A weekends-only choose-and-cut lot with real flat pricing ($85 up to 9 feet) and free saws, rope, and netting, but the farm's own site couldn't be verified at research time, so double-check hours before driving out.
Flat $85 for choose-and-cut trees up to 9 feet, per aggregator listings; not confirmed as current 2026 pricing directly from the farm.
Barclay’s gives you something a lot of tree farms don’t: an actual number to plan around. Flat $85 for any choose-and-cut tree up to nine feet, no per-foot math, no separate saw rental. That figure comes from third-party listings rather than the farm’s own site, which returned a certificate error when checked directly, so treat it as likely-current rather than confirmed. Still, it’s a real, traceable price, which is more than most farms in this area have published.
Nine feet is the ceiling for that $85 rate as documented. If you’re after something taller, the record doesn’t say what that costs, so ask when you arrive rather than assuming the flat rate stretches further. On the plus side, saws, rope, and netting are all provided free, which means your total cost for a tree at or under nine feet is genuinely just the $85 - no hidden equipment fees to budget around.
This is the detail that will trip up anyone used to daily-open farms: Barclay’s operates Saturdays and Sundays only, including Black Friday, 9am-5pm. There’s no listed weekday option, so if your schedule only allows a Tuesday afternoon trip, this isn’t the farm for that. Because the whole season funnels through two days a week, the first weekend after Thanksgiving is likely to be the most crowded simply due to the math of concentrated demand - that’s a reasonable inference from the schedule itself, not a documented crowd report.
The species list here is solid for the area - Douglas fir, white fir, Fraser fir, blue spruce, and Norway spruce - giving you a real choice between the softer-needled firs and the classic spruces. What isn’t specified anywhere in the record is whether Barclay’s takes cards or is cash-only. Given that gap, bringing cash as a backup is the safer move rather than assuming a card reader will be on site.
Because the farm’s own website couldn’t be reached during this research, everything here - the price, the hours, the species list - comes from secondary sources that quote the farm rather than the farm’s current, dated posting. None of that means the information is wrong, but it does mean a quick phone call before a weekend drive is worth the five minutes, especially if you’re coming from any distance for a farm that’s only open two days a week.
The first weekend of the season, November 27-29, since this is a weekends-only operation and there's no weekday fallback if you miss a Saturday or Sunday.
An hour or so for a straightforward cut-and-tag visit, since there's no listed attraction beyond the tree fields themselves.
Not documented directly, but a weekends-only schedule concentrates all visitors into two days a week, so expect more competition for good trees on any given Saturday or Sunday than at a farm with daily hours.
Not specified in available sources. Treat it as an unpaved field lot unless told otherwise when you call.
Not documented. Most cut-your-own tree fields are uneven, unpaved ground, so plan footwear accordingly.
Skip if you can only visit on a weekday, since the farm is documented as open Saturdays and Sundays only, or if you need a tree taller than nine feet, since the flat $85 price is specifically tied to that height cap.
Simonson Farms is also located in Cranbury, on Cranbury Neck Road, if you want to compare a second cut-your-own option in the same town.
A flat $85 for choose-and-cut trees up to nine feet, per third-party listings. This hasn't been confirmed as current 2026 pricing directly from the farm.
Saturdays and Sundays only, including Black Friday, 9am-5pm. There's no weekday cutting.
No. The farm provides saws, plus free rope and netting for tying the tree down.
Douglas fir, white fir, Fraser fir, blue spruce, and Norway spruce, per secondary listings.
Opens November 27, 2026 (closing date not published). Saturdays and Sundays (including Black Friday). Hours: 9am-5pm weekends.
Trees start at $85. Flat $85 for choose-and-cut trees up to 9 feet, per aggregator listings; not confirmed as current 2026 pricing directly from the farm.
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
35 Orchardside Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512, in Middlesex County. It is one of 9 farms we track in Central NJ.
We track 9 farms in Central NJ, 7 of which let you cut your own tree. At $85 to start this one sits right on the regional median of $85.
What sets it apart locally: it has free netting/baling, which most Central NJ farms on our list do not.
There are 5 other farms we track in Middlesex County. All Central NJ farms →
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Checked September 2026.