Find your Christmas tree at a local farm

Make it an outing for the whole family

By Calvin Hall

The Gresham Outlook, Nov 28, 2009

File photo / The Outlook

Dave Hazlewood, left, owner of Olcott's Christmas Trees, helps Wolfgang Verhelst carry a fresh-cut Christmas tree to his car in November 2008.

Thanksgiving is finally over, which can only mean for many people that it’s time to start preparing for Christmas.

The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually the busiest time to start on holiday shopping, and it’s also the time when most tree farms open up and start selling u-cut Christmas trees.

The Outlook has compiled a list of area farms where you can either select and cut your own Christmas tree, or have a farm employee do the cutting for you.

Tree growers offer a wider selection of high-quality, healthier trees to choose from. The listings include addresses, phone numbers, operating hours, the types of trees for sale and additional services and attractions, such as complementary saws and baling, wreaths, gift shops, refreshments and candy.

To save yourself time, you should consider calling the farm beforehand to check on stock and to make sure it has the types and sizes of trees that you’re looking for.

You should also check on pricing and payment options, as some tree farms only accept cash or checks.

Whatever you do, just remember to bring the family with you and have fun.

Tree Farm Guide

Here is your guide to local tree farms. The numbers on the map correspond to this list. However, some of the locations do not appear on this map.

1) Oxbow Rim Tree Farm

34623 S.E. Homan Road

Gresham

503-663-6815

Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Dec. 24.

From Gresham, follow Division Street to Division Drive. Slight right at Oxbow Drive and follow it 2.2 miles to Homan Road.

Tree varieties include noble fir, Douglas fir, grand fir, Fraser fir and Scotch pine. Saws, wreaths, food and beverages, cutting assistance, an ornament shop, flocking, tree cleaning and tree stands. Prizes and candy canes will be offered.

2) Shriver Farms

33109 S.E. Oxbow Drive

Gresham

503-663-7624

Follow the signs from Gresham to Oxbow Park and look for Shriver Farms.

Open 10 a.m. to dark every day until Christmas Eve.

Tree varieties include Nordmann, Douglas, Fraser and grand firs, spruces and incense cedars. U-Cut or We-Cut options. Cash only.

3) Olcott’s Christmas Trees

43120 S.E. Deverell Road

Corbett

503-695-5219

Open 9 a.m. to dusk on weekends through Dec. 20; call for weekday hours.

Travel east on the Columbia River Highway to Larch Mountain Road. Travel 3.3 miles on Larch Mountain Road to Louden Road, and follow the signs to the tree farm.

Noble firs available. Services include saws, beverages including free hot cider, free cordage and tie materials and cutting assistance.

4) Old McDonald’s Farm

1001 S.E. Evans Road

Corbett

www.oldmcdonaldsfarm.org or call 503-695-3316.

Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 20.

Christmas trees of all sizes and wreaths available, and proceeds go to children’s programs that are supported by the farm. Shop for frozen berries in the farm store. Hot cider, hot chocolate, a warm fire and seasonal music will also be available.

5) Dutcher’s Tree Farm

33755 S.E. Compton Road

Boring

503-663-4127

Open daily from 8 a.m. to dark through Dec. 23.

Douglas firs, grand, noble and unsheared Douglas fir.

Features include flocked trees, wreaths, candle arrangements, decorations, hand-crafted gifts, saws, restrooms, trees baled.

6) Newman’s Nobles

14655 S.E. Bartel Road

Boring

www.newmanschristmastreefarm.com

Open 9 a.m. to dusk Friday through Sunday until Christmas.

All noble firs. U-Cut, We-Cut or fresh cut trees available. Fresh greens and holly with purchase.

7) Sandy Farms

36210 S.E. Highway 211

Boring

503-668-4525

www.sandyfarms.com

Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 13.

Douglas, noble and grand firs. Services include handsaws for customers, cutting assistance and tree baling. Also enjoy complementary candy canes, cocoa and coffee.

8) Gresham Roofing tree lot

201st Street and Burnside Road

Gresham Roofing will sell Christmas trees at the lot next to its building on 201st Street and Burnside Road. Owners of the business hope the community will support the tree sale, which is intended to help keep employees working through the holidays, a time notorious for little to no work in the roofing trade.

9) AAA Alder Creek Farms

53895 E. Highway 26

Sandy

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