A family-run farm since 1986 with an unusually extensive gift shop and a defined, short season through Dec 23 — the owners themselves say most visitors come for the experience and tend to arrive earlier rather than later.
Turning Pointe Farm has been family-run since 1986, when Roseann and Tom Conlon started growing Norway spruce, Canaan fir, and white pine on what’s now an established operation with a genuinely extensive gift shop attached. A Delaware Today feature that interviewed the owners is the best source available here, and it offers something most farm records in this batch don’t: a direct quote from the people running the place about why visitors actually come.
According to that feature, the owners describe most visitors as coming mainly for the experience rather than treating the trip as a pure transaction — and they’ve noted that people tend to arrive earlier in the season rather than later. That’s a useful, first-hand signal, and it lines up with the farm’s relatively short documented window: the season is expected to run from Thanksgiving weekend (Nov 27, 2026) through Dec 23, a source-confirmed end date rather than an inferred one. If the people who run the farm are telling reporters that visitors show up earlier, that’s worth taking seriously rather than assuming you can show up on Dec 22 and have the same experience as opening weekend.
Staff cuts the tree once you’ve made your selection from the three-species lineup — this is choose-and-cut, not cut-your-own — though a dig-your-own living tree option is also available if you’d rather replant than dispose of a cut tree after the holidays. The genuinely distinctive part of Turning Pointe is its gift shop: wreaths, grave blankets, centerpieces, and gift baskets, all documented as part of an “unusually extensive” holiday shop compared to what most Delaware farms offer. If part of your visit involves buying more than just a tree, this is one of the stronger options in the state guide for that.
As with several other Kent County farms in this batch, pricing simply isn’t documented anywhere. No starting price and no price note turned up in the Delaware Today feature or the state agriculture guide, which are the two sources available for this record. That’s a real limitation if you’re trying to budget in advance, and it means a call to 302-492-0231 is the only honest way to find out what a tree costs before you commit to the drive to Hartly. Hours (9am-5pm) and the weekends-only schedule are documented clearly enough to plan a visit window around, even without a firm price in hand.
The season is expected to run Nov 27 through Dec 23, 2026, weekends only, 9am-5pm. The Dec 23 end date was explicitly stated by a source rather than inferred, and the owners have said visitors tend to come earlier in the window, so treat that as a real signal, not just a general rule of thumb.
Between the tree selection and an unusually extensive gift shop (wreaths, grave blankets, centerpieces, gift baskets), plan for a longer stop than a farm with tree-only offerings — likely 45 minutes to an hour.
Not documented directly, but a farm the owners describe as an experience destination, combined with weekends-only hours across roughly four weeks, points toward earlier Saturdays being the more reliably active visiting window.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented. Expect field walking for tree selection alongside more level ground in the gift shop area.
Skip a visit in the final days before Christmas — the farm's own owners have said most people come earlier in the season, and the documented end date of Dec 23 leaves little margin if you wait until the last minute.
Gaines Christmas Tree Farm in Harrington and Spence's Tree Farm in Frederica are also in Kent County, both worth comparing if Turning Pointe's shorter, weekends-only window doesn't line up with your schedule.
Not documented. No pricing was found for this farm; call 302-492-0231 to ask before visiting.
Norway spruce, Canaan fir, and white pine.
No — staff cuts the tree once you've chosen it. A dig-your-own living tree option is also available for anyone who wants to replant afterward.
Dec 23, 2026, based on a source that explicitly stated this end date. The owners have noted that most visitors come earlier in the season rather than waiting until the end.
November 27 – December 23, 2026. Weekends. Hours: 9am-5pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
5395 Westville Road, Hartly, DE 19953, in Kent County. It is one of 13 farms we track in Delaware.
We track 13 farms in Delaware, 6 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.
Its season runs about 27 days against a regional average of 27, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has a gift shop or farm market, which most Delaware farms on our list do not.
There are 13 other farms we track in Kent County. All Delaware farms →
Checked September 2026.