Bennington Pines Christmas Tree Farm

Our family has gone to Bennington Tree Farm for 4 years now to get our tree. It is a family run business close to Omaha and a great holiday outing. They have compliementary cocoa and coffee, will bring you out to the fields on a hayrack ride, will cut your tree down for you if you don’t want to do it yourself. You can even go out early starting in October and pre-​tag your tree when the weather is nice so you don’t freeze your toes off in the Nebraska winter trying to find the perfect tree. Then come Christmas time, you can call ahead and they’ll have your tree cut, bagged, and ready for you to pick up. Can’t get much easier than that for a fresh-​cut, home-​grown tree!

I had to add this place to Unilocal because it didn’t come up in my search and I just loved them so much. We found them completely by accident last winter, we were literally on our way to pick out a tree and weren’t sure where to go, so I googled «cut your own Christmas tree farms» and came up with Bennington Pines.
It’s family-​owned and everyone is incredibly nice. You show up and they give you a hacksaw and take you on a tractor ride to pick out your tree. Then you cut it down yourself and go back to their barn to warm up and drink complimentary hot chocolate while they put your tree in the machine that shakes off the loose needles and bag it for you. The barn is super charming and cute and full of toys for your kids to play with while you wait.
When your tree is ready, they have you pull your vehicle up and they’ll tie the tree to the top of your car for you.
I think our tree was around $ 6 a foot, it’s a little more for the ones with soft needles – which is the route we’re going this year!