 to 7 ft: $8.00 per foot
  • Last season’s rate.
  • Tree rates are per foot of height, except the small Fraser fir on a stand, which is priced each. All rates here are last season’s.
  • Other published price details: Rates are per foot of height, from $8.00 for Virginia pine to $15.00 for Canaan fir, Concolor fir and self-cut Douglas fir. A small 3-to-4-foot Fraser fir on a stand was $40.00 each. These are last season’s rates.
Cutting helpCut your own
  • Christmas Ranch Tree Farm: what the staff take care of: 1. At your car · Staff meet you with a saw and give you directions
  • Christmas Ranch Tree Farm: what the staff take care of: 2. To the trees · Staff direct you to a field to cut your own, or walk with you to the pre-cut rows
  • A visit here is built around help from the staff. They meet you at the car with a saw and give you directions, then send you to a field to cut your own tree or walk with you to the rows of pre-cut trees. If you cut a tree and start dragging it toward the barn, staff meet you and take it off your hands.
  • Cut your own pine, spruce or fir, or choose a pre-cut fir; staff meet you at the car with a saw, then shake, bale and load your tree.
Shaking, baling & loadingChristmas Ranch Tree Farm: what the staff take care of: 4. Shaking · Staff shake out dead needles and nests; you may watch or visit the barn
  • Christmas Ranch Tree Farm: what the staff take care of: 5. Baling · Staff bale the tree tight enough to fit through your door at home
  • Christmas Ranch Tree Farm: what the staff take care of: 6. Loading · Staff load and tie it on, or place it in a truck bed; twine is provided
  • At the barn the staff shake out dead needles and old nests with a shaker machine, and you can watch or go inside for treats and browsing. They bale the tree wrapped tight enough to fit through your door at home, then load it and tie it on when needed or set it in a truck bed. Twine is on hand, so there’s no need to bring your own rope. You pay for your tree and any other items at the end. Staff may even remember your tree preference from year to year, along with the car it goes to.
  • The barn is the heart of the farm and the hub of the visit. Hot chocolate, hot apple cider, coffee and fresh-baked cookies are free, and while your tree is being shaken and baled you can warm up and browse.
  • Cut your own pine, spruce or fir, or choose a pre-cut fir; staff meet you at the car with a saw, then shake, bale and load your tree.
Visit arrangementsOpens the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 27; open Friday through Monday
  • Christmas tree season: Friday, November 27 (the Friday after Thanksgiving) · 9am–5pm; opening day
  • Christmas tree season: Saturday–Sunday, November 28–29 · 9am–5pm; Santa visited this weekend last season
  • Christmas tree season: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday after opening weekend · 9am–5pm
  • Last season the fields closed on December 11, so come early for the best choice.
  • The farm welcomes visitors each year starting on the Friday after Thanksgiving, which this season is Friday, November 27. Hours are Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 9am–5pm. Last season the fields closed for the season on December 11 and some varieties had sold out before then, so the best choice is early.

Nearby · outside Excelsior Springs

Selected nearby farms outside Excelsior Springs: tree choices, published price examples, cutting, handling and visit arrangements.
CompareFort Osage Christmas TreesIndependence, Missouri · nearby
Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees
  • Species: White pine, Norway spruce, Red pine, Austrian white pine, Virginia pine, Lobb Lolly pitch pine, Ponderosa pine, Cypress, Fraser fir (imported), Balsam fir (imported).
  • The field trees are mostly pines.
  • Last season’s mix included white pine, Norway spruce, red pine, Austrian white pine, Virginia pine, Lobb Lolly pitch pine, Ponderosa pine and cypress, and a tree takes six to ten years to grow to cutting size.
  • Last season’s tagged trees ran from about 6 feet to a few reaching 9 feet.
Published price exampleField-cut tree, by standing height: $12–$14 per foot
  • Last season’s rate; each tagged tree shows its own price and variety.
  • The rates above are last season’s and can change. The farm accepts cash and all major credit cards.
  • Other published price details: Field trees are priced by their standing height in the field, and each tagged tree shows its price and variety. Imported firs ran $100–$200 each by size, quality and variety, and loading and tie-down is $10. These are last season’s prices, and they can change at any time.
Cutting helpCut your own
  • Fort Osage Christmas Trees: practical conditions: Saws · Farm bow saws only; no personal, power or chain saws
  • Come during open hours, early in the season while the choice is best, and the farm hands you a bow saw and points you toward the trees. Every tree that is ready to cut is clearly tagged with a price and a variety, and a tree without a tag is not for cutting.
  • The farm’s own bow saws are the only saws allowed. Chainsaws, power saws and saws brought from home stay in the car. Most of the field trees are pines, and each one carries its own tag so you know what you are paying for before you cut.
  • Cut a tagged field tree with a farm bow saw; last season’s rate was $12–$14 per foot, and imported firs ran $100–$200.
Shaking, baling & loadingLoading and tie-down service: $10 · Offered at the farm.
  • Fort Osage Christmas Trees: tree prices at last season’s rates: Loading and tie-down · $10 · A service the farm offers
  • Every tree is shaken with a mechanical shaker to knock out loose needles and debris, then compressed with specialized netting so it travels easily on your car. The farm also offers a loading and tie-down service for $10.
  • Every tree is shaken and netted; loading and tie-down is $10. No admission or parking charge.
  • The rates above are last season’s and can change. The farm accepts cash and all major credit cards.
Visit arrangementsSaturday, November 21 – Sunday, December 6, on listed days; closes early if the trees sell out
  • Christmas tree harvest: Saturday–Sunday, November 21–22 · 9am–5pm; opening weekend (hotline has the latest on Sunday’s hour)
  • Christmas tree harvest: Wednesday, November 25 · 9am–5pm
  • Christmas tree harvest: Thursday, November 26 · Closed for Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas tree harvest: Friday–Sunday, November 27–29 · 9am–5pm
  • Christmas tree harvest: Friday, December 4 · 3pm–5pm
  • Christmas tree harvest: Saturday–Sunday, December 5–6 · 9am–5pm
  • Christmas tree harvest: All other dates · Not on this season’s harvest schedule
  • Hours can change with inventory and weather; the farm closes for the season when the trees are sold out.
  • Open 9am–5pm on Saturday and Sunday, November 21–22, on Wednesday, November 25, from Friday through Sunday, November 27–29, and on Saturday and Sunday, December 5–6, with a shorter 3pm–5pm day on Friday, December 4. The farm is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26. The harvest usually lasts three to four weeks or until the crop is sold, hours can change with inventory and weather, and the farm closes for the season when every tree is gone. Supplies are limited and the best choice is on opening weekend.

Offers vary by species, size and format. Confirm prices, stock and opening details before visiting; ask about unlisted handling charges.

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