Peltzer Pines Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Farms

What an amazing place to get your Christmas tree! I took the family here to get ours, and the kids had SO much fun. The staff was incredibly friendly; they even let my son cut down the tree we chose. The trees are healthy and don’t dry up right away. NEW FAMILY TRADITION for sure!

Great place. Great price. Thank you for a true family owned and operated business. Thats what makes the holidays great. See you next year.

Most beautiful tree farm in Orange county. Family own and the grandson of the owner helped us cut down our beautiful tree. We will for sure be back next year.

This place is awesome! You get to go out on a search for your tree pick it out and cut it yourself! Not many of these places still around so it was a great experience!

So much fun! Staff is very helpful and friendly! We have been cutting down our family tree here for years, and always enjoy the experience!

I’m all about seeing the forest from the trees, the big picture, and this time of year is great for that! Fresh out of Thanksgiving weekend I’m thankful for a lot of things. At the top of that list is my FAMILY. We have been cutting down our own Christmas tree now for as long as I can remember, a family tradition that is being passed on to our next generation. It’s been a lot harder since moving to So Cal where tree farms are pretty scarce, the whole drought detail and all. I’ve been coming to this family owned farm now for several years and although these trees are more expensive than what you can find at Home Depot or Costco, or the long term saving investment of a fake bark pine, I just remember that it’s not the tree I’m paying for but rather it is the experience and memories with my family. This place opens up the weekend before Thanksgiving and many of those families that have got their ACT together get here in advance, pick & pay for the best trees on the lot, then later come back in December to cut them down at their leisure. I, on the other hand, can never seem to get my STUFF together sooner so I end up here right after Turkey Time and find that more than half the lot seems to have been tagged and sold. Nevertheless there are many fine trees to still be had! Remember cash or check only, they have an ATM but just bring cash anyway. The workers are all friendly and cheerful from the gate greeters to the cashier girls (who will honor the coupon from the website even if you don’t have one!), and also the cutters that will cut, drag and load your tree for free if you like! OH but NOT ME! When I informed my unwitting Santa’s helper that I would be cutting the tree myself, there was a brief pause and perhaps moment of disbelief. But YES I ALWAYS cut my own tree, IT’S TRADITION! And well I like getting dirty too so it’s a win-​win! The line for the tree cutters is a bit of a wait but that’s more time to play tag among the rows of pines! Beautiful views, awesome photo ops, and fresh crisp pine air! Great for kids and dogs! Happy Holidays!

Right after Halloween I always start doing a little research and inventory check on where a good Christmas tree for house will be coming from.
I’ve driven by this place for many years going in and out of the canyon, and I’ve always glanced on over at their tree selection and how they are keeping their trees trimmed up and looking nice.
They will be opening for a pre-​selection inventory pics soon.
From what I see so far this year’s inventory looks awesome so we will be heading there soon!!!
A little pricey but so is water right now to grow them with.

Been meaning to finish this review for some time now. My wife and I have loved the experience of picking out and cutting a fresh tree for years. This year we were disappointed to find that prices had risen this year, but it was still justifiable for experience and freshened of our tree. It is harder and harder to find a fresh tree location. They seem to be on a four year rotation here and I do hope it continues.
My review would have been higher if our tree had lasted longer. Last year we picked up our tree and took it straight home and it lasted for nearly 7 weeks and looked great. This year however it never soaked up the water or food and began to die and dry out so quickly. It barely made it to Christmas after picking it up just after Thanksgiving. With cost rising and the fact that the tree barely lasted this year, not sure if we will be back.
Get in as early as possible to get the best looking trees.

the selection of trees is the business… i will get my christmas tree from this place every year from now on

Very helpful crew on site. The trees can’t get any fresher. You won’t see some of this Northern pine species, but still a great tree for the family to enjoy. We went up the weekend before Christmas and the place was well picked over, however there were still decent trees to pick from. Probably will buy from them again next year only get there in early December.
Trees are a bit higher in price than most, but the others aren’t freshly cut so you can’t really compare the two buying experiences. Bring cash as they don’t take credit cards as of this writing.

Awesome place to get a freshly cut Christmas tree!
We saw this spot when returning from hiking in Santiago Canyon and returned yesterday to get our Christmas tree.
There are a couple of options. You can:
1) Pick out a tree, have them cut it down and tie it to your roof and drive off with it
2) Pick out a tree then have them deliver it to you when you specify for $ 35. This includes putting it in your stand for you– sounds like a bargain!
3) Pick out a tree then come back to pick it up when you are ready for it.
We chose option 1 because we were ready for our tree. Next time we might go for option 2 or 3. Because others had already selected their trees earlier in the season a lot of them were already sold. There were still a lot of nice ones to choose from and we had no problem finding the perfect one for us.
There appeared to be two species of trees for sale — one juniper type that were kind of stickery. Those were mainly sold. The other type was more like a traditional Douglass Fir but a little lighter with thinner needles. We selected the second variety. Their website states they breed a special variety of pine that is well suited for California.
Our tree smells heavenly in our home, it was fun to pick it out and it is nice that it is so fresh. Buying locally is a nice perk as well. They did a great job tying it to the roof. We also purchased their tree stand which was a snap to put up.
The cost was comparable to visiting a tree lot. We got a 6 ft tree, and stand for just under $ 100.
I am sure those of you in Oregon are laughing heartily at that price tag. It is reasonable for California.
We had a great experience overall.

We went out of our way to drive here and get a tree and what a disappointment. The trees were already picked over and we went the day after Thanksgiving. I asked the helper that was chopping the tree if it would smell good as I couldn’t smell any Christmas tree and he said it would be great one we hot it home. We’ll this sad tree is already dead and drooping (yes it’s been full with water) and also was so flimsy, I couldn’t hang a decent ornament.
So here we are with going to purchase a new tree so that we have one that lives through Christmas.
And the mess is horrible, it sheds like crazy!

Peltzer Pines is definitely gaining in popularity. The 3 stars is for 2 things: Cash or check only (there’s an ATM onsite), and the price of the tree. It was a $ 76 tree, and many had already been picked over. I guess what you’re paying for is the ambience of the place.
Suggestion: go on a weekday if you can help it. It gets so packed, you have to wait in a long line of cars to finally get your tree.

Getting our Christmas Tree at Peltzer Pines has now become a family tradition. The selection of trees is vast and it’s a fun experience to select your own and have it cut down. Peltzer Pines beats the heck out of going to a Christmas Tree lot. This year we had the pleasure of meeting Chase Peltzer. He was very kind and filled us on the history of his grandfather’s farm.

What fun! Frolicking with my little one through the trees, trying to find the best tree, for the cheapest price (along with the $ 6 coupon). The selection is huge! The workers are all young, local teens that are super friendly. The guy who cut our tree and loaded it into my friends truck was quick and helpful.
I picked a $ 29 tree that was about 5′ and only had a small area gap, but that kind of stuff doesn’t bother me. Wide range of trees and pricing. Check it out and support a local business. Happy Holidays!

The farm itself is very nice and big. The landscape of the area is beautiful. It was very much an experience but I don’t think we will be coming back. They basically have one type of pine. There are some different varieties but there aren’t very many. We also wanted the enjoyment of cutting it down ourselves but we didn’t get the opportunity. This is why we are paying a premium for our tree right? (Btw the prices are higher than the prices on their website) We selected and paid for our tree (6−7ft for $ 86+tax)then we were told to give our ticket to one of the guys in an orange best and tip them whatever we want. Umm ok?
On their website it clearly states that they have hand saws available to use to cut down your own tree. So my husband asked one of the guys if he could borrow his saw to cut down our tree. Then the man asked for his ticket walked to the tree, cut it down and plopped it into the bed of the truck and walked away. It was so fast that my hubby just threw his hands up and shook his head. It was very anti climactic.

Beautiful location, great selection and wonderful family tradition of visiting this tree farm every year. If you like Noble Firs, this is not the place for you. The pines here are the bushier type which I grew to love because bringing our boys to the tree farm has become part of our annual Christmas tradition. They have a variety of sizes but if you want a really tall one (8 – 9′), go early (at least before Thanksgiving) to pick out and reserve your tree.

We had the best experience choosing our christmas tree! It was the first time we had ever done it and it won’t be the last. Be sure to get there early in the day, especially weekends if you don’t want to wait to get your tree cut and loaded.

No reviews on this place yet? We love coming out here every year. Everyone is really friendly and the process is simple. The trees last a long time — last year our tree was still green when we kicked it to the curb — I think it had been at least three weeks! Worth the drive! Trees range from 39 — 71 for our kind of tree (6 feet) but they have much bigger ones too. Enjoy!