Christmas Tree Plantation continues a long-running Jonesboro operation under new ownership since late 2023, with a distinctive low-key touch -- a warm fire and hot chocolate after you cut your tree -- though no season dates or pricing were found anywhere in this research.
Christmas Tree Plantation has a longer history than its new-ownership status might suggest at first glance. New owner Brett Lamberson took over the farm in late 2023, but he’d worked it as a teenager years earlier under founder Rocky Clements – so this is a continuation of a long-running Jonesboro-area operation under new management, not a fresh start from scratch. If you’re the kind of visitor who values a farm’s history, that’s a meaningfully different story than a brand-new business with no track record.
The record notes something genuinely specific and useful: trees here are grown on a roughly four-year cycle – started in a pot for a year, then three years in the field being shaped. That’s on the faster end for conifers generally, and it’s typical of the pine and cypress species common to Arkansas tree farms, even though the specific species grown here aren’t stated anywhere in the sources checked.
After you cut your tree, visitors are invited to warm up by a fire with hot chocolate while staff prepare it for the trip home. That’s a smaller, more personal gesture than the bigger attractions – petting zoos, pig races, barrel trains – that some other farms in this research lean on, and it may appeal more if you’re looking for a simple, unhurried visit rather than a full family-outing itinerary.
Weekday hours run a relatively short 3pm-5pm window, while weekends open up to noon-5pm. What’s missing is any confirmed season start or end date – the record only has these recurring weekly hours, not a calendar you can circle. If you want to know exactly when the 2026 season opens, that’s a gap this research couldn’t close; checking the farm’s Facebook page or the regional NEA Christmas listing closer to the season is the best next step.
No price_from or price_note dollar figure appears anywhere in the record, so there’s no honest tree-cost figure to give you here.
Even without a confirmed 2026 calendar, general patterns still apply: cut-your-own trees in desirable sizes tend to run short by mid-December at popular farms, so if this farm’s typical season pattern holds, earlier visits after opening are the safer bet for selection.
Christmas Tree Plantation offers real continuity – a farm with local history now under attentive new ownership – and a distinctive, unhurried post-cutting tradition. What it can’t offer from this research is a confirmed season calendar, a tree price, or even a stated species list, so treat the recurring hours as useful but incomplete, and confirm the actual season dates before you plan a specific day.
No season start or end date is published, only recurring hours: weekdays 3-5pm and weekends 12-5pm. Given the short daily weekday window, a weekend visit likely gives you more flexibility to arrive without rushing.
Not stated directly, but the tradition of warming up by a fire with hot chocolate after cutting suggests visitors are encouraged to linger a bit rather than cut and leave immediately.
Not stated in the record.
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Not addressed in any source checked.
Skip Christmas Tree Plantation if you need confirmed season dates or a tree price before you go, since neither is published anywhere in the record, and skip it if you're hoping for a specific tree species, since none is specified in the sources checked.
Not available in the record checked.
Brett Lamberson took over in late 2023. He had worked the farm as a teenager under founder Rocky Clements, so this is a continuation of a long-running local operation under new management, not a brand-new business.
Weekdays 3-5pm, weekends 12-5pm, per the record. No season start or end date is published.
Not published anywhere in the record checked.
Visitors are invited to warm up by a fire with hot chocolate while staff prepare the tree, a distinctive, low-key touch compared to farms built around bigger attractions.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Fri, weekends. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
171 County Road 468, Jonesboro, AR 72404, in Craighead County. It is one of 3 farms we track in Northeast Arkansas.
We track 3 farms in Northeast Arkansas, 3 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 3 farms we track in Northeast Arkansas had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
neachristmas.com
Checked September 2026.