Country Pines only opens two weekends a year — Black Friday weekend and the first weekend of December — so this is a farm you plan around, not one you drop by on a whim.
A 2020 local news report cited $7/ft for all trees; current pricing not found.
Country Pines is a family-owned, single-species operation on Lee Road outside Covington, and the record here is honest about being narrow rather than deep: one tree type, two open weekends, and pricing that’s five years out of date.
Most tree farms run daily or weekend-only through late November and December. Country Pines instead opens for two specific stretches — Black Friday weekend (2026-11-27 onward) and the first weekend of December — both 8am to 5pm. If you’re used to farms that let you show up whenever the mood strikes over a five-week window, this one requires actual planning. Miss both weekends and there’s no fallback date in the record.
The record lists Leyland Cypress as the only tree type here. That’s a real limitation if you’re hoping to compare a fir against a cypress on the same visit, but it also means there’s no decision paralysis walking the rows. You can bring your own saw or use one the farm provides, and if you’d rather not cut at all, staff will do it and help tie the tree to your vehicle — useful if you didn’t bring rope or a truck bed with tie-down points.
This is one of the clearer honesty gaps in this batch. A 2020 local news report cited $7 per foot for all trees at Country Pines, and that’s the only dollar figure that exists in the record — current pricing wasn’t found anywhere else. Five years is a long time for tree pricing to hold, especially with the broader run-up in agricultural and fuel costs since 2020, so treat that $7/ft figure as a historical data point, not today’s price. Since this is one of only two open weekends a year, calling ahead (985-260-0165) to confirm both the date range and the current per-foot rate is worth the two minutes before you drive out.
There’s no gift shop, hayride, cocoa stand, or other listed activity beyond tree netting and baling. That’s not necessarily a knock — some visitors want exactly this, a no-frills cut-your-own stop without a whole agritourism production — but if you were picturing a full family outing with extras for kids, the record doesn’t support that here.
Country Pines works well if you can hit one of its two open weekends and just want a straightforward Leyland Cypress cut without the add-on activities other farms pile on, but the narrow calendar and stale pricing mean a phone call before you drive out isn’t optional, it’s the plan.
The farm is only open two short windows: Black Friday weekend (starting 2026-11-27) and the first weekend of December, 8am-5pm both times. Since there's no full-season window to spread out over, arriving earlier in either window gives you first pick of a single-species (Leyland Cypress) lot before it thins out.
Not stated in the record, but with one tree species, no other listed activities besides netting/baling, and no gift shop or food mentioned, this reads as a quick cut-and-go visit rather than a half-day outing.
Not stated in the record. Two open weekends concentrating the whole season's demand into a handful of days is a safe general inference toward busier-than-average conditions, but the farm's own crowd levels weren't documented.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in any source checked.
Skip Country Pines if you need a full-season window to work around your schedule, since it's only open two specific weekends a year, and skip it if you're looking for variety beyond Leyland Cypress or activities like hayrides and a gift shop, since none are listed in the record.
Not available in the record checked.
Two windows only: Black Friday weekend, starting 2026-11-27, and the first weekend of December, both 8am-5pm. It is not open daily through the season.
Leyland Cypress is the only species listed in the record.
No current price is confirmed. A 2020 local news report cited $7 per foot for all trees, but the record notes current pricing wasn't found, so call 985-260-0165 to check before visiting.
Either — you can use your own saw or theirs, or staff will cut it for you. They'll also help tie the tree to your vehicle.
Opens November 27, 2026 (closing date not published). Black Friday weekend and the first weekend of December only (not the full season). Hours: 8am-5pm on open days.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. A 2020 local news report cited $7/ft for all trees; current pricing not found.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
81332 Jim Sharp Rd, Covington, LA 70435, in St. Tammany Parish. It is one of 2 farms we track in Northshore LA.
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Checked September 2026.