Where to cut your own Christmas tree in Southern Maine.
- Jill McMahon
- Dec 2
- 2 min read
Over our 20 years in Portland, we’ve purchased Christmas trees from a multitude of places, including pre-cut from nurseries, gas stations, and high schools, along with cut-your-own trees from a friend’s family farm in Bowdoinham.
Last year, we tried a local tree farm and cried laughing while cutting down one of the remaining trees - tiny with a flat top, leaning slightly to the left…and costing a small fortune. I did love this quirky nugget, always appreciating things that are a bit off. Still, I wish we’d known about tagging a tree in mid-November like the rest of the folks there, people who went home with tall trees donning pointed tops that could actually hold a star or something.
Years of searching for a solid Christmas tree tradition led me to pose a question to this community last year, “Where is the best place to cut down a Christmas tree in Southern Maine?” I took your answers and compiled them into this list, which I’ve updated for 2025. Wherever you buy your tree, enjoy the smell of Balsam fir, the warm lights, and the childhood ornaments in the strangest tradition we all love.
Celebration Tree Farm and Wellness Center
Address: 125 Bowie Hill Road, Durham
Trees: Pre-cut and cut-your-own certified organic trees and wreaths
Dates: Nov 28-30 & Dec 6-7, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $49-$80 depending on size
Details: Located on 118 acres of land with a brook, gardens, and a network of trails
Address: 105 River Road, Windham
Trees: Cut-your-own
Dates: Open weekends starting the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Cost: $70 all sizes (from an internet review, may not be accurate
Details: Family-owned and run since 1989
Hanscome’s Christmas Tree Farm
Address: 194 Mountfort Rd, North Yarmouth
Trees: Choose and cut
Dates: Opening day 11/27: M - F, 10am-3:30pm & weekends, 9am-3:30pm
Cost: $60 all sizes, accepts cash and venmo only
Details: Family-owned
Address: 918 Richfield Road, Standish
Trees: Pre-cut balsam trees
Dates: Opening day 11/22: Fri - Mon, 9am-9pm & Tues - Thurs, 2-8pm
Cost: $20 - $90
Details: Will not have choose and cut for at least 3 more years.
Fresh cut balsam trees, free hot cocoa, animals to pet, warm fire to sit near
Address: 88 Finn Parker Rd, Gorham
Trees: Choose and cut
Dates: Opening day 11/28: Fri - Sun, 9am-4pm
Cost: $65 and up
Details: Family-owned
Address: Christmas Tree Way, Windham
Trees: Choose and cut
Dates: Opening day 11/28: Daily, 8am-4pm
Cost: $65 any size, cash and check only
Details: Family-owned, free hot chocolate and popcorn on weekends
Old Farm Christmas Place of Maine
Address: 1148 Sawyer Road, Cape Elizabeth
Trees: Choose and tag/cut
Dates: Tagging only Nov 15 - 21, Cutting starting Nov 22: Tues - Sun, 9:30am-4pm
Cost: $97 - $120
Details: Post-and-beam retail shop, wagon rides, hot cocoa, and marshmallow roasting over a bonfire
Let me know if I should add anything to this list! Happy holidays!