Bismarck · Arkansas
McAlpine Christmas Tree Farm
A family choose-and-cut tree farm in Bismarck that is open seven days a week, 8am to 5:30pm, from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, with tagging from November 1. The farm says this is its last season, after 45 years. Tree prices are not published; confirm at the farm.
At a glance
Your tree visit.
- Tree choices
- Cut your own
- Choose-and-cut trees
- Not published
Not published; confirm at the farm. The farm posts no price for trees or anything else.
Prices & conditions ↓ - Visit times
Seven days a week, 8am–5:30pm, from Thanksgiving, November 26, to Christmas Eve, December 24. Tagging from November 1.
Full schedule ↓
Find your tree
Choose your Christmas tree.
The farm’s page describes it as a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm. Its posts this season name Virginia pine, which the farm shears during the year, and directory listings of the farm also name Leyland cypress, so ask which is in the field when you visit.
The farm publishes no height range, tag system or price. The farm told a visitor who asked how early they could come and tag a tree to come the 1st of November.
Published varieties
- Virginia pine
- Leyland cypress
Compare the options
Trees & prices.
The farm’s own page does not say which payment methods it takes; directory listings disagree, one saying credit cards and an older one saying cash and check, so ask at the farm.
| Selection & size | Price |
|---|---|
| Choose-and-cut tree | Not published Not published; confirm at the farm. |
Choose and cut your tree
McAlpine Christmas Tree Farm describes what it offers as choose and cut Christmas trees: you walk the field and choose a standing tree. The farm’s posts this season name Virginia pine, and directory listings of the farm also name Leyland cypress. The farm posted on October 30 that its trees are ready for sale.
The farm’s page does not describe who does the cutting, whether it lends saws, or whether it shakes, bales or helps load, and it publishes no price, so ask when you arrive.
| Selection & size | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Choose-and-cut Virginia pine | Not published; confirm at the farm | Named in the farm’s posts; sheared during the year |
| Choose-and-cut Leyland cypress | Not published; confirm at the farm | Named in directory listings of the farm; confirm what is in the field |
| Early tagging | No fee published | Come tag a tree from the 1st of November, the farm told a visitor |
Season, hours and early tagging
The farm says it is open from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, seven days a week, 8 to 5:30. This year Thanksgiving is November 26, so that is November 26 through December 24. The farm has posted no dated calendar for the season.
When a visitor asked how early they could come and tag a tree, the farm answered the 1st of November. The farm does not describe how tagging works or whether a tagged tree is held for you, so ask when you come.
| Detail | What the farm says |
|---|---|
| Tagging | From the 1st of November, in the farm’s reply to a visitor |
| Selling season | Thanksgiving, November 26, to Christmas Eve, December 24 |
| Days | Seven days a week |
| Hours | 8am to 5:30pm |
| Weather and sell-out rules | Not published; ask at the farm |
This is the farm’s last season
On its Facebook page on October 30, the farm told visitors that the trees are ready for sale and that this is its last year, after 45 years. Plan a visit this season if you want a tree from the farm.
How the trees are grown and shaped
The farm’s posts this season give a glimpse of the work behind the trees. In late August it said its two sons come home to shear the trees, and on September 1 it posted that the last Virginia pine had been sheared that morning.
On October 10 the farm said it had started spraying colorant on the trees, and it says nothing more about what the colorant is or which trees receive it.
Price, payment and what to ask
The farm posts no price for trees or anything else: not published; confirm at the farm. It does not say which payment methods it accepts; directory listings disagree, with one saying credit cards and an older one saying cash and check, so ask the farm which it takes.
The farm’s page does not describe wreaths, garlands, tours for schools, tools, cutting or loading help, pet rules, parking, restrooms or accessibility, so ask at the farm.
The McAlpines and the farm
Harold and Bobbie McAlpine own the farm. A newspaper profile of the farm said they bought the land and planted about 10,000 trees to start, that trees take about six years to grow, and that the farm sold about 1,500 trees a year and planted about the same number. They also manage and harvest timberland.
Getting there and contacts
The farm is at 197 Christmas Tree Lane in Bismarck. It has no website; its Facebook page is its public home. For questions, call the farm at (501) 865-3731, the number its page lists.
Pick your day
Dates & hours.
Tree season: Thanksgiving, November 26, through Christmas Eve, December 24; tagging from November 1
The farm’s Facebook page says it is open from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, seven days a week, 8 to 5:30. The line is not dated and the farm has posted no dated calendar this season; Thanksgiving falls on November 26. A directory listing of the farm gives the hours as daylight to dark; the farm’s own line governs. The farm publishes no weather or sell-out rule.
| Christmas season | Hours |
|---|---|
| From the first of November | Tagging: the farm told a visitor to come tag a tree from the 1st of November |
| Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, through Christmas Eve, December 24 | Open seven days a week, 8am–5:30pm |
The hours come from the farm’s Facebook page. The farm publishes no weather rule.
Before you go.
- Open seven days a week, 8am–5:30pm, from Thanksgiving, November 26, to Christmas Eve, December 24; tagging from November 1.
- The farm describes its trees as choose and cut Christmas trees; Virginia pine is named in the farm’s posts, and listings also name Leyland cypress.
- Tree prices are not published; confirm at the farm.
- Saws, cutting help, loading, payment methods, parking, restrooms and pet rules are not published; ask at the farm.
- Call (501) 865-3731.
197 Christmas Tree Lane, Bismarck, AR 71929
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