Where to get your Christmas Trees in Raleigh: Choose & Cut Farms + Pop-up Shops

Is your home ready to be decorated for the Holiday season and filled with the sweet scent of pine? Then it can only mean one thing: it’s tree-hunting time. If you’re after a real Fir tree to spruce up your home, then we’ve made it easier for you. 

In this guide, we’ve put together a list of the best places to find a Christmas tree in the Triangle region, from choose-and-cut farms to pop-up shops. Many of these places also have Holiday events, making it a fun family day out.

Christmas trees, whether bought from farms or pop-up stores, are usually on sale from the weekend after Thanksgiving (Saturday 29th November) until all trees are sold out. It’s a good idea to keep an eye on their social media pages to see if stock is available before you visit. So we have included the social media pages for each place below to make this easier for you.

We’ve also picked locations within a 30-minute drive from Downtown, as I’m sure you’ll want to get home fast with a tree strapped to your car roof!

Choose and Cut Christmas Trees in the Triangle

Boyce Farms, Raleigh

• Address: 2813 Mount Vernon Church Rd.
• Opens from: usually the weekend after Thanksgiving
• Types of tree: White Pines, Leyland Cypress, Blue Ice, Carolina Sapphire, NC Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

Boyce Farms is the most famous Choose & Cut Christmas Tree farm in Raleigh, and in 2025, they have a limited supply of choose and cut trees to choose from, so we recommend the eager beavers get out to Boyce Farms early to chop their trees.

Even if the choose and cut trees have all gone, they also have pre-cut trees to choose from, including a wonderful supply of fresh Fraser Firs from the North Carolina mountains.

If you’ve never chosen and cut your tree before, this is a good place to try it for the First time, as they provide instructions and also have saws you can use (you can bring your own if you desire, but no chain saws). If you chicken out at the last minute, they will gladly cut it for you. They will also net your tree and load/tie it to your vehicle for free. 

Back Achers Christmas Tree Farm, Raleigh

• Address: 4533 Inwood Rd, Raleigh
• Opens from: TBC
• Types of tree: Fraser Firs
• Socials: Website

Back Achers is a family-owned tree farm, which was founded by former Chief Biologist of NC Wildlife Resources Comm, Frank Barick. Frank, who knew a lot about trees and held a master’s degree in forestry, passed his knowledge down to his son Brad, who continues the family tradition. Each year, Back Achers plants and grows their own trees, and have a limited supply of choose and cut trees available. They also offer fresh-cut Fraser Firs and have fresh wreaths and garlands.

NOTE: Their website is currently not working, and I can’t ascertain from their socials if this is operating. If I can’t find information soon, I will remove it from this post.

Mountain Branch Farm, Garner

• Address: 660 Cornwallis Rd, Garner
• Opens from: open now!
• Types of trees: White Pine, Virginia Pine, Cedar trees
• Socials: Facebook

Now open for the 2025 season is Mountain Branch Farm, which has all its trees for $15 and cash only. You can choose and cut your own NC-grown tree, but hurry, as stock is limited! Go early and tag your tree and come back at a later date to cut it.

Grasshopper Farms, Knightsdale

• Address: 8004 Poole Rd., Knightdale,
• Opens from: mid-November
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Fir
• Socials: Facebook | Website

Grasshopper Farms in Knightsdale has a beautiful selection of fresh, locally grown NC Fraser Fir Christmas trees, as well as fresh wreaths and garlands. What we love about Grasshopper Farms is that they make the selection of a Christmas tree an experience, not a shopping trip. They also have events and goodies up for grabs throughout November and December, making it a fun experience for the whole family. 

Neighbor Boy Farm, Apex

• Address: 1008 Davis Dr, Apex, NC 27523
• Opens from: Mid-November (9 am – 8 pm daily | Closes 4pm Nov 26 | closed Thanksgiving Day)
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Fir
• Socials: Facebook | Website

Neighbor Boy Farm has been bringing beautiful NC Fraser Firs to the Apex area for 25+ years, and now they offer two festive Christmas tree experiences for Triangle families.

At Neighbor Boy Adventure Farm’s Christmas Wonderland, the holidays feel cozy, nostalgic, and fun. It’s more than picking out a premium nursery-grade tree — families love the kids’ play areas, fire pits, s’mores, and the best complimentary homemade hot chocolate. Wander the rows, find your perfect tree, and enjoy the tradition of “dancing with your tree” as they shake and prep it for you.

Bring your stand and they’ll attach it, then handle everything from carrying and cutting to baling and loading, so all you have to do is slow down, savor the moment, and soak up the season. Free reservations are only needed on Thanksgiving weekend.

Jordan Lake Christmas Tree Farm, Apex

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• Address: 2170 Marthas Chapel Rd, Apex
• Opens from: November 22nd, 2025
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs, NC White Pine, Concolor Firs (available the First week in Dec only, check socials for when they are ready), Ball and Burlap trees
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

Back for another Christmas Season, Jordan Lake Tree Farm is open on the weekends following Thanksgiving until the weekend of the 6th and 7th, December. Due to popular demand, you need to make a reservation (except for the opening weekend of the 22nd and 23rd), and reservations can be made from Friday, 7th November.

This year, along with choose and cut Christmas Trees, there will be wreath-making workshops, a Christmas shop, a concession stand with hot drinks and snacks, hay rides, a kids’ playground with a bounce house, and photographers.

Choose and cut trees are priced at $8-$12 per foot, and the field closes at 5pm. You can tag a tree from opening weekend, and the last day to cut your tree is December 19th. Although it’s advertised as choose and cut, they don’t actually allow the public to cut it, but specially trained staff do it.  They also sell fresh-cut NC Fraser Firs and table-top NC Fraser Firs, and fresh wreaths.

Pre-Cut Christmas Tree Farms in the Triangle

Cranberry Tree Farm, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Cary

• Address: 3 locations in the Triangle:
  • 7200 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh
  • 1100 Environ Way (East 54), Chapel Hill
  • 1100 Reedy Creek Road, Cary, NC
• Opens from: Thanksgiving
• Types of tree: Fraser Fir, Concolor Fir, White pine, and Blue spruce
• Socials: Facebook | Website

Cranberry Tree Farm has been a long-standing producer of Christmas trees, operating since 1983. It grows its own supply of Christmas trees ranging from 2ft to 14ft at its farm in Laurel Springs, and transports them to three locations in the Triangle, so you won’t find fresher pre-cut trees without chopping down your own. 

Simply rock up, choose your tree, and let the staff help net it and secure it to your vehicle. They will also help you install your tree and deliver it to your home. They also have hand-crafted wreaths and garlands.

High Country Firs, Wake Forest

• Address: The Salvation Army Parking Lot – 902 Wake Forest Rd
• Opens from: after Thanksgiving
• Types of tree: Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

For those who want carefully harvested trees of high quality, but also want to give back, head over to High Country Firs, a local small business that provides a lovingly curated selection of Christmas trees to the City of Oaks community and gives back a percentage of sales to the Salvation Army.

HCF was founded in 2011 by Keith Chesnutt, who first began selling Christmas trees to fund his education at NC State University, and has since sold the business to a partner grower who is continuing on his legacy. As well as trees, there are also wreaths, garlands, and customized holiday home décor up for sale.

The trees are grown in the Appalachian mountains using a low-spray pesticide, and are hand-pruned and intentionally harvested less than a week before Thanksgiving to ensure freshness. Keep an eye on their socials, as sometimes Santa Claus visits!

Booger Mountain Lot, Wake Forest

• Address: 1209 Jones Dairy Rd, Wake Forest
• Opens from: the weekend after Thanksgiving
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Fir
• Socials: Facebook

A long-standing seller of Christmas Trees in the Raleigh area is Booger Mountain, a local grower that has been selling trees for over 50 years. They have their own farm out west, and sell freshly cut trees in their lot location near Fall of Neuse Rd.

As well as their Falls of Neuse location, there are usually lots around Raleigh and the Wake County area, so check their FB page for full locations as they pop up to see if there’s one near you.

The Family Farm on Avent Ferry, Holly Springs

• Address: 1719 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs
• Opens from: 
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

The Family Farm on Avent Ferry makes choosing a Christmas tree a fun experience for the whole family, as their farm shop includes Santa’s sleigh, which you can use for holiday pictures, a nightly bonfire, and more. They sell NC Fraser Firs in a variety of sizes, and they also help net and secure your tree to your vehicle. They have handmade wreaths, swags, garlands, and more for sale, too.

3 Guys Tree Farm, Garner

• Address: 2518 Benson Rd, Garner
• Opens from: typically the weekend after Thanksgiving
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram

3 Guys Tree Farm is a small family-run business offering fresh-cut Fraser Fir Christmas Trees, as well as handmade wreaths, bows, and tree stands.

Mistletoe Meadows, Garner

• Address: Corner of Benson Rd. (NC 50) and Timber Dr. (across from McDonald’s), 1511 Benson Road,
• Opens from: November 21st – 12th December 2025
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Website

Another lot in Garner is Mistletoe Meadows, who offer a selection of fresh-cut NC Fraser Fir trees from their farm in Laurel Springs, as well as florist-quality wreaths, garlands, and center pieces.

If you do plan on making a Holiday getaway to East North Carolina and are passing Laurel Springs on the way back, their Mistletoe Meadows Farm has choose and cut trees available as well as Holiday events, such as hot cocoa in the barn and hayrides on weekends.

Smith’s Family Fun Park, Hillsborough

• Address: 1715 St Mary’s Rd, Hillsborough
• Opens from: 22nd November 2025
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs, White Pines, and Virginia Pines
• Socials: Facebook | Website

If you are looking for variety, then Smith’s Family Fun Park has a variety of Pines and Firs on offer, in multiple sizes, so you can find the perfect tree for your space. They also have freshly-made wreaths and garlands. If you pay with cash, you get a 4% discount.

There’s also a play area and complimentary hot cocoa and apple cider for you to enjoy as you browse.

Christmas Tree Stores & Pop Up Shops

NC State Farmers Market, Raleigh

• Address: State Farmer’s Market, 1201 Agriculture Street
• Opens from: late November
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs, possibly White Pine, Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, and Concolor Fir as well
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

Of course, the NC State Farmers Market will have Christmas trees, brought to the City of Oak by the Cheek Brothers Tree Farm, who grow their trees in Ashe and Watauga counties in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Their lot will feature not only a wide selection of NC Fraser Fir trees of all sizes, but also wreaths, garlands, and roping, as well as tree stands. Their trees are to be sold separately, they don’t do wholesale, and they also don’t have choose and cut trees.

Here is our guide to the NC State Farmers Market – get something to eat while there!

Phillips Farm of Cary

• Address: 6800 Good Hope Church Rd, Cary
• Opens from: typically the last weekend in November
• Types of tree: NC Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Website

Philips Farm is part farm, part fun park, and each year during the Holiday season, it transforms into a Winter Wonderland. The Christmas Wonderland weekend kicks off the holiday season with a Christmas Tree Shop, as well as a three-day Holiday Market and all the usual fun at the Family Fun Park. After the weekend, the Christmas tree shop has its own hours of operation outside of the family fun park. 

Hart’s Christmas Trees, Wake Forest

• Address: 670 Lake Hart Ln, Wake Forest
• Opens from: 28th November
• Types of tree: Fraser Firs
• Socials: Facebook

Hart’s Christmas Trees has a barn full of a beautiful variety of Christmas trees from western NC and VA that are ready to go on the back of your car. This Black Friday, Santa will be popping in, and there will also be coffee served by Moss + Ivy Coffee Co. to keep you warm while you browse. 

TROSA Tree Stores

• Locations: Quality Equipment, Southpoint Mall, Northgate Mall (Durham), MLK at Homestead, University Place (Chapel Hill), Park West Village (Morrisville)
• Opens from: mid-November 
• Types of tree: Fraser Firs
• Socials: Website

When you buy a tree through TROSA tree lots, you are making a donation to a nonprofit organization that aids residential recovery programs for men and women with substance use disorders. TROSA provides free housing, meals, clothing, and health services such as counseling to the local community who are in recovery.

How to pick the right Christmas Tree

It’s all well and good knowing where to get a Christmas tree, but if you’re someone who’s previously bought a Christmas tree that looked lovely in the shop and was a brown stick three days later, then here are some tips we’ve picked up about picking the right Christmas tree.

Choosing a species of tree

First, you need to consider the type of tree. Traditionally, a Christmas tree is an evergreen spruce tree, of which there are several varieties. 

In Raleigh, the Fraser Fir is the most commonly found type. The Fraser Fir is native to the southeastern Appalachian Mountain region, western North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. It’s estimated that 50 million Fraser Firs are grown in North Carolina alone, which represents over 90% of all Christmas trees grown in NC. Fraser Firs are known to have excellent needle retention and sturdy branches, making them an ideal choice if you’re planning on going all out and exploding a bauble collection over it. 

Other popular types of trees you’ll find in Raleigh are White Pines, Leyland Cypress, Concolor Firs, and Blue Spruces.

Pre-cut trees vs. potted vs. choose-and-cut

The way in which you buy a tree these days isn’t as simple as rocking up to a garden center and saying, “I’ll take that one, please,” and then driving off with it. Now you can choose between a pre-cut Christmas tree, a pot-grown tree, or choose and cut your own.

If you choose a pre-cut tree, make sure that it is open and not already wrapped or netted. This way, you can check how dense the branches are and see how brittle the needles are. It should also be standing in water to keep it alive and healthy. Check to see if needles are bent or falling off, give it a quick shake to see if anything falls off, and of course, be sure to check the measurement that it fits through your front door and in the space you want it.

For potted trees, check that the tree has been grown in the pot that it’s currently in. The reason for this is so the roots can spread out and remain undeterred, meaning they will be healthier. Like the pre-cut tree, check that it’s healthy by giving it a shake and watching if needles fall, check for signs of bugs, and brittle branches.

Choosing to cut your own tree is a little more complicated. Like the above-mentioned, do your due diligence to pick a healthy tree by checking needle retention and the strength of branches, and then cut straight across the trunk at the bottom, making a clean, straight cut. Try not to make a V-shape, as this will make it unstable, and it won’t fit in a stand. If you need help, choose-and-cut farms usually have someone on hand to direct you and offer guidance. 

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