A small, no-frills choose-and-cut farm near Trivoli with an unusually long season starting as early as Nov 1, saws provided, but no official website and conflicting hours between sources.
No specific pricing was found in available sources.
Grady Christmas Tree Farm sits in the small town of Trivoli, near the larger Ol’ Dairy Barn farm in the same area, and reads as a smaller, more no-frills choose-and-cut operation by comparison. No dedicated farm website was found during this research, which means the details available here come entirely from third-party local directories describing a recurring seasonal pattern, rather than a page the farm itself currently maintains and updates.
One detail stands out clearly: directory listings describe Grady’s season running from as early as November 1 through December 24, closed only on Thanksgiving Day itself. That’s notably longer than most Illinois farms in this research, many of which wait until the Friday after Thanksgiving to open at all. If accurate for 2026, this gives shoppers who want to get an early start — well before the traditional post-Thanksgiving rush — a real option, though it’s worth remembering this comes from directory descriptions of a recurring pattern rather than a confirmed, farm-posted 2026 calendar.
The farm provides saws along with tree shaking and baling service, so there’s no need to bring your own gear or arrange for baling elsewhere. Beyond the standard tree sale, Grady’s also makes grave decorations for sale — a specific product line shared with the nearby Ol’ Dairy Barn farm and one that points to both operations serving a similar, likely older and more rural, local customer base.
Two different sources cite two different sets of daily hours for this farm: one lists 8am to 4:30pm, another lists 9am to 4pm. Rather than pick one and present it as settled, both are reported here honestly, since neither could be confirmed against an official farm-run website. That’s a meaningful enough discrepancy — roughly an hour and a half at each end of the day — that it’s worth a direct phone call before planning your arrival time around either version.
No specific dollar pricing was found in available sources at all, which is a real gap for trip planning. Combined with the lack of an official website and the conflicting hours, this points toward Grady’s being one of the harder farms in this research to plan around without a direct phone call.
Grady’s long season and included saw/baling service are genuinely useful, but the absence of an official website, the conflicting hours between sources, and the total lack of pricing information mean calling ahead is especially important here — more so than at farms with their own actively maintained site.
Directory listings describe the season running November 1 through December 24, except Thanksgiving Day itself — a longer window than most Illinois farms, which typically wait for the Thanksgiving weekend to open. This pattern is not confirmed directly by a farm-run website, so treat the specific 2026 dates as a likely resolution of that pattern rather than a confirmed calendar.
Not stated, but as a small, no-frills operation without an official website, this reads as a straightforward tree-selection stop rather than a full family-activity destination.
Not stated in the record.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip Grady's if you need pricing confirmed before you commit to visiting, since none was found in available sources, and be extra diligent about calling ahead here specifically, since there's no official farm website and the two hours cited by different sources (8am-4:30pm vs. 9am-4pm) conflict.
The Ol' Dairy Barn Christmas Tree Farm is also in Trivoli, a larger operation with eight tree species and a gift shop, if Grady's smaller, no-frills setup isn't quite what you're looking for.
No specific pricing was found in available sources for this farm.
Directory listings describe a season running November 1 through December 24, except Thanksgiving Day — an unusually long window compared to most Illinois farms. This is not confirmed on an official farm website, since none was found.
No. Saws are provided, along with tree shaking and baling service, per the record.
Sources disagree slightly: one cites 8am-4:30pm, another 9am-4pm. Both are reported here since neither could be confirmed against an official farm website.
November 1 – December 24, 2026. Daily except Thanksgiving Day. Hours: 8:00am–4:30pm (one source cites 9:00am–4:00pm).
Pricing was not published when we last checked. No specific pricing was found in available sources.
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
4816 South Stone School Road, Trivoli, IL 61569, in Peoria County. It is one of 7 farms we track in Central Illinois.
We track 7 farms in Central Illinois, 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 54 days against a regional average of 42, so it is a notably longer window than most of its neighbours, which takes the pressure off picking a weekend.
What sets it apart locally: it has free netting/baling, which most Central Illinois farms on our list do not.
There are 2 other farms we track in Peoria County. All Central Illinois farms →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
Checked September 2026.