A century-plus family farm where staff will retrieve and wrap your cut tree for free, with a gentle price break at 10 feet and a gift barn if you want to buy more than a tree.
Cut-your-own under 10ft $55, over 10ft $70; pre-cut trees range roughly $5-$100+
Pleasant Valley has been run by the same family for more than a century, and one detail in the record stands out as a genuine convenience: staff will go into the field, retrieve your cut tree, and wrap it for you at no extra charge. That removes one of the more physically demanding parts of a cut-your-own outing — dragging a tree, sometimes a heavy one, back across an open field to your car. If you’re visiting with young kids, older relatives, or just don’t want the workout, that free service is worth factoring into your choice of farm.
Cut-your-own trees run $55 under 10 feet and $70 over 10 feet — a $15 gap that’s noticeably gentler than farms where crossing a height threshold nearly doubles the price. If you’re debating between a 9-foot tree and an 11-foot one, the cost difference here is modest enough that space in your living room, not your wallet, should be the deciding factor. Pre-cut trees are priced individually across a wide range, roughly $5 to $100 or more, which suggests a broad selection of sizes and qualities rather than a single standard price point — expect some negotiating or browsing to find the specific tree and price that works for you.
The farm’s holiday gift barn adds wreaths, boughs, potted trees, kissing balls, and maple syrup to the visit, all sold as add-ons rather than included with a tree purchase. None of those come with published prices in this record, so treat them as things to budget for separately once you’re there rather than assuming a bundled cost. Balsam and Fraser fir are the two species available for cutting, both standard and reliable choices.
The record describes this as both an 80-acre farm and, elsewhere, a 30-acre operation growing over 30,000 trees — those two figures don’t line up, and this research couldn’t resolve which is accurate. It doesn’t change anything about planning a visit, but it’s worth knowing the acreage claim itself isn’t fully pinned down. More practically: the farm’s hours are listed as 9am to 4pm, but the fields themselves close at 3:30pm. That half-hour gap matters if you’re trying to squeeze in a visit near the end of the day — you could arrive at the farm well within its posted hours and still find the cutting fields already shut for the day. No specific 2026 opening date was published either, only the general pattern of “daily after Thanksgiving, closed Thanksgiving Day,” so a call ahead is worth it if you’re planning a trip for early in the season.
No 2026 opening date was published, but the farm has run daily after Thanksgiving in past seasons (closed Thanksgiving Day itself), with fields closing at 3:30pm even though the farm stays open until 4.
About 45 minutes for the cut-your-own field, more if you browse the holiday gift barn for wreaths, kissing balls, or maple syrup.
Not documented in the record. Daily hours (versus a weekends-only schedule) should spread out visitors more than farms open only Friday through Sunday.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the source, though free staff retrieval of your cut tree removes one of the more physically demanding parts of a cut-your-own visit — dragging or carrying the tree yourself.
Skip if you're arriving close to 4pm expecting to still cut your own tree, since the fields close at 3:30pm even though the farm's posted hours run until 4.
Mt. Anthony Tree Farms and JAC Frost Family Tree Farm are both close by in the Bennington area, worth checking if this farm's fields are picked over or you want to compare pricing.
Cut-your-own trees under 10ft are $55, and over 10ft are $70. Pre-cut trees are individually priced, ranging roughly from $5 to $100 or more depending on size.
No. Staff will retrieve and wrap your cut tree from the field at no additional charge, which is a real time and effort saver compared to strictly self-serve farms.
3:30pm, even though the farm's general hours run 9am to 4pm — plan your visit around the earlier field closing time.
Yes. The farm's holiday gift barn sells wreaths, boughs, kissing balls, and maple syrup.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily after Thanksgiving (closed Thanksgiving Day). Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $55. Cut-your-own under 10ft $55, over 10ft $70; pre-cut trees range roughly $5-$100+
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
313 Pleasant Valley Road, Bennington, VT 05201, in Bennington County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Southern Vermont.
We track 5 farms in Southern Vermont, 5 of which let you cut your own tree. At $55 to start this one sits below the regional median of $60, undercutting 2 of the 3 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a gift shop or farm market, which most Southern Vermont 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 5 farms we track in Southern Vermont had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 2 other farms we track in Bennington County. All Southern Vermont farms →
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Checked September 2026.