A no-frills, cash-only choose-and-cut farm near Staunton with three hand-sheared species and a pre-cut fir option, though the 2026 season window is a resolved estimate, not a confirmed posting.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Francisco Farms is a family-run choose-and-cut operation about 9 miles south of Staunton on Route 11, near Riverheads High School - a straightforward location if you already know the area, easy enough to find with a map otherwise. The farm also runs a separate retail lot in Richmond with its own phone number, useful to know if you’re closer to the city than the Shenandoah Valley and just want a tree without the drive out to Augusta County.
Trees here are hand-sheared White Pine, Blue Spruce, and Norway Spruce, generally in the 6 to 8 foot range, plus pre-cut Fraser fir for anyone who’d rather skip walking the field. That’s a real choice worth thinking about before you go: cutting your own means picking through a field of the first three species, while grabbing a pre-cut Fraser fir gets you a different tree entirely, already down and ready to load. Beyond the trees themselves, the record lists wreaths and roping/garland for sale - a modest add-on menu, not a destination with hayrides or a gift shop.
This is one of the clearer facts in the record, and it’s a real trip-planner: Francisco Farms takes cash and checks only, with no card option reported anywhere in the sources reviewed. If you’re used to tapping a card at check-out, plan ahead - hit an ATM before you head out, since there’s no guarantee one is nearby once you’re on Route 11 south of town.
The farm publishes two different hour blocks: Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm, and Monday through Friday from noon to 5pm. That’s a genuinely useful detail if your schedule is flexible - a shorter weekday window suggests a smaller crew and likely a quieter lot, though the record doesn’t confirm crowd levels directly. If a quiet, no-line visit matters more to you than a full weekend outing, a weekday afternoon looks like the better bet based on the published hours alone.
The record lists a season running November 27 through December 20, 2026, but that window comes from applying a past-season description - “day after Thanksgiving to Sunday before Christmas” - to the 2026 calendar, not from a direct 2026 announcement. Treat it as a reasonable planning estimate rather than a locked-in date, and call ahead if you’re planning a trip for early or late in that window specifically.
There’s no pricing anywhere in the record, for either the hand-sheared trees or the pre-cut Fraser fir, so this page can’t give you a number to budget around - that’s an honest gap, not an oversight. There’s also no confirmation of whether a saw is provided if you’re cutting your own, so bringing one as a backup is a reasonable precaution. Given the cash-only policy and the unconfirmed season window, a quick call to the farm before you drive out is worth the two minutes it takes.
Weekdays (Mon-Fri, noon-5pm) if you want a quieter visit; the farm's stated season is Nov 27-Dec 20, 2026, but that window comes from a past-season description, not a confirmed 2026 posting.
30-45 minutes for tree selection and cutting; there's little else on site beyond wreaths and roping to browse.
Not documented, but the farm's weekday hours (Mon-Fri, noon-5pm) run shorter than its weekend hours (9am-5pm Sat-Sun), a reasonable signal that weekends draw the bigger crowd here, as at most choose-and-cut farms.
Not described in the record; treat it as an unpaved field lot like most working choose-and-cut farms in the area.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip if you only carry cards, since the farm is cash-and-check only, or if you want hayrides, cocoa, or other family activities beyond tree selection and wreaths, since none are listed in the record.
Other Shenandoah Valley choose-and-cut farms in this directory, including Valley Star Farm in Luray and Ostlund Christmas Tree Farm in Singers Glen, are worth comparing if you want more on-site activities than a bare tree lot offers here.
No. The record describes it as cash and checks only, with no card option reported.
Hand-sheared White Pine, Blue Spruce, and Norway Spruce in the 6-8 ft range, plus pre-cut Fraser fir, per the record.
About 9 miles south of Staunton on Route 11, near Riverheads High School, per the record's research notes.
The farm also operates a separate retail lot in Richmond, reachable at a different phone number (804-592-9288), according to the record.
November 27 – December 20, 2026. Sat-Sun and weekdays (see hours). Hours: Sat-Sun 9am-5pm; Mon-Fri 12pm-5pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
343 Bethel Green Road, Staunton, VA 24401, in Augusta County. It is one of 7 farms we track in Shenandoah Valley VA.
We track 7 farms in Shenandoah Valley VA, 5 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.
Its season runs about 24 days against a regional average of 24, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
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Checked September 2026.