About 20 minutes from Peoria, this Trivoli farm offers one of the widest species selections in this research (eight varieties) and both cut-your-own and pre-cut trees, running Nov 27-Dec 24, 2026, though its website had an SSL certificate problem at the time of research.
No pricing was found in available sources.
The Ol’ Dairy Barn Christmas Tree Farm, in Trivoli, offers one of the widest species selections found anywhere in this research: eight named varieties, spanning balsam fir, Fraser fir, Douglas fir, concolor fir, Canaan fir, Eastern white pine, Scotch pine, and Colorado blue spruce. That range covers nearly every common Christmas tree type in one place, giving real room to choose based on needle texture, color, or shape rather than settling for whatever a smaller farm happens to grow. Both cut-your-own and pre-cut options are available, so the variety extends to cutting method as well as species.
Resolved from the farm’s stated pattern of opening “the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve,” the 2026 season is expected to run November 27 through December 24. That’s a notably fuller season than several nearby Illinois farms that close weeks before Christmas, and it means late-shopping households have a real option here rather than needing to get everything done the first weekend after Thanksgiving. Hours, based on a 2025 pattern from third-party directories, run shorter on Mondays (11am-5pm), a standard 9am-5pm Tuesday through Friday, and a slightly earlier 8am-5pm on weekends.
Multiple sources describe the farm as about 20 minutes west of Peoria, which makes it a reasonably convenient option if you’re coming from that metro area rather than driving deep into rural farmland.
The farm also runs a gift shop, sells wreaths and roping, and offers hot cocoa, cider, and coffee. One detail worth flagging specifically: it also sells grave blankets and decorations, a product line more common at Midwestern farms serving an older, rural customer base than at trendier boutique operations — worth knowing if that’s a service you’re looking for, or simply an interesting sign of who this farm serves.
At the time of this research, the farm’s own website (oldairybarn.com) returned an expired-SSL-certificate error and could not be fetched directly. That means the hours and season pattern described here come from third-party directories reporting the 2025 season, not a direct, current read of the farm’s own page. If you’re used to checking a farm’s website the week of your visit, that option may not work reliably here — a phone call is the safer path.
The Ol’ Dairy Barn’s eight-species selection and full season running through Christmas Eve make it one of the more flexible options in this research, both in variety and timing, but the website’s certificate problem means you should confirm current hours and pricing by phone rather than trust the site for last-minute checks.
The season is expected to run November 27 through December 24, 2026, resolved from the farm's stated 'day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve' pattern. Hours follow a 2025 pattern reported by third-party directories: Monday 11am-5pm, Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm, and weekends 8am-5pm.
Not stated as a number, but with a gift shop, roping, and grave blankets and decorations to browse alongside eight tree species to compare, plan for more than a five-minute stop.
Not stated directly, but a full season running through Christmas Eve, rather than closing weeks earlier the way some neighboring farms do, likely spreads visitor traffic across more of December rather than concentrating it all in the first weekend.
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Skip relying on the farm's own website for last-minute checks, since it returned an expired-SSL-certificate error during this research, and confirm hours by phone instead of assuming the 2025 pattern holds exactly.
Grady Christmas Tree Farm is also in Trivoli, a smaller, no-frills choose-and-cut operation nearby if the Ol' Dairy Barn's inventory or hours don't line up with your visit.
Balsam fir, Fraser fir, Douglas fir, concolor fir, Canaan fir, Eastern white pine, Scotch pine, and Colorado blue spruce — eight named varieties, one of the widest selections found in this research.
Expected to run November 27 through December 24, 2026, resolved from the farm's stated 'day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve' pattern.
No pricing was found in available sources for this farm.
At the time of this research, the farm's own site returned an expired-SSL-certificate error and could not be fetched directly, so treat the site link with caution and consider calling to confirm current hours and pricing.
November 27 – December 24, 2026. Daily. Hours: Monday 11:00am–5:00pm; Tuesday–Friday 9:00am–5:00pm; weekends 8:00am–5:00pm (2025 pattern).
Pricing was not published when we last checked. No pricing was found in available sources.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
17424 W. McDonald 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 28 days against a regional average of 42, so it is a shorter window than most of its neighbours — miss it and it may be sold out before nearby farms close.
What sets it apart locally: it has a gift shop or farm market, a cocoa or cider stand, which most Central Illinois farms on our list do not.
There are 2 other farms we track in Peoria County. All Central Illinois farms →
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oldairybarn.com
Checked September 2026.