| Cutting help | Cutting helpCut your own- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: field services: Handsaw · Provided; leave chainsaws and axes at home
- Handsaws are provided, so please keep your chainsaw and axe at home. Carts and sleds are on hand for pulling your tree back from the field, and the fields are a walk of roughly a quarter to a half mile from the parking lot, so a sled is welcome help. The farm shakes your tree to remove old needles and debris and nets it for easier handling; on request it will also drill the trunk for a peg-style tree stand. Twine is provided to tie the tree to your vehicle, and two how-to tying videos on the farm’s website show how.
- Bring work gloves, and a knee mat or a piece of cardboard if you want to keep your pants tidy while kneeling to cut. Measure your ceiling height before you leave home. Ask the farm whether staff can help lift your tree onto the car.
- Handsaws, carts and sleds are provided; the farm shakes and nets your tree, and drills for peg stands on request. Leave chainsaws and axes at home.
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| Shaking, baling & loading | Shaking, baling & loadingHandsaw, cart, sled, shaking, netting and twine: Provided · Drilling for peg-style stands is on request.- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: field services: Shaking · Removes old needles and debris
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: field services: Netting · For easier handling
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: field services: Drilling · On request, for peg-style tree stands
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: field services: Twine · Provided for tying the tree to your vehicle
- Handsaws are provided, so please keep your chainsaw and axe at home. Carts and sleds are on hand for pulling your tree back from the field, and the fields are a walk of roughly a quarter to a half mile from the parking lot, so a sled is welcome help. The farm shakes your tree to remove old needles and debris and nets it for easier handling; on request it will also drill the trunk for a peg-style tree stand. Twine is provided to tie the tree to your vehicle, and two how-to tying videos on the farm’s website show how.
- Handsaws, carts and sleds are provided; the farm shakes and nets your tree, and drills for peg stands on request. Leave chainsaws and axes at home.
- Pricing and availability are subject to change. Payment is by cash, debit, credit or Apple Pay.
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| Visit arrangements | Visit arrangementsFriday, November 27 (reservations only), then Saturdays and Sundays through December 13 or until sold out- Christmas season: Friday, November 27 (First Day Friday) · By reservation only, in one-hour arrival slots
- Christmas season: Saturdays, November 28, December 5 and December 12 · 9am–5pm; no reservation
- Christmas season: Sundays, November 29, December 6 and December 13 · 11am–5pm; no reservation
- Christmas season: Weekdays and after December 13 · Not open for trees
- The farm closes for the season on December 13 or when trees are sold out.
- First Day Friday, November 27, is by reservation only, rain or shine, and the farm is not open daily. After that, choose-and-cut days are Saturdays and Sundays, with no reservation, until December 13 or until the trees are sold out. Ask the farm for the opening and closing hours on November 27.
- The farm opens its choose-and-cut season on First Day Friday, November 27, and that day is by reservation only. Book online, with a $5.00 non-refundable fee per reservation and one reservation per tree rather than per person. Arrival is by one-hour slot: a 10am reservation, for example, lets you arrive any time from 10:00 to 10:59am. The slots on offer appear when you reserve. Ask the farm for the day’s opening and closing hours.
- After you book you receive a confirmation email with a QR code to show on your phone or on paper. Staff confirm your reservation at your vehicle before you go on to the parking lot. It is best if your whole group arrives together. If you need to change your time, email heritagevalleytreefarm@gmail.com; the farm can reschedule when the new time has room. The day goes ahead rain or shine, and if the farm has to close it will notify you by email and post on social media. After check-in, pick up a handsaw and a sled at the information booth and get directions to this season’s fields. If First Day Friday is sold out, plan to come on Saturday or Sunday, when no reservation is needed.
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: First Day Friday reservations: Reservation fee · $5.00 per reservation, non-refundable
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: First Day Friday reservations: Reservations needed · One per tree, not per person
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: First Day Friday reservations: Arrival · One-hour slot; a 10am reservation allows arrival from 10:00 to 10:59am
- After First Day Friday the farm is open on weekends only, Saturdays from 9am to 5pm and Sundays from 11am to 5pm, and closes for the season on December 13 or when the trees are sold out. It is not open daily. No reservation is needed on Saturdays or Sundays.
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Friday, November 27 · By reservation only · First Day Friday; arrival in one-hour slots
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Saturday, November 28 · 9am–5pm · No reservation needed
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Sunday, November 29 · 11am–5pm · No reservation needed
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Saturday, December 5 · 9am–5pm · No reservation needed
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Sunday, December 6 · 11am–5pm · No reservation needed
- Heritage Valley Tree Farm: season calendar: Saturday, December 12 · 9am–5pm · No reservation needed
- The farm is at 1668 Four Mile Road in Washington. Do not turn onto North Four Mile Road, which dead-ends and does not connect. From St. Louis, take I-44 to Exit 251 and Highway 100 west about 10 miles to Washington, go south on Route A for 3 miles, then turn right (west) on Four Mile Road and go 3 miles to the farm entrance. For questions and accessibility, call the farm at (636) 432-6757. Reservation changes go to heritagevalleytreefarm@gmail.com, and general or accessibility questions to infoHVTF@gmail.com. The farm asks for a couple of business days to answer its contact form.
- Friday, November 27 is by reservation only, $5.00 per tree, in one-hour arrival slots; Saturdays 9am–5pm and Sundays 11am–5pm need no reservation, through December 13 or until sold out.
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