A year-round nursery and garden center that adds cut-your-own Christmas trees for the winter, with simple flat pricing and free shaking and baling, though exact 2026 hours and dates aren't confirmed.
$75 flat per tree plus tax, regardless of size; includes complimentary shaking and baling
Coward Farms is, first and foremost, a retail nursery and garden center that’s been operating since 1985, selling flowers and shrubs in the spring and summer and mums and pumpkins in the fall. Cut-your-own Christmas trees are added to that lineup for the winter, which means this isn’t a seasonal-only pop-up but a real, staffed business with year-round operations behind it.
The tree price here is refreshingly simple: a flat $75 plus tax no matter the tree’s size. Shaking and baling, services some farms charge extra for, are included at no additional cost. That combination removes two of the more common sources of tree-farm sticker shock, per-foot pricing that punishes you for wanting a taller tree, and add-on fees for prepping it for the ride home. Four named varieties are available: Canaan fir (also called Balsam by the farm), Fraser fir, Concolor fir, and Blue spruce.
The farm’s historical operating window is described only as “Black Friday to near Christmas,” with no specific 2026 opening date, closing date, or daily hours published in the sources reviewed. That’s a real gap for a farm this established, and it’s worth a phone call to 413-569-6724 before you build a trip around a specific day, especially since “near Christmas” is vague enough that showing up on December 23 carries some risk of finding the tree lot already wound down for the year.
Because Coward Farms operates as a full retail nursery and garden center the rest of the year, it’s reasonable to expect more developed parking, a real storefront, and staff presence than you’d find at a bare seasonal tree field. This is a general inference based on the nature of the business rather than something confirmed directly in sources checked, so treat it as a likely upside rather than a guaranteed one.
If a predictable flat price and included services matter more to you than a wide variety of tree species or a big hayride production, Coward Farms is a reasonable, low-friction choice. It won’t give you six species to choose from the way some larger operations do, but four solid options and a price you can count on before you even leave the house has its own appeal, especially if you’ve been burned before by a farm that tacked on unexpected fees once you’d already committed to a tree.
This is a farm with a real, verifiable price and a plausible case for a smoother-than-average visit, undercut only by the lack of confirmed 2026 dates. Call ahead if timing matters, and expect a garden-center feel rather than a rustic-field one.
Historically the window runs Black Friday to near Christmas, but no specific 2026 dates or daily hours are published. Because the flat pricing removes any size-based reason to wait, going earlier in the season is the safer bet for tree selection.
Not documented specifically, but as a retail nursery and garden center with year-round staff, this likely has a more built-out, walk-in-friendly setup than a bare seasonal tree field.
Not documented. As a retail nursery and garden center with year-round operations, this likely has more staff and built-out facilities than a pure seasonal tree farm, though crowd levels specifically aren't addressed in the record.
Not documented directly, but a retail garden center generally implies more developed parking than a bare field, a reasonable inference given the business's year-round nursery operations rather than a confirmed fact.
Not documented in the record.
Skip assuming specific hours or dates without checking, since the historical window (Black Friday to near Christmas) is documented but no 2026 daily hours or exact season dates have been published.
Coward Farms is in Southwick, in the Pioneer Valley near the Connecticut border. Silver Bell Farm in Monson, also in Hampden County, is another option in this directory if you want to compare a working farm against a more event-focused holiday destination.
A flat $75 plus tax, regardless of the tree's size. Shaking and baling are included at no extra charge.
Canaan fir (Balsam), Fraser fir, Concolor fir, and Blue spruce — four varieties.
No. It's primarily a year-round retail nursery and garden center selling flowers and shrubs in summer and mums and pumpkins in fall, with cut-your-own Christmas trees added for winter.
Historically, Black Friday to near Christmas, based on the farm's own description, but specific 2026 dates and daily hours haven't been published as of this research.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $75. $75 flat per tree plus tax, regardless of size; includes complimentary shaking and baling
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
150 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077, in Hampden County. It is one of 3 farms we track in Western Massachusetts/Pioneer Valley.
We track 3 farms in Western Massachusetts/Pioneer Valley, 2 of which let you cut your own tree. At $75 to start this one sits right on the regional median of $75.
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 Western Massachusetts/Pioneer Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There is 1 other farm we track in Hampden County. All Western Massachusetts/Pioneer Valley farms →
cowardfarms.com · buylocalfood.org
Checked September 2026.