A large, established choose-and-cut farm running since 1983 on 200-plus acres, but its own website has an expired security certificate and no source found lists specific tree species or pricing.
No pricing published in available sources.
Gilbert Christmas Tree Farm, in Lanett on the Georgia border, has real scale and history behind it: the farm has operated since 1983 on more than 200 acres, which makes it one of the larger and longer-running choose-and-cut operations found across this entire research project. That kind of longevity is genuinely worth something – a farm that’s been growing trees for over four decades has presumably worked out its logistics, even if this particular record can’t confirm every detail of them.
The farm’s own site, giltree.com, could not be fully verified during this research – it returned a certificate-expired error when fetched directly, which typically means visitors will see a browser security warning (something like “your connection is not private”) if they try to visit it. That’s a real, current technical issue with the site’s security certificate, not a sign that the farm has closed or gone out of business. Because of this, the details in this record lean on secondary sources: a feature on thebamabuzz.com, a Georgia Christmas Tree Association listing, and general directory aggregators, all read via web search rather than the farm’s own page.
Those secondary sources describe “countless types of trees” without naming specific species, which is why tree_types is left empty in this farm’s record rather than guessed at – inventing a plausible-sounding species list would be worse than admitting the gap. What is confirmed: a hayride, photo-op stations, wreaths for sale, and a gift shop round out the visitor experience. There’s also some inconsistency across sources about the farm’s exact address, with two different property addresses turning up in different places; this record uses 1230 Chambers County Road 296, the one that appeared most consistently.
The 2025 season ran Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, opening November 22 with a projected close of December 14 – a somewhat shorter window than farms running through most of December. No pricing was found in any source checked for this record, so there’s no honest number to offer. If cost or species selection matters to your decision, the farm’s phone number (706-585-5306) or email (raygilbert@mindspring.com) are the ways to close that gap before driving out.
Gilbert has the scale and history to be a serious option, but between the broken website certificate, the unnamed species list, and the complete absence of pricing anywhere found, this is a farm to confirm by phone or email rather than plan around from a search alone.
The 2025 season ran Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, opening Nov. 22 with a projected close of Dec. 14 -- a shorter window than some farms in this batch. If 2026 follows a similar pattern, the earlier weekends within that range are the safer bet.
Not stated in the record.
Not stated directly, but a farm operating on a shorter roughly three-week window (Nov 22 to a projected Dec 14 close in 2025) concentrates its season into fewer weekends than farms running through most of December, which points toward busier individual weekends within that shorter window.
Not described in the source material.
Not addressed in the source material.
Skip Gilbert if a broken security warning on a farm's website is a dealbreaker for you when checking details online, since giltree.com currently returns a certificate-expired error, and skip it if you need confirmed 2026 pricing or specific tree species before committing, since neither was found in any source checked.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
The farm's own site, giltree.com, returned a certificate-expired error when checked directly, meaning visitors may see a browser security warning. Details in this record instead come from secondary sources like a local feature article and a Georgia Christmas Tree Association listing.
Not specifically listed in any source found. Coverage describes 'countless types of trees' without naming them, so specific species couldn't be confirmed for this record.
More than 200 acres, operating since 1983, per the record -- one of the larger and longer-running choose-and-cut operations found in this research.
No pricing was found in any source checked. Call 706-585-5306 or email raygilbert@mindspring.com ahead of a visit.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: 2025 season: Fri, Sat, Sun (opened Nov. 22, projected close Dec. 14). Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. No pricing published in available sources.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
1230 Chambers County Road 296, Lanett, AL 36863, in Chambers County. It is one of 1 farms we track in East Alabama.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
giltree.com · thebamabuzz.com
Checked September 2026.