Leach Tree Farms

We went here 2 – 3 weeks ago in an attempt to get a Christmas tree. Attempt being the operative word. When we arrived, the parking lot and the surrounding road was absolutely packed. We could barely drive where we needed to, there were so many cars. This was ok, we figured it must be a good place if all these people want to go here.
After slopping through 5 inches of pure mud to the main area, we found that there was a big to-​do going on. There were food trucks from Portland, some form of catering company with a big tent and a full bar. Whoa, this seemed pretty cool actually and we thought we might have to grab a bite after we get our tree loaded up. Off to find the perfect one…
Step 1– get a saw… where can we get one? We couldn’t find anyone that worked there. We saw 2 guys driving around on ATVs with other people’s trees. They never actually stopped, so we couldn’t flag either of them down. The moment I did get one to stop, that was because he was stopping to eat and couldn’t help me.
I cannot overstate how unorganized and chaotic this place was. There appeared to be people that worked there (one man who was yelling that he was the man on the ATV’s supervisor), but he was too busy with a drink in his hand to help anybody. Drinking people everywhere, bonfire here, food truck there, dogs, kids. It was absolutely nuts. No organization or direction AT ALL.
We figured we could find a tree and maybe… eventually…we could flag someone down to cut it for us. That never happened. We were there for an hour and we were not able to speak with anyone working there, period. We left empty handed. I don’t know if this is their standard for the holiday season or maybe we happened to show up during their Christmas party. Either way, we drug our kids through the mud for an hour and got nothing for it. It was extremely frustrating.
We found a place in Hillsboro the next day that was fantastic.

If you’re looking for a Noble Fir for the holidays, this is the place to go. Their property is huge and you can take your pick from a ton of nicely shaped Noble Firs. Its simple!
1) Walk around and pick out your perfect tree (Trees cost $ 5 per foot)
2) Have a worker chop down the tree for you and tow it to the parking lot. You can also choose to cut down the tree yourself, but the tree we picked out was on a slope and it was 30 degrees out, so we opted out of the manual labor.
3) Pay.
4) Have some free hot chocolate while they tie the tree to the roof of your car*
Easy peasy.
*Our tree actually came loose when we were down the road, so if you can, make sure it’s tied tightly to the car.