Third Stone has been growing organic fir since 1979 and opening to the public since 1992, with clear weekend hours and no reservation needed - but weekday visits, including the day after Thanksgiving, require booking ahead online, and no price is published.
Third Stone Farm has been growing Christmas trees since 1979 and opening the fields to the public for cut-your-own visits since 1992, which puts it among the more established small operations in the Lakes Region. It grows its roughly 6,000 Balsam, Fraser, and Canaan fir trees organically, a detail worth knowing if that matters to your buying decision - it’s not a claim this record can verify beyond the farm’s own description, but it’s specific enough to be a genuine point of differentiation rather than generic marketing language.
This is a smaller operation than several others in this batch, and it runs on a two-track schedule. Weekends require no reservation at all - just show up during the 9am-4pm window. Weekdays, including the Friday immediately after Thanksgiving (a day that’s often one of the busiest of the whole season at other farms), require booking through the farm’s online calendar system first. If your only free time is a weekday, don’t assume you can just drive over; get a slot booked ahead of time.
The season is expected to open Nov 21, 2026, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, based on the farm’s own recurring pattern. That’s earlier than the more common day-after-Thanksgiving start used by many other NH farms in this batch. For a visitor, that earlier opening combined with a relatively small total crop of about 6,000 trees suggests visiting sooner rather than later may matter more here than at a bigger operation - a smaller inventory picked over by early December could mean thinner selection by the time other farms are just getting their Thanksgiving-weekend rush.
No price is published anywhere in the record, so there’s genuinely nothing to estimate here - this page won’t guess at a number. Season-end date is also unconfirmed. Both are reasonable things to ask about when you call to book a weekday slot or check in before a weekend trip.
Fraser fir, one of the three species grown here, is widely known among growers for holding its needles longer after cutting than many alternatives - a general fact, not something specific to this farm’s trees, but relevant if you’re deciding between species while you’re out in the field.
A long operating history, organic growing, and no-reservation weekends make this an appealing small farm, provided your visit lands on a weekend or you plan far enough ahead to book a weekday slot. The lack of published pricing and a firm closing date are the two things worth confirming by phone before you commit to the trip.
Weekends, 9am-4pm, don't require a reservation. The season is expected to open Nov 21, 2026 (the Saturday before Thanksgiving); no closing date was confirmed.
30-45 minutes for cutting and payment on a walk-in weekend visit.
Not documented directly, but opening a week before most NH farms (Nov 21 versus the more common day-after-Thanksgiving start) may mean an early-season visitor sees a fuller field than at farms that open later.
Not specified in the record; expect an unpaved lot as at most small cut-your-own operations.
Not specified in the record.
Skip if a weekday is your only option and you haven't booked through the farm's online calendar, since walk-in weekday visits, including the Friday after Thanksgiving, aren't accommodated without a reservation.
Evergreen Ridge Christmas Tree Farm in New Durham, also in the Lakes Region, if Third Stone's smaller inventory sells through before you can visit.
Nov 21, 2026, based on the farm's stated pattern of opening the Saturday before Thanksgiving; no end date was confirmed.
Not for weekend visits (9am-4pm). Weekday visits, including the Friday after Thanksgiving, require booking through the farm's online calendar.
Balsam, Fraser, and Canaan fir, grown organically.
Small - roughly 6,000 trees total, and it's been open to the public for cut-your-own visits since 1992 (established as a farm in 1979).
Opens November 21, 2026 (closing date not published). Weekends (Sat & Sun); weekdays and the Friday after Thanksgiving by appointment. Hours: 9am-4pm weekends (10am-3pm the Friday after Thanksgiving).
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
106 Garland Road, Barnstead, NH 03218, in Belknap County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Lakes Region NH.
thirdstonefarm.com
Checked September 2026.