Are looking for the perfect Christmas Tree in Columbia, SC? You’re ready for the lights, the ornaments, and all the festive decorations, but first, you need your tree! Which tree will grace your living room this year? Right in the Columbia area, you’ll find Christmas Tree farms and lots with loads of options. Or, you can head up towards the Upstate and North Carolina for even more tree farm options with the opportunity to cut your own tree! Lots of these farms have fun activities and extras like visits with Santa, cocoa, and more.
We will help you find the right place to get your family’s Christmas tree and make sure that this holiday’s centerpiece is everything you desired.
Tree Farms By Location and Options
Get Your Christmas Tree: Where to Go Around Columbia, SC
Here are all the tree farm options throughout the Carolinas. Pick something local to you or make an amazing holiday season day trip up to the mountains. Scroll through our list to find the perfect one for your family and get those ornaments and popcorn strings ready!
Find Your Tree! Christmas Tree Farms in the Carolinas
Christmas Tree farms are like apple orchards. They all offer trees, but they each have unique activities, locations, and even food to offer. You can make a day trip and head out into the mountains. Or, filter this list for local Columbia, SC area Christmas Tree Farms only.
Merry Christmas Tree Farm
864.650.5470 244 Lay Bridge Road, Central, SC
Opens November 24, 2022 through December 23rd (or until sold out.)
Hours: 9 am to dark (about 5:45 pm)
Both Choose and Cut and pre-cut trees are available. Varieties include Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Virginia Pine (limited), Carolina Blue Sapphire (limited), Carolina Blue Sapphire (limited), Eastern Red Cedar, and a few White Pines. Wreaths made onsite are also available as well as tree stands and other accessories.
The 2022 Season begins Friday, November 25th, 2022 until sold out
Coleman Family Farms offers cut-your-own and precut Christmas tree
Hours: 11-5 daily
In addition to trees, they also have tree stands, tree preservatives, mistletoe, cinnamon rolls, and more for sale. Hot chocolate and candy canes are always free.
Opens November 27th, 2022 and remains open until December 25.
Hours: Monday – Friday noon 6 pm, Saturday 9 am – 6 pm, Sunday 1- 6 pm
Choose & Cut Carolina Sapphire, Leyland Cypress. Pre-Cut Fraser Firs also available.
Activities: Shop with unique ornaments and other gifts, and play area for the kids with a zip line.
Sugar Mountain Fraser Firs
828.387.0378 900 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC
2022 Season begins November 21st, 2022 at 10 am
Hours: Sunday – Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm; Friday 10 am – 8 pm; Saturday 9 am to 8 pm
Small, family-owned farm with high-quality Fraser Firs. The farm provides fresh, precut trees for their retail lot in Columbia.
You can purchase precut trees at the retail lot located across from the Village at Sandhills on Clemson Road in Northeast Columbia, SC (next to the recycling center).
2022 Season opens November 25th – TBA (typically mid December)
Offers both Choose and Cut and Precut trees.
Choose and cut varieties include Blue Ice, Carolina Sapphire, Deodar Cedar, Eastern Red Cedar, Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Virginia Pine, White Pine
They additionally have Fraser Fir with their precut selection.
Fresh Wreaths, garlands, and poinsettias are available for purchase.
2022 Season begins November 19th, 2022 through December 17th, 2022
Seasonal Hours:
November 19: 9 am – 5 pm
November 24: 1 pm – 5 pm
November 25: 9 am – 5 pm
General Hours:
November 19 – December 17, 2022
Friday – Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, 1 pm – 5 pm
2022 season will be precut Fraser Firs only (though plans for you cut and choose are cut are expected in the future years)
They have a fire pit, complimentary hot cocoa and “Rudolphs Jungle Juice”, a Christmas House gift shop, and photos with Santa are available.
Santa photos will be December 3rd, 2022 and December 12th, 2022 from 10 am to 12 pm
Tom Sawyer Tree Farm and Christmas Village
828.743.5456 240 Chimney Pond Road, Glenville, NC
2022 Season begins November 23rd, 2022 (by reservation only)
Closed on Thanksgiving.
Hours: Trees are limited in 2022. Make a reservation for a tree in advance. A reservation cost of $50 will be applied to the tree you choose. Open November 23, 25, 26, 27, December 3rd, and 4th.
Hours are from 9 am to 4 pm.
Prices: $79 – $209 depending on the height of the tree
Activities: Santa will be on-site November 23, 25, 26, 27, and December 3rd.
Sorrells Christmas Tree Farm
864.882.5054 156 Radisson Road, Seneca, SC
Opens the weekend before Thanksgiving and remains open until they sell out of trees.
Hours: 10 am – 6 pm daily
This choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm offers Carolina Sapphire, Eastern Red Cedar, Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Virginia Pine, and White Pine trees.
The farm also has farm animals and a North Pole mailbox.
2022 Season begins November 21st, 2022 at 1 pm through December 14th, 2022
Family farm offering cut-your-own (Leyland Cypress, Jingles Cypress, Murray Cypress, Fraser Fir, Blue Ice, Carolina Sapphire, and more) and precut (Concolor and Fraser Fir) Christmas trees.
Hours:
Monday – Saturday: 9 am to 5:30 pm
Sunday: 1 pm to 5:30 pm
Thanksgiving Day: 1 pm to 5 pm
Prices: $52 – $272 depending on type and height
Trees are individually priced with a price tag on the tree. If the tree does not have a price tag, do not cut!
They offer a holiday shop, tree stands, a
Friendship Valley Christmas Tree Farm
864.903.0751 130 Friendship Valley Road, Seneca, SC
2022 Season opens on November 19th, 2022
Frasier Firs will be available starting November 20th.
They offer pre-cut Frasier Firs, as well as a variety of choose-and-cut trees.
Hours: Thursday, Friday, and Sunday 12 pm – 6 pm
Saturday, open 9 am to 6 pm
Beck's Christmas Tree Farm
706.436.5250 648 Christmas Tree Road, Bowersville, GA
2022 Season opens November 19th, 2022
Beck’s Christmas Tree Farm offers a variety of choose-and-cut as well as pre-cut trees including Carolina Sapphire, Blue Ice, Naylor Blue, Eastern Red Cedar, Leyland Cypress, and Murray Cypress. They may have a few Fraser Fir available, but it is not confirmed.
Fresh wreaths and tree stands are also available.
Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm
828.926.8888 445 Boyd Farm Road, Waynesville, NC
Open 9 am – 5 pm November 19 – November 20 | November 25 – November 27
You select the tree and they cut, bale, and tie it. You also have the option to cut yourself. Cut Fraser Firs, live Fraser Firs (for planting), and wreaths are available.
Santa visits on all of the above dates!
Moss Tree Farm
828.743.2215 1822 Norton Road, Cashiers, NC
You can cut your own Christmas tree down at Moss Tree Farm in Cashiers, NC.
2022 Opening Hours:
9 am to 4 pm at the Main Field
Hours of operation are subject to change. Only trees that have ribbons on them are being sold. They sell Fraser Firs.
Check their Facebook page for updates on hours and availability of trees and wreaths. You can also preorder your tree or wreaths for choose and cut!
Price's Christmas Tree Farm
803.356.4005 228 Maple Road, Lexington, SC
2022 Season begins Saturday, November 19th, 2022
Hours:
Friday-Saturday 9 am – 6:30 pm
Sunday 12 noon – 6 pm
Monday – Thursday 3 pm – 6:30 pm
Offers:
Precut trees from NC (Fraser Firs)
Choose and cut your own (Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Cedar, and Carolina Sapphire trees )
They also have fresh, handmade wreaths and bows for purchase.
2022 Season begins November 1st, 2022 for Tagging, Pay when you return to cut
Families are invited to Drafts Tree Farm at the beginning of November to tag the tree they want, then can return closer to Christmas to cut the tree.
Hours: 8 am to sunset, Monday – Sunday
Photographers can also book their session at the farm but must contact them ahead of time.
Elves Tree Farm
864.354.0002 925 Old Vinland School, Easley, SC
This choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm is located in Pickens County offers a variety of trees to choose from: Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Carolina Sapphire, Blue Ice, White Pines, and Thuja Green Giant. They also offer pre-cut Fraser Firs and handmade wreaths. The farm has a playground area that includes a large playhouse, see-saw, and a fun tunnel with Santa Sleigh & Reindeers.
Hours of operation are Sunday through Friday 1 – 6pm and Saturday 9 am – 6 pm.
In previous years, the farm has opened the weekend before Thanksgiving. 2022 Dates are TBA.
They usually sell out at the beginning of December, so check their website for updates before heading out.
Shine & Lee's Christmas Trees
803.276.0161 20760 US Hwy 76, Newberry, SC
2022 Season begins November 25th, 2022
Offers: Choose and Cut or Precut trees (premium firs)
They offer Carolina Sapphire, Leyland Cypress, and Fraser Fir
Prices start at $8 per foot
Hours: Friday – Sunday; Open by appointment or to pick up orders during the week
Strongly encouraged to preorder wreaths and garlands
2022 season opens on November 19th.
Trees, wreaths, and garlands are available for purchase.
Choose & Cut and Pre-Cut trees available. Varieties include Blue Ice, Virginia Pine, Carolina Sapphire, Eastern Red Cedar, Fraser Fir, White Pine, and Leyland Cypress.
Wright's Christmas Tree Farm
803.685.7860 255 Christmas Tree Lane , Ward, SC
2022 Season information is currently not available. We will update once it is.
Hours: (based on 2021 information)
Monday – Wednesday 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Thursday – Saturday 10 am to 5:30 pm
Sunday: 1 pm to 5:30 pm
Offers: A variety of you cut and pre-cut varieties of Christmas trees (Leyland Cypress, Clemson Greenspire, Fraser Fir (freshcut), Eastern Red Cedar, Deodar Cedar, Carolina Sapphire, Eastern White Pine, Virginia Pine, and some extra large varieties that are 20 feet +)
There are family friend farm activities such as roasting marshmallows, tractor rides, a crafts canteen, and lots of picturesque places for photos at this 105 acre farm.
Christmas Tree Lots Near Columbia, SC
Though going out to a tree farm is one way to get your Christmas tree, visiting a Christmas tree lot is quicker and sometimes even more affordable. Trees at these lots are typically brought in from tree farms in Western North Carolina. Lots usually offer the classic favorite Fraser Fir, holiday wreaths, fresh garlands, and more. Check out our list of Christmas tree lots below!
Gardener’s Outpost
709 Woodrow Street, Columbia | 803.252.0041
Gardener’s Outpost offers walk-up and preorder options for their Christmas trees. Trees are all over 7 feet tall when pre-ordered. Retail locations will offer 3 feet to 7 feet tall trees as walk ups. Orders must be placed by November 11th, 2022, with pickup around November 23rd, 2022. Tree prices range from $49 to $311 depending on height.
Caseys On Rosewood
3824 Rosewood Drive, Columbia | 803.250.1868
Caseys on Rosewood traditionally offers Christmas trees during the holiday season. They offer trees shipped in, and they sale trees well into December. 2022 information has not been released. The garden center is open Monday through Saturday.
Sugar Mountain Fraser Firs
900 Clemson Road, Columbia | 828.387.0378
2022 Season opens November 21, 2022.
Though Sugar Mountain Fraser Firs has a farm, they also supply their own Christmas tree lot in Columbia with fresh-cut trees. Hours are Sunday – Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm; Friday 10 am – 8 pm; Saturday 9 am to 8 pm.