A choose-and-cut nursery in Allegan that grows its own trees rather than reselling, with wagon service to the field and finishing work included -- but hours, pricing, and even a phone number weren't published anywhere we could find.
Peterson’s Riverview Nursery, in Allegan, positions itself a little differently than most of the farms in this area: it describes growing and producing its own trees, wreaths, and greenery on the family farm, rather than supplementing with trees sourced or resold from elsewhere. It also sells wholesale evergreen seedlings to other growers, which points to a larger nursery operation sitting behind the seasonal retail tree lot most visitors see.
This is a choose-and-cut farm rather than a true U-cut – you pick the tree, and a wagon carries you out to and from the field, with the farm handling the cutting itself. Once cut, shaking, drilling, and baling are included as part of the price, according to the farm’s own description. There’s no need to bring a saw or worry about hauling a heavy tree across a field yourself.
This is one of the thinner records in this batch, and we want to be direct about that rather than paper over it. No hours are published beyond a single 2025 opening-date reference (November 26 at 10am), no closing date or full daily schedule was found, no pricing exists anywhere we checked, and there’s no phone number on file for the farm. That last point is worth flagging specifically: if you have a question you’d normally settle with a quick call, you’ll need to go through the farm’s website instead.
Selling wholesale evergreen seedlings to other growers isn’t a detail most retail tree shoppers would think to ask about, but it does suggest a farm with real horticultural operations behind the seasonal retail stand – the kind of business that other growers trust enough to buy stock from. That’s not a guarantee of anything about your specific visit, but it’s a small, genuine signal of an established growing operation rather than a pop-up seasonal lot.
Given how little is confirmed, we’d treat a visit here as lower-certainty than farms with fuller published information. That’s not a knock on the farm itself – being small and under-documented online doesn’t say anything about tree quality – but it does mean you should build in a buffer for the unexpected: confirm current hours through the website before driving out, and don’t assume a specific price walking in.
If the appeal of trees actually grown on the property, rather than resold, matters to you, Peterson’s is worth a look. Just go in knowing you’re working with less confirmed information than at some neighboring farms, and lean on the website rather than a phone call to fill in the gaps.
Unknown. The farm's site listed a 2025 opening date of November 26 at 10am, but no full hours or 2026 dates were published -- confirm the current schedule before visiting.
Likely 1-1.5 hours for a choose-and-cut visit including the wagon ride, though this is an estimate rather than a confirmed figure.
Unknown. No hours or season-length data were available to characterize typical crowd patterns.
Not specified in available sources.
Not specified. Wagon rides to and from the field suggest some distance from parking to the tree-cutting area.
you need to check hours, pricing, or reach the farm by phone before deciding to visit -- none of that was published, and no phone number is on record.
Janke Tree Farm is also in Allegan and offers a true U-cut option with a saw provided, if you want to compare a self-cut experience against Peterson's choose-and-cut model in the same trip.
No, this is listed as a choose-and-cut operation, meaning you select the tree in the field and staff typically handle cutting it for you, with a wagon carrying you to and from the field.
No pricing was published in any source checked. This is a real gap in what's publicly available, not something we're willing to estimate.
Yes, the farm describes itself as growing and producing its own trees, wreaths, and greenery on the family farm rather than reselling stock sourced elsewhere. It also sells wholesale evergreen seedlings to other growers.
Per the farm's own description, shaking, drilling, and baling are included as part of the price -- though since we don't have the base price itself, we can't tell you the total cost.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
873 26th St, Allegan, MI 49010, in Allegan County. It is one of 14 farms we track in West Michigan.
We track 14 farms in West Michigan, 12 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 14 farms we track in West Michigan had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There is 1 other farm we track in Allegan County. All West Michigan farms →
petersons-riverview.com
Checked August 2026.