Widely documented as Florida's oldest and largest choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm, with real 2025 pricing, an enormous species list, and new-for-2025 precut Pacific Northwest firs — the most thoroughly verified entry in this batch, though 2026 season dates weren't confirmed at the time of writing.
2025 pricing: $48 flat for trees under 6ft; $8/ft for 6-8ft; $10/ft for 9ft+ (field-grown, choose-and-cut). New for 2025: precut Pacific Northwest trees (Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, Nordmann Fir) also added. Per multiple 2025 news/farm-website sources.
Ergle Christmas Tree Farm in Dade City is, by a wide margin, the most thoroughly documented entry in this Florida batch. Multiple 2025 local media sources — Tampa Bay Parenting and WFLA among them — along with the farm’s own website converge on the same core facts: continuous operation since 1986, widely cited as Florida’s oldest and largest choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm, and still actively expanding its offerings as of the 2025 season.
Sixteen tree types are listed for this farm, spanning genuinely distinct categories: Florida-appropriate field-grown species like Arizona Cypress, Carolina Sapphire, Eastern Red Cedar, Virginia Pine, and Scotch Pine; cold-climate species that don’t typically grow this far south, like Balsam Fir, Blue Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, and White Fir; and, new for 2025, precut Pacific Northwest imports — Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, and Nordmann Fir — added specifically to broaden the selection beyond what the farm can grow in its own fields. That’s a scale of choice that essentially no other farm in this batch matches, and it reflects a farm operating at genuine commercial scale rather than a small family sideline.
Unlike most farms in this dataset, Ergle’s 2025 pricing is confirmed and specific: $48 flat for any field-grown tree under 6 feet, $8 per foot for trees between 6 and 8 feet, and $10 per foot for trees 9 feet and taller. That scale lets you do honest arithmetic — a 7-foot tree at $8/ft runs $56, an 8-footer runs $64, a 9-footer at the higher $10/ft rate runs $90, and a 10-footer runs $100. If your space calls for something under 6 feet, the flat $48 rate is the most economical option on the list regardless of exactly how tall the tree ends up being within that range. The farm also provides saws, string, and free baling/netting, so those services aren’t separate costs layered on top of the tree price.
Train rides, a gift shop, a concession stand, wreaths for sale, and seasonal u-pick fruit round out the visit — Ergle also grows blueberries, strawberries, and other produce in other seasons, consistent with a genuinely large, diversified working farm rather than a single-purpose holiday attraction.
Even with this much verified detail, two things are worth flagging. First, exact 2026 season dates weren’t confirmed at the time of this research — two 2025 sources gave slightly different opening dates (Nov 15 versus “the Saturday before Thanksgiving”), and this wasn’t resolved or extrapolated forward, so season_start is left null rather than guessed. Second, a 2024 WFLA story notes the farm recovering from hurricane damage — a specific, sourced detail worth raising directly when you call, since it’s a legitimate reason field conditions or availability in certain sections might differ from a typical year, not a generic caution.
Ergle earns its reputation as the benchmark Florida choose-and-cut farm — real pricing, a genuinely huge selection, and decades of continuous operation. The only homework left for you is a quick call to confirm the exact 2026 opening date and ask how recovery from hurricane damage has gone.
Two sources give slightly different 2025 opening dates — Nov 15 versus 'the Saturday before Thanksgiving' — and 2026 dates weren't confirmed, so season_start is left null rather than guessed. Historically the farm opens in mid-to-late November each year, so if that pattern holds, the weeks bracketing Thanksgiving are the reasonable planning window, with the season historically running through Dec 23.
With train rides, a gift shop, concessions, and a genuinely large field to choose from, plan for a longer visit than a typical tree-cutting errand — likely well over an hour once you factor in browsing and the ride.
Not directly stated, but as the most widely covered and longest-running choose-and-cut farm in Florida (since 1986), expect it to be a popular regional destination, especially the first weekend after Thanksgiving.
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Skip Ergle if you want to avoid a well-known destination during peak weekends — as Florida's most established and largest choose-and-cut farm, it likely draws heavier crowds than smaller, less-documented farms in this batch, though crowd levels themselves aren't directly stated in the record.
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2025 field-grown pricing was $48 flat for trees under 6 feet, $8 per foot for 6-8 foot trees, and $10 per foot for 9-foot-plus trees. Using that scale, a 7-foot tree would run $56 and a 10-foot tree $100. These are confirmed 2025 numbers from farm-linked sources, not yet confirmed for 2026.
The farm added precut Pacific Northwest trees for 2025 — Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, and Nordmann Fir — as an addition to its usual wide field-grown, choose-and-cut selection, according to multiple 2025 news and farm-website sources.
It's widely cited as such in multiple sources — in continuous operation since 1986, and commonly described as the oldest and largest choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in the state.
A 2024 WFLA news story notes the farm recovering from hurricane damage. That's specific enough to be worth asking about directly when you call, particularly regarding current field conditions or tree availability in certain sections.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily during season; specific 2025 dates conflict between sources — one gives Nov 15-Dec 23, 2025, the farm's directory listing instead says 'the Saturday before Thanksgiving through Dec 23'. Historically opens in mid-to-late November each year.. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $48. 2025 pricing: $48 flat for trees under 6ft; $8/ft for 6-8ft; $10/ft for 9ft+ (field-grown, choose-and-cut). New for 2025: precut Pacific Northwest trees (Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, Nordmann Fir) also added. Per multiple 2025 news/farm-website sources.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
3325 Treiman Boulevard, Dade City, FL 33523, in Pasco County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Tampa Bay FL.
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Checked September 2026.