A full-service choose-and-cut farm near Traverse City where staff walk the field, cut the tree, and carry it to your car -- a genuinely hands-off experience, with farm animals and free cocoa and cookies thrown in, though no pricing is published anywhere.
Robinson Family Christmas Tree Farm, near Traverse City, offers one of the more hands-off versions of the choose-and-cut experience in this batch: staff walk the field with you, cut the tree you’ve selected, and carry it to your car. If the physical labor of cutting and hauling a tree is the part of this whole process you’d rather skip, this is a farm built around exactly that.
Local parenting-guide coverage describes goats and a steer among the farm animals, plus a dog-friendly policy for visitors bringing their own pets. Free hot chocolate and homemade cookies round out the visit, and Christmas music plays near the barn area, where pre-cut trees are also available if you’d rather skip the field walk entirely and grab something ready to go.
The schedule runs Monday through Thursday from noon to 7pm, and Friday through Sunday from 9am to 7pm. That noon start on weekdays means this isn’t a great option if you wanted to swing by in the morning before work, but the 7pm close every day of the week gives evening visitors – after work or after school – a real, workable window that some farms with earlier closing times don’t offer.
We checked multiple sources and found nothing on what a tree actually costs here. That’s a genuine limitation for planning purposes, and rather than estimate based on what nearby farms charge – which the brief here explicitly rules out, since any such comparison would require inventing a number – we’re telling you plainly that this is unknown. If a specific budget matters to your decision, call ahead and ask before you make the trip.
If you’ve done a true U-cut visit elsewhere and are considering this farm as an alternative, it’s worth knowing what you’re trading. You lose the hands-on experience of selecting and felling the tree yourself, along with whatever sense of accomplishment or tradition that carries for your family. In exchange, you avoid needing your own saw, the physical effort of cutting, and the job of dragging a heavy, sap-covered tree back to your car – work that can be genuinely unpleasant in wet or cold Michigan field conditions. Which tradeoff is worth it depends entirely on what your family actually wants out of the visit.
No tree species list was published for this farm, so if you have a specific type in mind, that’s a question for your visit rather than something to plan around in advance. Season dates for 2026 also weren’t found.
If a staff-assisted, low-effort version of tree shopping appeals to you – especially with farm animals and free refreshments included – this is a solid pick, and the extended weekday evening hours are genuinely useful for anyone working a typical daytime schedule. Just don’t expect to know the cost until you’re standing in the field.
Weekends (Friday-Sunday, 9am-7pm) give you the widest window; weekdays (Monday-Thursday) open later at noon but still run to 7pm, so an evening visit is workable too.
1-1.5 hours, including time with the farm animals and the walk out and back with staff
Not specified directly, but the longer weekend hours (9am-7pm versus a noon start on weekdays) suggest weekends draw more overall visitor volume.
Not specified in available sources.
Not specified. Staff carrying the cut tree to your car may reduce the physical demands of a visit compared to farms where you haul the tree yourself.
you want to know the price before you commit -- no tree pricing was found anywhere for this farm.
Vultaggio Royal Tree Farms in nearby Kingsley is a similar choose-and-cut option about 13 miles south of Traverse City if you want to compare two staff-assisted farms in the same trip.
No, staff walk the field with you, cut the tree, and bring it to your car -- this is a choose-and-cut model, not a self-service U-cut.
Yes, pre-cut trees are available near the barn, where Christmas music plays during the season.
Goats and a steer, per local parenting-guide coverage, along with a dog-friendly policy for visitors.
Monday-Thursday, noon-7pm; Friday-Sunday, 9am-7pm.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Thu 12pm-7pm, Fri-Sun 9am-7pm. 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).
6777 Herkner Rd, Traverse City, MI 49685, in Grand Traverse County. It is one of 11 farms we track in Northern Michigan.
We track 11 farms in Northern Michigan, 8 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 cocoa or cider stand, a petting area, which most Northern Michigan farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 11 farms we track in Northern 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 Grand Traverse County. All Northern Michigan farms →
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Checked August 2026.