Opens only on specific named weekends rather than running continuously - three weekends in 2025 - so this isn't a farm you can visit on any random Saturday in December without checking the exact dates first.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Reed Island Farm does something unusual among the farms in this research: rather than running continuously from an opening date through a closing date, it opens on specific named weekends only. In 2025, that meant three separate windows - November 22-23, November 28-30, and December 6-7 - each running 9am to 5pm. Outside those specific dates, the farm isn’t open to walk-in retail customers, though weekday visits are available by appointment.
Most farms in this batch either run continuously through a season or default to a recurring weekly schedule (weekends only, say, or Friday through Sunday). Reed Island’s model is different enough that assuming “it’s December, the farm must be open” could send you out on a day it simply isn’t. If you’re planning around this farm specifically, checking the current year’s exact weekend list - by phone or through the farm’s website - isn’t optional, it’s the whole plan.
Fraser fir is the only species sold here, and the record notes the farm also runs a wholesale Fraser fir operation alongside its retail choose-and-cut side. That dual business model is common among established growers in the Mount Rogers/Southwest Virginia Fraser fir cluster, where the growing conditions particularly suit this species.
Payment is cash or check only - no cards, according to the record. Beyond the trees, a small on-site Christmas Shop sells ornaments and home-baked breads, along with wreaths and garlands. Tree baling is also offered, though whether that’s a free service or a separate charge isn’t specified.
Neither the exact 2026 weekend dates nor any pricing for the Fraser fir trees turned up in the sources reviewed. Given that the entire visiting window here is just a handful of specific days, both of those gaps matter more than they would at a farm with weeks of flexible open hours to fall back on.
A farm that also runs a wholesale Fraser fir business has a real reason to limit its retail weekends rather than staffing a full multi-week season: it lets the operation concentrate labor and inventory on a handful of high-traffic days rather than spreading thin across a month. That’s a reasonable business tradeoff, even if it makes the farm less convenient for a spontaneous visitor than a continuously-open competitor.
This is a real, established Fraser fir grower with a distinctive, limited-weekend visiting model. If you’re the type of planner who checks a farm’s site before a drive rather than showing up on impulse, that’s not a problem - just make sure the specific weekend you have in mind is actually one of the farm’s open dates for 2026 before you commit to the trip.
Not confirmed for 2026. In 2025, the farm opened only Nov 22-23, Nov 28-30, and Dec 6-7, 9am-5pm each day - check the farm's site or Facebook for the 2026 equivalent before planning around a specific weekend.
30-45 minutes for tree selection, plus a stop at the small Christmas Shop if home-baked breads or ornaments interest you.
Not documented, but a farm limited to a handful of specific weekends likely sees concentrated traffic on each of those days rather than a spread-out season.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip if you're hoping to visit on any weekend that fits your schedule, since the farm only opens on specific named weekends rather than running continuously through the season, and 2026 dates aren't yet confirmed.
Anne & Eddie Blevins Christmas Tree Farm in Damascus is another Southwest Virginia Fraser fir specialist in this directory, worth comparing if Reed Island's limited weekend schedule doesn't line up with your calendar.
No. In 2025, it opened only on three specific weekends (Nov 22-23, Nov 28-30, Dec 6-7) rather than running continuously - check for the 2026 equivalent before planning a visit.
Fraser fir only, per the record - the farm also runs a wholesale Fraser fir business alongside its retail choose-and-cut side.
No, cash or check only, according to the record.
A small Christmas Shop selling ornaments and home-baked breads, per the record, alongside wreaths and garlands.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Selected weekends only (2025: Nov 22-23, Nov 28-30, Dec 6-7); weekdays by appointment. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
715 Peacock Drive, Hillsville, VA 24343, in Carroll County. It is one of 7 farms we track in Blue Ridge VA.
We track 7 farms in Blue Ridge VA, 7 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 free netting/baling, a gift shop or farm market, which most Blue Ridge VA farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 4 of the 7 farms we track in Blue Ridge VA had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 5 other farms we track in Carroll County. All Blue Ridge VA farms →
reedisland.com · virginia.org
Checked September 2026.