North Berwick · Maine
Great Works Farm
A choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in North Berwick where non-members book a one-hour online slot, with $90 standard trees, lower-priced apartment trees, tree-shaking and netting, and a Christmas Barn with cider, donuts, wreaths and garland.
At a glance
Your tree visit.
- Tree choices
- Cut your own
- Choose-and-cut tree
- From $30; $90 for a standard tree
$90 for a standard tree; apartment trees $50–$70 (6 to 7 feet) and $30–$50 (4 to 5 feet). Blue-ribbon trees cost more; the amount is not published.
Prices & conditions ↓ - Visit times
Saturdays and Sundays, October 31 to December 13, plus Fridays, November 27 and December 4, 9:30am–4pm. Non-members book a one-hour slot on the online scheduler, which showed times on only a few days when last checked.
Full schedule ↓
Find your tree
Choose your Christmas tree.
Great Works Farm is choose-and-cut. Non-members get a tree by choosing a date and a one-hour time on the farm’s online scheduler. A separate group of members, holders of the farm’s five-year memberships, may come on or after their set cutting date and tag trees; the farm is no longer accepting new members.
Any tree without a ribbon is $90. Blue-ribbon trees cost more and orange-ribbon trees cost less, and the farm publishes neither amount. Non-members can also book two apartment-tree fields for smaller, slimmer trees: 6 to 7 feet at $50 to $70, and 4 to 5 feet at $30 to $50, each marked with an orange ribbon.
The farm provides off-street parking, saws and tree carts, and string for tying the tree to your car. It shakes every tree to remove loose debris and nets every tree for easier and safer handling. A pointer for choosing: the Maine Christmas Tree Association’s undated listing for the farm names Fraser, balsam and Concolor firs up to 11 feet tall, while the farm’s own pages do not name species.
Compare the options
Trees & prices.
Trees are paid for in the Christmas Barn. The farm has not published which payment methods it accepts, or prices for the cider, hot chocolate, donuts, wreaths, garland and ornaments in the barn.
| Selection & size | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard choose-and-cut tree | $90 Every tree without a blue or orange ribbon; non-members book a standard slot on the scheduler. |
| Blue-ribbon tree | Priced higher than $90 The farm says blue-ribbon trees “will be more”; the amount is not published. |
| Orange-ribbon tree, members | Priced lower than $90 The farm says orange-ribbon trees “will be less”; the amount is not published. Non-members cannot cut these in a standard slot and use the apartment-tree schedulers. |
| Apartment tree, 6 to 7 feet, slender, non-members | $50–$70 Orange ribbon, in the Apartment Tree Field to the left of the cemetery. The 5-to-7-foot scheduler event describes the same field as 5 to 7 feet. |
| Apartment tree, 4 to 5 feet, non-members | $30–$50 Orange ribbon, in the Apartment Tree Field just across the fence in front of the parking area and to the right near the road. |
| Tagging fee, members only | $10 Members pay the fee and for the tree when they tag; tagging is not available to non-members. |
| Saws, tree carts, string, shaking and netting | Provided The farm lists these among what it provides. |
Choose-and-cut by scheduler (non-members)
If you are not a member, you come to the farm by booking a time on its online scheduler; the farm’s non-member page says this is how non-members get a tree. There are three booking calendars, each for a one-hour visit at the farm, and the farm’s event text describes each as a time to choose and cut a tree.
As of November 5 the calendars offered times only on the days in the table; every other day showed no times. That cannot tell a fully booked day from a day the farm is not offering, so treat the scheduler as the authority for what you can book and look again for new days. The scheduler pages show no booking fee.
| Booking | Tree | Days offering times |
|---|---|---|
| Standard scheduler | Trees without a ribbon at $90; blue-ribbon trees cost more (amount not published); orange-ribbon trees are not available in this slot | Sunday, November 29; Saturday, December 5; Sunday, December 6 |
| 4 to 5 foot scheduler | Apartment tree, 4 to 5 feet, $30–$50, orange ribbon | Saturday, November 28; Sunday, November 29 |
| 5 to 7 foot scheduler | Apartment tree, 5 to 7 feet (6 to 7 feet on the farm’s page), $50–$70, orange ribbon | Saturday, December 5; Sunday, December 6 |
Dates, hours and the farm’s schedule
The farm is open from 9:30am to 4pm. Its members page lists Saturdays and Sundays from October 31 to December 13 and Fridays, November 27 and December 4. That schedule is much wider than the days non-members could book on November 5, so the farm’s listed days are not a promise of open slots for non-members.
The farm does not publish a rain or closure policy, or a rule for cancelling or rescheduling a booking. Ask by email if you need to change a time.
Prices, ribbons and the apartment tree fields
The farm says all trees are $90 unless they have a blue or orange ribbon. Blue-ribbon trees are priced higher and orange-ribbon trees lower, without amounts. When you book the standard $90 slot as a non-member, orange-ribbon trees are not available to you; use the apartment-tree schedulers for those.
The farm’s non-member page gives the larger apartment tree as 6 to 7 feet (slender) at $50 to $70, in the Apartment Tree Field to the left of the cemetery; the scheduler event for it says 5 to 7 feet. The smaller trees, 4 to 5 feet, are $30 to $50 in the field just across the fence in front of the parking area and to the right near the road.
| Item | Published price |
|---|---|
| Standard choose-and-cut tree (no ribbon) | $90 |
| Blue-ribbon tree | Higher than $90; amount not published |
| Orange-ribbon tree (members) | Lower than $90; amount not published |
| Apartment tree, 6 to 7 feet, non-members | $50–$70 |
| Apartment tree, 4 to 5 feet, non-members | $30–$50 |
| Tagging fee, members only | $10 |
Members, tagging and the end of memberships
The farm says it is no longer accepting new members. Its members hold legacy five-year memberships with a cutting date, and they come on or after that date. The farm is phasing memberships out in favor of the online scheduler, and its members page and its non-member page differ on when memberships end. Check the members page for the current end dates, and use the scheduler if your membership has ended.
Members may tag a tree on November weekends before Thanksgiving, with a red tag and red ribbon or decoration, and save the receipt and the bottom of the tag (or a photo of it) to claim the tree later. The tagging fee is $10, and members pay the fee and the tree’s price when tagging. The farm says there is no tagging after Thanksgiving, and tagging is not available to non-members.
The farm says tagging and tree reserving are being phased out, after which every customer will need to use the scheduler. The members page gives the date tagging ends, so check it before planning to tag.
Cutting your tree, step by step
The farm’s procedure begins with a note on tools: the members page tells visitors to bring a tree cart and a saw into the fields, while the farm’s home page says it provides saws and tree carts. Ask by email which applies to your visit.
Any tree with a red ribbon, or one that is decorated, is already sold; choose another. After you cut, if the tree has a price tag, tear off the bottom of the tag and bring it into the Christmas Barn to buy the tree, leaving the top part attached. Then take the tree and your receipt to the shake-and-wrap area for a final check-out, where the farm shakes and nets it.
The Christmas Barn
The farm invites you to warm up in its Christmas Barn, where trees are also paid for. It serves hot and cold cider and hot chocolate, sells its own donuts, wreaths and garland, and has countless vintage Christmas ornaments. The farm publishes no prices for any of these, and no sizes or ordering details for wreaths and garland.
Dogs, terrain and what to wear
Dogs on a leash are welcome only in the fields. The farm calls itself choose and cut and asks you to dress warm and wear hiking shoes or boots: the fields can be rough, wet, muddy, snowy or icy, and have tree stumps and woodchuck holes, so use caution walking.
The farm has a customer parking lot. The 4-to-5-foot apartment-tree field is just across the fence in front of the parking area, and the 6-to-7-foot field is to the left of the cemetery. The farm has not published restroom or accessibility details, so ask by email before you come if either matters to you.
Photographers
The farm invites photographers to bring clients and mini sessions at any time before Thanksgiving, or on any day after Thanksgiving when the farm is not open. You do not need to contact the farm for permission; use the customer parking lot. The farm states no fee for photographers.
Finding the farm, and a separate New Hampshire farm
Great Works Farm is at 392 Oakwoods Road in North Berwick. The farm publishes no written directions; its members page has a map behind a Directions button.
The same website also covers the family’s Archambault Tree Farm in Newmarket, New Hampshire. That is a separate farm and a separate visit, and nothing on this page applies to it.
Contacts
The farm lists no phone number. Its contact for questions and help with booking is the email greatworksfarm@yahoo.com, shown on every page of its website. Non-members book through the online scheduler links above.
Pick your day
Dates & hours.
Tree season: Saturdays and Sundays, October 31 to December 13, plus Fridays, November 27 and December 4
The farm’s members page lists Saturdays and Sundays from October 31 to December 13 and two Fridays, November 27 and December 4, from 9:30am to 4pm. Non-members get a tree by booking a one-hour slot on the farm’s online scheduler, and the scheduler is the authority on which days you can book: on November 5 it offered times only on November 28 and 29 and December 5 and 6, and the farm’s pages do not say whether more times will open.
| Christmas season | Hours |
|---|---|
| Saturdays and Sundays, October 31 to December 13 | 9:30am–4pm (the farm’s listed schedule) |
| Fridays, November 27 and December 4 | 9:30am–4pm |
| Non-member booking | Times are released on the online scheduler; see the booking table below for the days offering times as of November 5 |
| Member tagging | November weekends before Thanksgiving only; no tagging after Thanksgiving |
| Rescheduling, rain or closure rules | Not published by the farm |
The farm lists no booking fee on the scheduler pages.
Before you go.
- Non-members book a one-hour slot on the online scheduler, which showed times on only a few days when last checked.
- The farm’s listed days are Saturdays and Sundays, October 31 to December 13, and Fridays, November 27 and December 4, 9:30am–4pm.
- $90 for a standard tree; apartment trees $50–$70 (6 to 7 feet) and $30–$50 (4 to 5 feet); blue-ribbon and orange-ribbon prices are not published.
- The farm is no longer accepting new members; tagging is for members only, with a $10 fee, and ends after Thanksgiving each season.
- Dogs on a leash are welcome only in the fields.
- The farm lists no phone number; email greatworksfarm@yahoo.com.
392 Oakwoods Road, North Berwick, ME 03906
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