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C & J Christmas Trees

📍 1999 Brookshire Road, Boone, NC 28607🗓 Season dates not yet published for 2026🏷 Pricing TBD

C & J has a full weekly schedule and a snack shack visitors like, but this listing was built from directory summaries rather than the farm's own site, so treat details as a starting point, not a confirmed plan.

How you get your tree

This farm offers

choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you)

Included

hot cocoa stand

Our take

C & J Christmas Trees comes with a caveat this listing wants to be upfront about: a direct attempt to read the farm’s own website failed during research, so the details here are compiled from search-result summaries and directory listings rather than the farm’s own current-season page. That’s a meaningfully different level of confidence than a listing built from a direct site visit, and it affects how much weight to put on the specifics below.

What is reasonably well supported: the farm operates daily, with weekend hours of 9am-4pm and weekday hours of 10am-4pm, and sells Fraser fir as a choose-and-cut operation. Reviewers highlight two things that stand out from the secondhand summaries: a snack shack selling hot food and drinks, and scenic mountain views described as good for family photos. Neither of those is the kind of thing this listing would invent, but neither is confirmed with the same confidence as a farm’s own published page would provide.

What’s genuinely unclear

Whether cutting here is self-service (you bring or borrow a saw) or staff-assisted (they cut it for you) wasn’t clearly established in the available sources, which matters if you’re planning around one or the other. Neither season start nor end date was confirmed for 2026; a prior season’s window of roughly Nov. 15 to Dec. 12 turned up in research, but the year wasn’t confirmed, so this record leaves those fields blank rather than assuming the pattern repeats.

On price

No price_from or price_note exists in the record, so no dollar figure can appear here. What can be said honestly: customer reviews describe the pricing as reasonable relative to nearby competitors. That’s a real observation from the record, not this listing’s own judgment, but it’s a comparison without numbers attached, which is exactly the kind of claim that’s useful without being invented.

The practical takeaway

Given the lower confidence level here compared to farms with a directly confirmed site, it’s worth calling the listed number, 843-833-0156, before making a special trip, particularly to confirm cutting method, current hours, and whether the season has opened for 2026. The scenic views and snack shack are genuine draws if the basics check out on a call.

Weighing daily hours against unconfirmed dates

A daily operating schedule, if it holds for 2026, is a genuine convenience: it means you’re not boxed into a single weekend to make the trip, unlike several farms in this batch that only open Saturdays and Sundays. That flexibility is worth something even with the season dates themselves unconfirmed, since it suggests more room to reschedule around weather or a busy week once the farm does open.

The general seasonal pattern still applies

Even without confirmed dates here, the broader pattern for this region holds: the stretch immediately following Thanksgiving tends to be the busiest for any farm with a roughly month-long season, and good trees in popular sizes can thin out well before a farm’s final closing date. If the mountain views and photo opportunities matter to your visit, going earlier rather than later in whatever window the farm ultimately confirms is the safer bet for both selection and a less crowded scene for photos.

Planning your visit

Best time to go

Daily, with weekend hours of 9am-4pm and weekday hours of 10am-4pm, per available sources. No 2026 season start or end date was confirmed, so check closer to the season.

How long to budget

30-60 minutes for a tree, longer if you stop at the snack shack or linger for the mountain views.

Crowds

Not specified; daily operation likely spreads visitors across more days than a weekends-only farm, though this is a reasonable inference rather than confirmed data.

Parking

Not specified; expect an unpaved farm lot typical of the area.

Strollers and accessibility

Not specified in available sources.

What to bring

  • a phone number to call ahead, since key details here come from directory summaries rather than the farm's own confirmed site
  • cash or card - payment method isn't specified
  • an appetite, if the snack shack interests you

How to spend less here

  • reviewers describe pricing as reasonable relative to nearby farms, though no dollar figures were published to confirm that
  • confirm the price directly with the farm since none is listed in available sources

Who it suits

Good for

  • visitors who want a daily-hours option rather than weekends-only
  • people who'd enjoy scenic mountain views along with tree shopping
  • shoppers who like grabbing food on-site

Skip it if

Skip if you need firm, farm-confirmed details before visiting - this listing relies on secondhand summaries because a direct site read wasn't possible, so specifics like cutting method should be verified with the farm.

Worth pairing with

Other Boone-area choose-and-cut farms, useful for comparing cutting method and pricing since this listing's details are less directly confirmed than some others in the area.

Common questions

What are C & J's hours?

Weekends 9am-4pm and weekdays 10am-4pm, according to directory and search-result summaries; a direct site read wasn't possible for this listing.

Is this a cut-your-own or staff-cut farm?

Not confirmed. Research notes recommend checking directly with the farm since this detail wasn't clearly established.

Is there food on-site?

Reviewers mention a snack shack selling hot food and drinks.

How much does a tree cost?

Not published. Reviewers describe pricing as reasonable compared to nearby farms, but no specific numbers are available.

When is C & J Christmas Trees open in 2026?

2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily (weekends 9am-4pm, weekdays 10am-4pm). Check with the farm before driving out.

How much does a tree cost at C & J Christmas Trees?

Pricing was not published when we last checked.

Can I cut my own tree at C & J Christmas Trees?

Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).

Where is C & J Christmas Trees?

1999 Brookshire Road, Boone, NC 28607, in Watauga County. It is one of 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC.

How C & J Christmas Trees compares in Blue Ridge NC

We track 19 farms in Blue Ridge NC, 1 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.

What sets it apart locally: it has a cocoa or cider stand, which most Blue Ridge NC farms on our list do not.

One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 6 of the 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.

Other farms near Boone

There are 7 other farms we track in Watauga County. All Blue Ridge NC farms →

Quick facts

SeasonSeason dates not yet published for 2026
Days openDaily (weekends 9am-4pm, weekdays 10am-4pm)
Hours9am-4pm weekends, 10am-4pm weekdays
Starting priceNot published
Tree typesFraser fir
CountyWatauga County
RegionBlue Ridge NC

Sources

candjchristmastrees.com · exploreboone.com · ncchristmastrees.com

Checked August 2026.