A choose-and-cut farm paired with an unusually well-stocked craft shop, but with narrow weekday hours, no published season dates, and no pricing.
No pricing published online; not confirmed directly with the farm.
Dougherty’s Tree Farm, in Alvo, pairs a choose-and-cut tree operation with a genuinely well-stocked on-site craft shop — wooden Christmas decorations, gifts, jewelry, door signs, baby items, ornaments, lights, and wooden toys, per the record. That’s a wider retail selection than most tree farms in this research offer, most of which stick to wreaths and maybe some garland. If part of your visit is picking up handmade gift items alongside the tree, this is one of the stronger options in the area for that.
Species on offer are Scotch Pine, White Pine, and an unspecified fir variety — the record doesn’t name the specific fir species, so if that distinction matters to you, ask when you arrive rather than assuming which one it is.
Kids can get photos taken in a Santa sleigh display, and cookies and cider are served on weekends, according to the record. Neither changes the cost of a tree, but both add a bit of holiday atmosphere to a visit, and the free weekend refreshments are a nice touch if you’re bringing a family along.
Here’s the honest gap: no specific season opening or closing dates were found published anywhere checked, only a weekly hours schedule — Friday 4:30pm-5:30pm, and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm. That Friday window is genuinely tight: a single hour in the early evening, which realistically only works if you can get there right as it opens. For most visitors, that makes a weekend trip the far more practical choice, simply because the weekday option barely exists as a window.
Without any opening or closing dates on record, there’s no way to say from the sources checked whether this farm is currently in its Christmas tree season at any given point in November or December, or whether it has already closed for the year. No dedicated farm website was found, only chamber-of-commerce and local business listings plus an email contact (dtreefarm@yahoo.com). That thinner digital footprint means a phone call to (402) 269-0953 is the more reliable way to confirm the farm is actually open before you make the drive, rather than assuming based on the time of year alone.
As with several farms in this research, no pricing was found published anywhere for the trees themselves. That’s a real information gap rather than something this page can estimate around — budget flexibly and expect to ask on arrival or by phone.
Dougherty’s offers a genuinely unusual amount of retail variety alongside its trees, plus some solid family touches like the Santa sleigh photos and weekend cider. But with no published season dates and only a sliver of weekday access, this is a farm where a phone call before you drive out isn’t just useful, it’s close to necessary to confirm you’ll actually find it open.
No season opening or closing dates were found published anywhere -- only weekly hours: Friday 4:30pm-5:30pm and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm. Given the narrow Friday-evening window, a weekend visit is the more practical choice for most families. Call ahead to confirm whether the farm is currently in season before making the trip.
Not stated directly, but between selecting and cutting a tree and browsing the craft shop's range of gifts, jewelry, door signs, and ornaments, a visit here could run longer than a simple tree-only stop.
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Skip a weekday visit to Dougherty's unless it's specifically a Friday evening between 4:30 and 5:30pm, since that's the only weekday window found published -- plan for a weekend visit instead for a realistic amount of time on site.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
The record describes wooden Christmas decorations, gifts, jewelry, door signs, baby items, ornaments, lights, and wooden toys -- a notably wide retail selection compared to most tree farms in this research.
Friday 4:30pm-5:30pm, and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm, per the record. No specific season opening or closing dates were found published anywhere.
No pricing was found published online. Call ahead or ask on arrival.
The record describes photo opportunities in a Santa sleigh display, plus cookies and cider served on weekends.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Fri-Sun. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. No pricing published online; not confirmed directly with the farm.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
100 High School St, Alvo, NE 68304, in Cass County. It is one of 7 farms we track in Lincoln Region.
We track 7 farms in Lincoln Region, 2 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 hayride or sleigh ride, a cocoa or cider stand, a gift shop or farm market, which most Lincoln Region farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 4 of the 7 farms we track in Lincoln Region had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There is 1 other farm we track in Cass County. All Lincoln Region farms →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
chamberofcommerce.com · alvonebraska.com · yahoo.com
Checked September 2026.