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Yates Farms

📍 22246 Tolliver Road, Fountain, FL 32438🗓 Season dates not yet published for 2026🏷 From $10

A genuine, established diversified u-pick farm with a small, explicitly limited-quantity Christmas tree side offering — this is not a dedicated tree-farm destination, and the farm itself describes the tree supply as just 'a few' trees available by appointment only.

Aerial view of Yates Farms in Fountain, FL

How you get your tree

This farm offers

cut-your-own

Included

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$10/foot for U-cut Christmas trees in 2025, per the farm's own directory listing update (updated Apr 23, 2025 and again Dec 3, 2025).

Our take

Yates Farms in Fountain is, first and foremost, a real and established diversified u-pick operation — strawberries, blueberries, muscadines, citrus, plus pork, catfish, eggs, and honey. The Christmas tree offering here is explicitly described by the farm itself as small and limited: “we will have a few U-cut Christmas trees available,” per the directory listing. That’s worth taking at face value rather than reading past it — this is not a farm built around Christmas trees, and expecting a dedicated tree field or a holiday-shopping atmosphere would set you up for disappointment.

The pricing is real, even if the scale is small

Despite the limited quantity, the price is confirmed: $10 per foot for U-cut trees in 2025, per the farm’s own listing, which was updated as recently as December 3, 2025 specifically to confirm tree availability that season. That’s genuinely useful, specific information — a 5-foot tree at that rate runs $50, a 6-footer $60, an 8-footer $80 — all straightforward arithmetic from the farm’s own stated number, not a guess. The recency of that update (twice in 2025, once in April and again in December) is also a mildly reassuring sign that someone at the farm is actively maintaining this listing rather than leaving a stale one in place.

Appointment-only means exactly that

There’s no posted walk-up schedule for trees here. The farm describes the offering as by appointment only — text, call, or private message to arrange a specific time — separate from the general u-pick produce hours (Friday-Saturday, 7am-6pm), which apply to the farm’s main business, not necessarily to when trees are available. If you want a tree from Yates Farms, the process is genuinely different from driving to a cut-your-own lot on a Saturday afternoon: you need to reach out first and set up a time, and there’s no guarantee of same-day access if you haven’t.

No species specified, and no reason to guess

Unlike most entries in this batch, no tree species were named in any source checked for Yates Farms — not Leyland Cypress, not Sand Pine, nothing. Rather than fill that gap with a plausible-sounding guess based on the regional pattern elsewhere in this dataset, this record leaves it blank. If species matters to your decision, that’s a direct question to ask when you contact the farm to set up your appointment.

The bottom line

Yates Farms is a legitimate working farm with a genuinely small Christmas tree side offering at a confirmed, reasonable per-foot price. It rewards a visitor who’s comfortable reaching out directly and being flexible about timing and species, and it’s a poor fit for anyone expecting a dedicated tree-farm visit with posted hours and a field to browse. Given the explicitly limited supply, reaching out earlier in the season rather than later gives you a real shot at one of the “few” trees the farm describes having.

Planning your visit

Best time to go

No fixed dates or hours are published for the Christmas tree component; it's appointment-only, arranged by text, call, or private message. General u-pick hours (for produce, not trees) run Fri-Sat 7am-6pm, but that schedule doesn't necessarily apply to tree availability. Contact the farm directly to arrange a specific time rather than expecting a walk-up visit.

How long to budget

Not stated in the record.

Crowds

Not stated in the record, and given the appointment-only, limited-quantity nature of the tree offering, this isn't really a farm where crowd dynamics would apply the way they would at a larger cut-your-own operation.

Parking

Not described in the record.

Strollers and accessibility

Not addressed in the record.

What to bring

  • A text, call, or private message to the farm well before you plan to visit, since Christmas trees here are explicitly appointment-only with no walk-up option described
  • Flexibility about species, since no tree types were specified in any source and this research didn't guess at what's actually available

How to spend less here

  • 2025 pricing was $10 per foot for U-cut trees, per the farm's own directory listing, updated as recently as December 2025 — so a 6-foot tree would run $60 and an 8-foot tree $80, using only that confirmed per-foot rate
  • Because supply is explicitly limited, contacting the farm early in the season is the most realistic way to actually secure a tree at this price rather than finding the small quantity already gone

Who it suits

Good for

  • Visitors who are flexible on species and quantity and mainly want a genuine u-cut experience at a small scale, arranged directly with the farm
  • Anyone already visiting for the farm's produce, honey, or other u-pick offerings who wants to ask about adding a tree

Skip it if

Skip Yates Farms if you're expecting a dedicated Christmas tree field or a holiday atmosphere, since the farm explicitly describes the tree offering as limited quantity, by appointment only, with no fixed hours or dates — this is a working farm that also has a few trees available, not a holiday attraction.

Worth pairing with

Not available in the record.

Common questions

Can I just show up and cut a tree at Yates Farms?

No. The farm explicitly describes Christmas trees as available in very limited quantity, by appointment only — you need to text, call, or message the farm to arrange a specific time. There's no posted walk-up schedule for trees.

How much does it cost?

$10 per foot for U-cut trees in 2025, per the farm's own directory listing update. A 5-foot tree would run $50, a 7-footer $70, using that confirmed rate directly.

What tree species are available?

Not specified in any source checked. Rather than guess, this record leaves tree types unlisted — ask directly when you contact the farm to arrange an appointment.

Is this mainly a Christmas tree farm?

No — it's primarily a diversified u-pick produce farm growing strawberries, blueberries, muscadines, and citrus, with pork, catfish, eggs, and honey also sold. Christmas trees are a small, explicitly limited side offering, not the farm's main business.

When is Yates Farms open in 2026?

2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Christmas trees: very limited quantity, by appointment only (text/call/private message to arrange a time) — not a walk-up operation. General U-pick hours (for produce, not trees) are Fri-Sat 7am-6pm.. Check with the farm before driving out.

How much does a tree cost at Yates Farms?

Trees start at $10. $10/foot for U-cut Christmas trees in 2025, per the farm's own directory listing update (updated Apr 23, 2025 and again Dec 3, 2025).

Can I cut my own tree at Yates Farms?

Yes. It's cut-your-own.

Where is Yates Farms?

22246 Tolliver Road, Fountain, FL 32438, in Bay County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Panhandle FL.

How Yates Farms compares in Panhandle FL

We track 5 farms in Panhandle FL, 5 of which let you cut your own tree. At $10 to start this one sits below the regional median of $18, undercutting 1 of the 2 priced farms we track here.

One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 5 farms we track in Panhandle FL had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.

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Quick facts

SeasonSeason dates not yet published for 2026
Days openChristmas trees: very limited quantity, by appointment only (text/call/private message to arrange a time) — not a walk-up operation. General U-pick hours (for produce, not trees) are Fri-Sat 7am-6pm.
HoursNot published
Starting price$10
CountyBay County
RegionPanhandle FL

Sources

pickyourownchristmastree.org

Checked September 2026.