An appointment-based farm with a genuinely varied activity list - petting zoo, hayride, gift shop - but calling ahead is described as standard practice here, not an optional courtesy, and no pricing or confirmed 2026 dates were found.
Turck’s Trees operates differently from most farms in this batch in one specific way: it treats scheduling an appointment as the normal way to visit, not a workaround for an unusual situation. That’s worth internalizing before you plan a trip - this isn’t a farm with a gate that’s simply open or closed on a given day, it’s one where you call first as a matter of course.
Once you’re scheduled, the visit itself sounds substantial. The farm lists a gift shop, hot cocoa and cider, hayrides, Santa visits, and a petting zoo, alongside the tree-cutting itself. That’s one of the more complete family-outing packages documented in this batch, on par with some of the larger operations, even though Turck’s itself doesn’t appear to be marketed as a huge destination farm.
Beyond the Christmas season, Turck’s also sells landscape trees, handles wholesale orders, and offers delivery service. That combination suggests a working nursery business that treats Christmas tree sales as one part of a broader operation rather than the entire business - which can be a reasonable signal of horticultural experience, though this record doesn’t make any farm-specific quality claims beyond that.
Balsam fir, Fraser fir, Canaan fir, and Eastern white pine are specifically named in the record. The farm’s site also references two additional spruce varieties, but without naming them - rather than guess at what those might be, this record leaves them out. If spruce specifically interests you, ask when you call.
No pricing turned up anywhere in the research for this farm, and no confirmed 2026 season dates were found beyond a general sense that the farm operates from late November into mid-December. For an appointment-based farm, that’s less of a practical problem than it would be for a walk-in operation - you’ll get both pieces of information directly when you call to schedule - but it does mean this page can’t hand you a number or a date range to plan around independently.
Turck’s looks like a solid choice for a full family visit, provided you’re comfortable making a phone call to set it up rather than just showing up. The appointment requirement is the single most important planning fact here, more so than any missing price or date.
Not documented with confidence beyond a general late-November-to-mid-December window, and since the farm operates by appointment rather than fixed public hours, the better question is which day you can schedule rather than which day is typically busiest.
Not documented directly, but a gift shop, hayride, Santa visits, and a petting zoo suggest budgeting for a fuller visit than a fast cut-and-leave.
Not documented directly, but an appointment-based model naturally spreads visitors across scheduled times rather than concentrating everyone on one open Saturday the way a walk-in-only farm might.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Skip Turck's if you were hoping to just show up unannounced - the farm asks visitors to call ahead for an appointment as standard practice, not a fallback for unusual circumstances - and skip planning a firm budget here until you've asked directly, since no pricing has been published.
Located in Litchfield, Meeker County, a somewhat standalone location relative to the more metro-clustered farms in this batch - the nearest comparable options covered here are farther south and west, in Brown and Stevens counties.
Yes. The farm asks visitors to call ahead and schedule an appointment as standard practice rather than offering fixed public walk-in hours.
Not published in any source found. Ask when you call to schedule your visit.
Balsam fir, Fraser fir, Canaan fir, and Eastern white pine are named specifically. Two additional spruce varieties are mentioned on the farm's site without species names given, so they aren't listed here.
The farm offers a gift shop, hot cocoa and cider, hayrides, Santa visits, and a petting zoo, plus landscape tree sales, wholesale, and delivery service.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: By appointment, late November to mid-December. 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).
67304 MN-24, Litchfield, MN 55355, in Meeker County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Central Minnesota.
turckstrees.com
Checked September 2026.