A full agritourism destination with a tubing hill, jumping pillow, and Ferris wheel bundled into general admission, plus a saw-provided cut-your-own Blue Ice Cypress -- but it's a pricier, more event-like outing than a simple tree lot, and current-year dates weren't confirmed.
General admission $19.95 presale / $31.95 at the gate (covers rides/activities, separate from tree cost); Blue Ice trees priced individually by size/grade in the field
Mainstay Farm is less a simple tree lot and more a full agritourism destination that happens to include Christmas tree cutting as one of its features. General admission unlocks a tubing hill, a jumping pillow, a Ferris wheel, farm animals, and mazes – a lineup that puts this farm in a different category from most others in this research, where the tree is usually the whole trip.
Presale general admission runs $19.95 per person online, compared to $31.95 at the gate – a $12-per-person gap that adds up quickly for a family. For a group of four, buying online ahead of time instead of paying at the gate would save roughly $48, using only the numbers published by the farm. That’s real money, and it’s the single most actionable piece of cost advice available for this listing: if you know you’re going, buy the tickets before you arrive.
Only one tree variety is grown here for cut-your-own harvest: Blue Ice, an Arizona Cypress cultivar known for its distinctive silvery-blue color rather than the classic dark green of a fir or pine. If you’re set on a traditional-looking tree, that’s worth knowing before you go. Trees are priced individually by size and grade in the field rather than through a single published rate, so there’s no per-foot or flat number to calculate from – the actual cost is set at the point of selection. Staff do provide the saw, which is a genuine convenience since you don’t need to own or borrow one.
Because you’re paying for general admission on top of whatever the tree costs, a Mainstay Farm visit is a more expensive proposition than most cut-your-own farms in this research, several of which charge only for the tree itself with no separate entry fee. That’s not a criticism – the attraction lineup here is genuinely larger than what those farms offer – but it does mean budgeting for two line items instead of one, and it’s worth deciding in advance whether the added attractions are worth the added cost for your particular group.
The specific hours found in research – select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, roughly 10am to 5:30pm – were sourced from 2024-season information rather than a currently posted 2026 calendar. Check mainstayfarm.com directly closer to the season for confirmed dates and hours before finalizing a trip.
Mainstay Farm makes sense if you want a bundled day of activities alongside a tree-cutting trip and are willing to pay for both separately, with real savings available by buying admission online in advance – but it’s the wrong choice if a simple, low-cost tree stop is what you’re after.
The most recent hours found describe select Fridays 10am-5:30pm, Saturdays 10am-5:30pm, and Sundays 11am-5:30pm, but these were sourced from 2024-season information, so confirm current dates on mainstayfarm.com before planning a trip.
Given the tubing hill, jumping pillow, Ferris wheel, farm animals, and mazes included with admission, expect a half-day visit rather than a quick tree stop if you plan to use the attractions.
Not stated in the record. A destination-style farm with a Ferris wheel, tubing hill, and jumping pillow is likely to draw larger crowds than a simple tree lot, especially on Saturdays, though this is an inference based on the scale of attractions rather than a documented crowd count.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the sources reviewed.
Skip Mainstay Farm if you want a low-cost, no-frills tree stop, since general admission here is charged on top of the tree price and covers a much bigger attraction lineup than most farms in this dataset -- or if you specifically want a Fraser Fir or another traditional species, since Blue Ice Cypress is the only tree variety offered.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
$19.95 per person presale online, or $31.95 at the gate -- a $12 difference that rewards buying ahead. This covers rides and activities, not the tree itself.
Blue Ice Cypress trees are priced individually by size and grade in the field, according to the farm's own materials. No single per-tree or per-foot rate is published, so the final cost depends on which tree you choose.
Yes, cut-your-own is offered for Blue Ice Cypress, and the farm provides the saw -- you don't need to bring one.
The most recent figures found (select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, roughly 10am-5:30pm) were sourced from the 2024 season. Check mainstayfarm.com directly for confirmed current dates before visiting.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Fri-Sun (per most recent info found). Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $19.95. General admission $19.95 presale / $31.95 at the gate (covers rides/activities, separate from tree cost); Blue Ice trees priced individually by size/grade in the field
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
1004 W. Bethesda Rd, Cleburne, TX 76031, in Johnson County. It is one of 4 farms we track in Dallas-Fort Worth.
We track 4 farms in Dallas-Fort Worth, 4 of which let you cut your own tree. At $19.95 to start this one sits below the regional median of $49.99, undercutting 1 of the 2 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a petting area, which most Dallas-Fort Worth farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 4 farms we track in Dallas-Fort Worth had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
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mainstayfarm.com
Checked September 2026.