The farm's own website confirmed it was closed for the 2025 Christmas-tree season with no 2026 details posted, so treat this as a call-first listing rather than one to plan a visit around yet.
Claybrooke Farm is a genuine, long-running family operation - more than 30 years in business, according to the record - built primarily around a fall agritourism season rather than Christmas trees as the main event. A corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and a “Fall Farm Days” festival make up the bulk of what the farm is known for each autumn; Christmas trees have historically been an additional offering layered onto that same fall-focused operation once the weather turns colder.
When the farm’s own website was checked directly, it confirmed the farm was closed for the 2025 Christmas-tree season, with a note that details on the next season would be posted in Fall 2026 - meaning, as of this research, nothing about a 2026 Christmas-tree season had actually gone up yet. That’s the farm’s own stated position, not a third-party guess or an outdated cached listing, and it’s the single most important fact in this record.
Historically, the farm has grown Canaan Fir, Nordmann Fir, and White Pine, sold choose-and-cut, though whether cutting is a customer or staff job isn’t confirmed either way. Visits have historically required a reservation rather than open drop-in hours - another reason not to assume you can simply show up during the tree season even once it’s confirmed to be running. No hours, pricing, or other details about the tree-shopping process itself were published on the site at the time of this research.
The farm sits roughly an hour’s drive from Richmond, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg - useful to know if you’re weighing whether the trip is worth making once (and if) the farm confirms it’s doing trees again for 2026.
It’s worth understanding, in general terms, why a farm built primarily around autumn agritourism might scale back or pause a secondary Christmas-tree offering in a given year: growing conditions, staffing, or simply a decision to focus resources on the more established fall season can all play a role. None of that is confirmed as the specific reason here - the farm’s own site doesn’t explain why 2025 was skipped - but it’s a normal, unremarkable pattern for a multi-season operation rather than a sign of anything having gone wrong with the business overall.
This is a real, established farm, not an abandoned listing, but its own website has told visitors plainly that the 2025 Christmas-tree season didn’t happen and that 2026 information wasn’t ready yet at research time. Rather than guess whether trees will return, the responsible thing to do is check back closer to the season - claybrookefarm.com or a direct call to (540) 872-3817 - before making this farm part of your holiday plans.
Unknown until the farm posts 2026 details. Historically, visits were by reservation rather than open hours, and the farm's own site said details on the next season would come in Fall 2026.
Not documented, though historically the tree-shopping side was one small part of a larger fall agritourism visit.
Not documented in the record.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip planning a visit around this farm until you've confirmed 2026 Christmas-tree operating status directly, since the farm's own site stated it was closed for the 2025 season with details on 2026 not yet posted.
Other Central Virginia farms in this directory, like Greene Meadows Farm in Stanardsville, are worth checking as alternatives if Claybrooke's Christmas-tree status remains unconfirmed by the time you plan to shop.
Unconfirmed. The farm's own website stated it was closed for the 2025 Christmas-tree season, with details on the next season promised for Fall 2026 but not yet posted when this record was researched.
Canaan Fir, Nordmann Fir, and White Pine, per the record.
No - Christmas trees are one part of a larger fall/autumn agritourism operation that also includes a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and 'Fall Farm Days' festival, according to the record.
Roughly an hour's drive from Richmond, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg, per the record.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: By reservation (historically). Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
912 Elk Creek Road, Mineral, VA 23117, in Louisa County. It is one of 6 farms we track in Central Virginia.
We track 6 farms in Central Virginia, 4 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 3 of the 6 farms we track in Central Virginia had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There is 1 other farm we track in Louisa County. All Central Virginia farms →
claybrookefarm.com · blueridgemountainstravelguide.com
Checked September 2026.