The trees are almost secondary here to a genuinely distinctive drive-through Christmas light display with 36-plus scenes, but two conflicting addresses and phone numbers turned up in research, so confirming the location before driving out matters.
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Memory Lane, formerly known as Peckham’s Pumpkin Patch, has operated for 37 years according to its 2025 marketing, and the record makes clear the trees are almost a secondary attraction here. The main draw is a large drive-through Christmas light display — 36 or more lighted scenes along a half-mile route through the tree fields — that runs on its own nightly schedule, separate from daytime tree-buying hours. This is a genuinely distinctive feature not found at most other Kansas farms in this research batch, and it’s worth planning around specifically if a lights display is part of what you’re looking for this season.
One specific, sourced detail stands out: along the light route sits a 40-foot lit oak tree called the “Memory Tree,” where visitors can leave a written memory at a kiosk. That’s a distinctive, emotionally resonant touch that goes beyond a typical string-of-lights display, and it fits the farm’s own branding around “memory” as a theme.
Away from the lights, the tree side of the operation is more conventional: Scotch pine is grown and staff-cut on the farm’s own fields, while precut Fraser fir and white pine are sold in the gift shop (housed in a red barn) for visitors who’d rather not walk the field. The farm also participates in Trees for Troops, donating cut trees to military bases — a specific charitable program rather than a vague “giving back” claim.
Research turned up two different sets of contact information for this business. One source gives 2710 Vermont Road and phone number 785-878-3375; another gives 4567 Marshall Road and (785) 878-3793. The Vermont Road figures are treated as primary in this record because they match the farm’s own description of its location — 8 miles east of Ottawa on K-68 to Vermont Road — but this is a real inconsistency across sources, not a minor typo. Calling ahead to confirm you have the right address before setting out is genuinely worthwhile here, more so than for most farms in this research where addresses agreed across sources.
Trees are sold Friday 1pm to dark, Saturday 10am to dark, and Sunday noon to dark, running November 27 through December 24, 2026. The light display runs nightly except Monday and Tuesday, from dark until 10pm — a notably longer operating window than the tree sales themselves, meaning you could visit for the lights on nights the tree lot itself isn’t selling. What isn’t stated anywhere in the record is whether the light display carries its own admission price separate from a tree purchase, or what a tree itself costs. No dollar figure for either turned up in any source checked, so budget flexibly for both possibilities.
Memory Lane’s light display is a genuine standout in this part of Kansas, worth the trip on its own merits beyond the tree purchase. Just confirm the correct address and phone number before you go, since two different versions circulate across the directories that cover this farm.
The season runs Nov 27-Dec 24, 2026, with tree-buying hours Friday 1pm-dark, Saturday 10am-dark, and Sunday noon-dark, while the separate light display runs nightly from dark to 10pm (except Monday/Tuesday). Visiting for the tree during the day and returning after dark for the lights would let you see both parts of what this farm offers.
Not stated directly, but a half-mile drive-through light route with 36-plus scenes plus separate daytime tree-buying hours suggests treating this as two distinct visits, or a longer combined one, rather than a quick single stop.
Not stated directly, but a half-mile drive-through light display with 36-plus scenes is a significant enough attraction that it likely draws visitors independent of tree-buying, which could mean more overall traffic than a farm offering trees alone.
Not described in the record.
The light display is a drive-through route, which may suit visitors for whom walking a large field after dark isn't practical.
Skip Memory Lane if you're only interested in trees and don't want to pay for or navigate a separate light display, and confirm the location by phone first if you're relying on an older listing, since two different addresses and phone numbers turned up in research for this business.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
The record describes the light display as running on a separate nightly schedule (dark to 10pm, except Monday/Tuesday) from the daytime tree-buying hours, but doesn't state whether there's an admission cost for the lights alone. Confirm by phone before assuming either way.
Scotch pine is grown and staff-cut on site, per the record, with precut Fraser fir and white pine also sold in the gift shop for those who don't want a field-grown tree.
Sources disagree: one listing gives 2710 Vermont Road, the other gives 4567 Marshall Road, with two different phone numbers attached. The Vermont Road address and 785-878-3375 are treated as primary here since they match the farm's own description of being 8 miles east of Ottawa on K-68 to Vermont Road, but calling ahead to confirm before driving out is worth doing given the discrepancy.
Yes. The record confirms participation in the Trees for Troops program, which donates cut trees to military bases.
November 27 – December 24, 2026. Fri-Sun for trees; nightly (except Mon/Tue) for the light display. Hours: Fri 1pm-dark; Sat 10am-dark; Sun noon-dark; light display runs dark-10pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Not published in sources checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
2710 Vermont Road, Rantoul, KS 66079, in Franklin County. It is one of 4 farms we track in Northeast Kansas.
We track 4 farms in Northeast Kansas, 3 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 28 days against a regional average of 28, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 10 other farms we track in Franklin County. All Northeast Kansas farms →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
pleasantridge.com · pickyourownchristmastree.org · gardens.com
Checked September 2026.