Anderson Tree Farm

Super cute tree farm! My daughter (age 3) loved the birds inside and the animals outside. Friendly and helpful staff.

About 3 weeks ago we went to Anderson Tree Farm and were greeted by a woman named Karen. She was wonderful. She showed us around on her golf cart, talked to us of the history of the farm as it has been in her family since her father purchased it over 50 years ago. She very willingly answered all of our nosey questions about the property as well as our questions about the trees. She was so nice I actually had to tell my husband we had to go as I think he would have talked to her all night. We purchase a very nice river birch tree 12 – 15′ tall at a great price and were very satisfied when we left. Yesterday they brought the tree to plant (the charge for this was also reasonable). Two men came with shovels to plant this tree with a huge root ball that was about 2.5 or 3′ across and about 18″ deep. I believe one of the men didn’t speak English. The other one was rude as rude could be. When I explained how I wanted MY tree planted in MY yard, at MY home he stepped in toward me and began to scream at me to «get in the house». It was so loud and rude it caused my husband to come running from another part of the yard. He told the man not to speak to me that way and that he was at OUR home and that we were the customer. My husband told him to finish planting the tree as I, the customer, had requested and to get out.
What a shame. After such a wonderful experience at the purchase they sent such a rude man to my house. I won’t go back there to purchase anything that needs to be planted by them. We have a rather new home in a rather new sub and plan on purchasing several trees in the next couple years. Ladies if you are having these people to your home, I recommend your husband be home. Who knows how long he would have been in my face, in my personal space, yelling and screaming if my husband hadn’t been there to tell him to stand down. I truly got the impression he had no use or respect for women. Too bad.

We’ve cut trees here a few times. In 2012 things had really gone down hill. I think they are winding down the business. She told us there was a highway going to be built through the center of their property. Lots of old broken down ice cream trucks littered around. Barn was falling down. No more petting zoo. I’m searching for a new place this year.

They had a more substantial petting zoo than I had expected, but since I don’t have kids it didn’t really sway me one way or another. The free hot chocolate on the other hand was a welcome bribe. Everyone that we encountered that worked there was very friendly and helpful.
Unfortunately that’s where the fun ended. Their selection of trees was kid of paltry. I don’t know if it was due to the drought we had this year or if it’s always like this but… it was depressing. The majority of the trees were about as tall as I am, me being 5’10″ makes that a bad thing. And on top of the trees being short they were one more day of not being watered before turning full on Charlie Brown Christmas. The trees that they had that were actually full and lush were 8ft wide and a bit unwieldy. In the end we didn’t cut down a tree but looked at the «pre-​cut» trees that looked like they had been shipped in and were bundled for weeks. No to mention the prices were a bit high compared to other tree farms that I had looked at. But this place is considerably closer than most other tree farms.
Based on location I may be inclined to try here again next year in hopes of a better crop, but I’ll probably not take the gamble and go somewhere with a better track record.

My family comes here every year to get our Christmas tree. This is one of my favorite family traditions.
They have plenty of animals to look at, wagon rides out to the trees. Plenty of pre-​cut trees, as well as live trees that you can choose yourself. Plus free hot chocolate and popcorn.
My family likes to walk around and look at all of the animals, then we take the wagon ride out and walk through all of the trees to pick the one we like best. Once we find a tree we flag down one of the workers, and he brings a saw over. We usually have him cut down the tree, but occasionally someone in the family wants to cut it down themselves. There is a cart to take the wagon bake to the front. At the front they measure the tree, and we go inside the warming house to pay. They have free hot chocolate and popcorn inside, as well as all kinds of goodies and snacks available to purchase.
At the front the wrap up the tree for you, and secure it to the roof of your car. All in all it’s a fun day, and you can do as little or as much of the work yourself as you want to.
For city people, this is a fabulous way to spend some time the country. And this is a great family holiday event.