A third-generation, 35-plus-acre farm with six tree species and no credit cards accepted at the cut-your-own site - cash, check, Zelle, or Venmo only - though 2026 season dates hadn't been posted at research time.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Simonson is a genuinely established operation - third-generation, spanning more than 35 acres at its cut-your-own location on Cranbury Neck Road - with one of the wider species lists in this batch of research: Canaan fir, Douglas fir, concolor fir, blue spruce, Norway spruce, and white pine. Six varieties gives you real room to choose between fir and spruce characteristics rather than picking from just one or two options.
Here’s the one thing worth flagging clearly: credit cards are not accepted at the cut-your-own site. Payment is cash, check, Zelle, or Venmo. That’s a specific, stated policy rather than a guess, and it’s worth planning around, especially if you’re used to defaulting to a card for most purchases. Twine and netting for tying the tree down are provided free, and you can bring your own saw or use one the farm provides.
At the time of this research, the farm’s own website was still titled “Christmas Trees 2025” and referenced a “Black Friday (November 28, 2025)” opening as its most recent posted information - meaning the site hadn’t yet been refreshed for the 2026 season. Rather than assume the farm will follow the same calendar pattern this year, this record leaves season_start and season_end blank. If you’re planning around a specific date, checking back closer to Thanksgiving or calling directly is the safer move.
Simonson operates across two addresses: 120 Cranbury Neck Road for the cut-your-own fields, and a separate 260 Dey Road location for pre-cut retail trees. If cutting your own isn’t appealing but you still want a Simonson tree, the second location is worth knowing about - though the payment policy and hours there aren’t separately documented in this record.
The farm also participates in a Farmers Against Hunger donation drive, according to the record - a detail that speaks to a working farm with community ties beyond just the seasonal tree business, even if it doesn’t change the practical math of your visit.
Pricing wasn’t published anywhere in the record, and cut_your_own versus choose_and_cut isn’t fully resolved either - both appear to be options, but the exact mechanics (does staff cut for you, or only you) aren’t spelled out. Given the payment-method specificity elsewhere in the record, it’s likely the farm can answer these questions readily by phone if you call ahead.
Not confirmed for 2026. The farm's own site was still titled 'Christmas Trees 2025' at the time of this research and referenced a 2025 Black Friday opening, meaning it hadn't yet been updated for the current season.
A standard cut-your-own visit across a sizable 35-plus-acre field.
Not documented. No basis for an estimate.
Not documented.
Not documented. Assume an unpaved field across a 35-plus-acre working farm.
Skip if you're relying on paying by credit card, since the cut-your-own location explicitly does not accept them, or if you need confirmed 2026 dates before planning, since the farm's site hadn't been updated past its 2025 season page at research time.
Barclay's Tree Farm is also located in Cranbury, if you'd like to compare a second cut-your-own option in the same town.
No, not at the cut-your-own location. Payment there is cash, check, Zelle, or Venmo only, per the farm's own site.
Canaan fir, Douglas fir, concolor fir, blue spruce, Norway spruce, and white pine - six varieties in total.
Yes, the farm operates a separate pre-cut retail lot at its second location, 260 Dey Road, distinct from the cut-your-own fields at 120 Cranbury Neck Road.
It's a third-generation family farm spanning over 35 acres at the cut-your-own location.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
120 Cranbury Neck Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512, in Middlesex County. It is one of 9 farms we track in Central NJ.
We track 9 farms in Central NJ, 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, which most Central NJ farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 5 of the 9 farms we track in Central NJ had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
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simonsonfarms.com
Checked September 2026.