Ben's Christmas Tree Farm

This was a wonderful place to go as a family, our first year cutting our own tree. Great variety of trees, prices are better than average and all the tools you need (saw, twine, etc) if you don't bring your own. Very laid back and friendly staff willing to help at any step of the way needed. Leashed dogs are welcome, ours was thrilled to come along for an afternoon out with us! There is a small little barn that has some well cared for baby animals that can be pet, Santa was there behind a gate in another small, picturesque barn for socially distanced pictures (no lap sitting, perhaps for the best regardless!) and free cocoa and coffee in another small barn. A taco truck was there that smelled delicious, but left before we got a chance to sample those smells - we were bummed! Apparently there are hayrides and a few other things that weren't available this year because of COVID, but we didn't feel like we missed out. Best of all, we ended up choosing a beautiful blue tipped spruce that ventured out of the normal pine territory we are used to, and it was fun to find the perfect tree that we weren't expecting. Lots of photo opportunities. There on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so it was busy - but still felt safe and was manageable. We would go back next year, despite it being an hour plus drive for us.

Huge selection of trees of different types of pines. Everything is close together you don't have to walk for miles to find a perfect tree. Petting zoo with goats, geese, pigs and bunny. Also Santa Clause available for pictures.

This review is two years too late. Two years ago in 2017 I came here with two adult sons. They had a great selection of trees, small facility to warm up, and provided a saw. We did not have to walk far or get a ride to cut down a tree. My son Chris picked out a nice tree and they wrapped it in netting for us.Chris passed away in 2018 and I will forever cherish our memory here.

Great selection of trees to cut down yourself. Don't want to cut it yourself? No problem, they have some pre-cut for you to take. Fresh hand made garlands, free hot chocolate. Staff was pretty great, friendly and informative. Very reasonable prices. They would also go pick up your tree once you cut so you don't have to haul it back to your truck. I would definitely be coming back here next for my tree again!

This is a picture of our tree today January 27! Still looking great! We had a great first time at Bens and will definitely be back!

This farm was really far from us but chose to go here because they were the only place I found that do not spray pesticides on their trees. This farm did not disappoint! We took the horse pulled trailer to find our tree and we cut down a beautiful one! Every employee was extremely nice and helpful. This place will be our new family tradition.

So, you know how you can tell when boobs are fake? Well, you can tell with Christmas trees too ;-) It is all about the feel & let's be honest fake don't feel right. People you just gotta go real for a tree, who wants fake? Now you can go to one of those tree lots sprinkled through out the city, or you can get your Paul Bunyon on and cut down your own. This year, Matt & I decided to get in touch with our inner rustic selves & venture to a tree farm to get our tree. In fact it is the earliest I have ever gotten a tree--seems oddly weird. Currently we have an 8 foot White Pine (it was 9 feet, but let's just say it was a little too big for our place...you know like bending on the ceiling) taking over our living room & it is pretty fabulous. This farm is pretty sweet, they have a wide variety of trees to choose from & it is a rather large place to wander around in. It is also only a little over an hour outside of the city. Not too far from Huntley, so if you also want to get your shop on you can swing on by the outlet mall. Once you arrive at the farm, you head over the warming house where you meet with the owner (he is super friendly & very helpful), you then receive instructions on where the varieties are located and you also receive a saw. You can wander around or you can get a ride on the horse drawn carriages (Clydesdale's yo!). Hey, even Santa is there--he rides around on a John Deere tractor picking up trees for folks. Tree prices vary and it can run you a bit of $$, but it really is more about the experience anyhow right?!?!? Here are the pluses: *Free Parking *Warming House *FREE hot chocolate & coffee for patrons *Pick your own tree & cut it down. *Free de-needling & wrap of tree *The sell Apple Cider Donuts--yum! *Horse drawn carriage ride * Santa is there which is fun for the kids *they have 8 varieties of Christmas trees: Blue Spruce, Balsam Fir, Concolor Fir, Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce, Scotch Pine, and White PineCons: *A bit pricey *The Christmas decorations they sell are a bit cheap looking. *If you cut down your tree & leave it for pick up, it can take a very long time to get it up to the warming station. All in all a great place to get your Christmas tree, heck this may now be a tradition for us.

Quaint cut-your-own-tree place. The trees were small and had a lot of holes though. We were looking for a 9-11 ft tree and could not find a single one. Very cute to see Santa driving a tractor and loved the free hot chocolate.

This was our first time cutting down our own tree and we had such a fun experience. There were so many trees to choose from it was hard to choose! The staff was super friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back again next year.

Wonderful experience coming and getting our tree here! Our kids and dog had a blast walking through the fields to find our perfect tree. Got a beautiful Fir and great prices. Santa was there two (socially distanced!) and they offer free got chocolate. Everyone and employees were wearing masks and socially distancing. Great time!