Pine Grove is one of the more activity-heavy farms in this research -- a petting zoo, pig races, a barrel train, and a giant haystack with tunnels alongside a five-species tree field -- though no season dates, hours, or pricing were confirmed for 2026.
Cutting, shaking, and baling done at no extra cost per farm's Facebook/review info; per-tree or per-foot rate not published.
Pine Grove is one of the more built-out farms in this research batch, closer in spirit to Motley’s in Little Rock than to a bare-bones tree lot. Alongside the cut-your-own field, it offers a petting zoo, pig races, a barrel train, a giant haystack with tunnels for kids, and games with photo ops – enough going on that a visit here is a family outing first and a tree errand second.
The farm grows five species: Virginia Pine, Murray Cypress, Leyland Cypress, Carolina Sapphire, and Blue Ice. That’s a fuller lineup than the one- or two-species farms common in this research, giving you more choice in color and texture – Blue Ice and Carolina Sapphire both have a distinctive blue-gray cast if that’s the look you’re after, while the pine and Leyland Cypress options are more traditional green.
Cutting, shaking, and baling are reportedly done at no extra cost, per the farm’s Facebook page and reviewer accounts – a genuine convenience if you don’t want to deal with the netting machine or a saw yourself. What isn’t available anywhere in the sources checked is an actual tree price: no per-tree flat rate, no per-foot figure. That means there’s no honest dollar amount to give you here, whether for the tree itself or for any of the food, jams, or craft items sold on site. Budget flexibly and ask when you arrive.
The farm’s own website was thin on operational detail in this research pass. What’s available instead comes from Yelp reviews and an AARP local listing describing the 2025 season as open daily from November 23 through December 22. Since that’s last year’s calendar, it isn’t treated here as a confirmed 2026 schedule – a call to (479) 965-4428 or a check of the farm’s Facebook page closer to the season is the way to know for sure.
The activity list here is genuinely long for a farm of this type: popcorn, soft drinks, and cookies for sale, jams and crafts from local vendors, and free hot chocolate on top of the zoo, hayride, and pig races already mentioned. If you’re planning a half-day family outing rather than a fast in-and-out, Pine Grove’s slate supports that better than most farms in this research.
Charleston, where Pine Grove sits, is one of Franklin County’s two county seats, and it’s a short drive from Ozark, home to Christmas Tree Lane, another farm in this research batch. If you’re making a day of Franklin County tree shopping, the two are close enough to consider together.
Because both the schedule and the activity list here come from descriptions of a prior season rather than a current 2026 statement from the farm, the safest approach is to treat everything operational – hours, the exact activity lineup, whether every attraction listed will run again – as a strong likelihood rather than a guarantee, and to confirm the specifics that matter most to your visit (say, whether pig races are running that day) before making the drive.
Pine Grove offers one of the fuller activity slates and tree selections in this research, similar in spirit to bigger Central Arkansas operations like Motley’s, but 2026 hours, season dates, and any tree pricing remain unconfirmed – treat the 2025 schedule as a strong guess, not a locked plan, and call ahead before you drive out.
No 2026 season dates or hours are confirmed. A 2025 pattern found in reviews describes the farm as open daily from November 23 through December 22, but since that's last year's calendar, it isn't assumed to repeat on the same dates in 2026 -- check the farm's Facebook or call ahead.
This is one of the longer visits among the farms in this research -- a petting zoo, pig races, a barrel train, a giant haystack with tunnels, and games mean kids especially could occupy a good chunk of an afternoon beyond just picking a tree.
Not stated numerically, but a full activities slate -- petting zoo, pig races, games, photo ops -- is the kind of draw that pulls in more than just tree buyers, similar to Motley's in Little Rock. Expect a busier atmosphere than a bare tree lot.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in any source checked.
Skip Pine Grove if you want a quick, low-key tree pickup rather than a longer family outing, and skip it if you need confirmed 2026 hours or a tree price before committing to a day, since neither is published in the record.
Charleston is a short drive from Ozark, also in Franklin County, where Christmas Tree Lane operates -- worth considering if you want to compare two farms in the same county on one trip.
Virginia Pine, Murray Cypress, Leyland Cypress, Carolina Sapphire, and Blue Ice -- a fuller lineup than most farms in this research.
A petting zoo, hayride, giant haystack with tunnels, pig races, a barrel train, games, photo ops, and food and craft items for sale, plus free hot chocolate.
Not published anywhere in the record checked. Cutting, shaking, and baling are reportedly free, but no per-tree or per-foot rate is stated.
Not confirmed for 2026. A 2025 pattern found in reviews describes daily hours from November 23 through December 22, but call ahead to confirm this year's schedule.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily (2025 pattern). Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Cutting, shaking, and baling done at no extra cost per farm's Facebook/review info; per-tree or per-foot rate not published.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
2919 Yocum Street, Charleston, AR 72933, in Franklin County. It is one of 4 farms we track in Arkansas River Valley.
We track 4 farms in Arkansas River Valley, 2 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has a petting area, a hayride or sleigh ride, cut-your-own trees, which most Arkansas River Valley farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 4 farms we track in Arkansas River Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 10 other farms we track in Franklin County. All Arkansas River Valley farms →
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Checked September 2026.