A Newberry-area farm growing its own varieties with a real starting price and a 30%-off Fraser Fir promotion in 2025, but public hours mainly run Friday through Sunday.
Starts at $8 per foot for choose-and-cut (2025 season); all Fraser Firs discounted 30% that season
Shine & Lee’s Christmas Trees, located on US Highway 76 near Newberry, grows its own Carolina Sapphire, Leyland Cypress, Eastern Red Cedar, and Clemson Greenspire, and supplements that lineup with premium pre-cut Fraser Fir for visitors who want that specific look without the field-grown limitations of the local climate. Choose-and-cut trees start at $8 per foot for the 2025 season, a real number that lets you estimate cost before you go — a 6-foot tree at the starting rate would run about $48, though the record notes this is a starting price, meaning premium varieties within the choose-and-cut lineup could run higher.
In the 2025 season, the farm ran a 30% discount across all Fraser Firs. That’s a genuine, specific promotion pulled from the record rather than an assumption, and it’s worth watching for again this year, though nothing here confirms it will repeat for 2026 — treat it as a reason to check current promotions when you call rather than something to bank on. Because the record doesn’t give a base price for the Fraser Firs that discount applied to, there’s no way to calculate the actual dollar savings from the numbers available, so that’s left as a percentage rather than turned into a dollar figure that isn’t supported by the record.
Free hot chocolate, apple cider, and candy canes are offered at no charge, along with Christmas coloring books for kids — small, real value-adds that don’t require an extra purchase. Handmade wreaths and garland are also available, though the farm’s own materials encourage pre-ordering rather than expecting same-day pickup. One detail worth taking seriously: the farm explicitly recommends calling ahead since hours and tree supply can shift with weather and demand. That’s an unusually direct acknowledgment from the farm itself that conditions can change quickly, which is more candor than most farms in this research offer about their own operations.
Public hours concentrate Friday through Sunday, with weekday access described as mainly by appointment or for pickup rather than open browsing. That’s a meaningfully different structure than a farm open daily to walk-ins, and it means a weekday trip needs a phone call first rather than just showing up.
The 2025 season opened November 22 at 9 am, a specific date from last year rather than a stated recurring rule, so it isn’t presented as this year’s opening date. Given the farm’s own advice about supply shifting with demand, an earlier visit within whatever window 2026 turns out to have is the safer play if a specific variety matters to you.
Shine & Lee’s combines a real starting price, a genuine 2025 discount on Fraser Firs, and useful free extras, but the Friday-Sunday-focused access pattern and shifting supply mean a call ahead is worth the two minutes before you commit to the drive.
The 2025 season opened November 22 at 9 am — a specific dated fact from last year, not confirmed for 2026. Public hours run mainly Friday-Sunday, with weekday access by appointment or pickup only.
Not stated directly, but with wreath and garland orders best placed ahead, and free hot chocolate, cider, and candy canes to enjoy, a Friday-Sunday visit likely runs longer than a quick stop.
Not stated in the record, though the farm's own advice to call ahead since hours and tree supply can shift with weather and demand suggests conditions on the ground can change quickly during the season.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip a weekday walk-in visit, since the record describes weekday access as mainly by appointment or pickup rather than open browsing, and skip assuming the 30% Fraser Fir discount definitely repeats in 2026, since it's a specific 2025-season promotion, not a stated standing policy.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
Choose-and-cut trees start at $8 per foot for the 2025 season. All Fraser Firs were also discounted 30% that season. 2026 pricing and promotions aren't confirmed to match.
Mainly by appointment or pickup. The record describes the farm's public hours as concentrated Friday through Sunday.
Carolina Sapphire, Leyland Cypress, Eastern Red Cedar, and Clemson Greenspire are grown on site, with premium pre-cut Fraser Fir also available.
The record notes wreaths and garland are handmade with pre-order encouraged, suggesting same-day availability isn't guaranteed.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Friday-Sunday primarily; weekday pickup or by appointment. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $8. Starts at $8 per foot for choose-and-cut (2025 season); all Fraser Firs discounted 30% that season
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
20670 US Hwy 76, Newberry, SC 29108, in Newberry County. It is one of 11 farms we track in Midlands South Carolina.
We track 11 farms in Midlands South Carolina, 9 of which let you cut your own tree. At $8 to start this one sits right on the regional median of $8, undercutting 1 of the 3 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a cocoa or cider stand, which most Midlands South Carolina 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 Midlands South Carolina had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
shineandleeschristmastrees.com · agriculture.sc.gov · certifiedsc.com
Checked September 2026.