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St. Joe Christmas Tree Farm
Fort Wayne, Indiana · Allen County
Opens Nov 27 usual opening — confirm for 2026
Usually opens the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov 27) — the farm hasn’t posted its 2026 dates yet, so confirm before you drive.
St. Joe is the Fort Wayne farm most families here grew up with, out on St. Joe Road on the northeast side of town. Scotch pine, white pine and Norway spruce are what grow in the cutting fields — the farm says its clay soil leaves only a small patch where firs will take — so the Fraser and Douglas firs come in pre-cut, delivered fresh several times a season. The barn side of the operation turns out fresh wreaths, white pine roping, greenery and bundles of boughs for the porch.
The one thing to sort out before you go: appointments are required for every tree sale, and booking opens on the farm's website during the first full week of November. Ahead of Thanksgiving they sell pre-cut only — the fields open the day after, and that's when the saws come out. Weekends bring the train trolley ride and hot cocoa until five, weather permitting, and the gift shop is full of ornaments. This season's day-by-day schedule goes up in November.
The facts
- Cut-your-own Fraser firs and Douglas firs; pre-cut too
- Appointments go up on the farm's website the first full week of November. Pre-cut trees only before Thanksgiving; the fields open the day after. Train trolley and hot cocoa on weekends until 5, weather permitting.
- Reservation required
- Also at the farm: train trolley ride, weekend hot cocoa, wreaths & white pine roping, gift shop
Checked Sep 4 against the farm's own site
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Christmas tree disposal and recycling in Indiana
The other end of the same trip: when the tree comes down in January, disposal and recycling are a city job and the rules change at the city line — here is who takes it in Indianapolis — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →
- How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in Indiana?
- Not at the farm — getting rid of a tree is a city service, and the rules change at the city line. We read the tree collection page for 1 city in Indiana, linked just above: each one says whether the tree goes out for curbside pickup or to a drop-off site, and what has to come off it before it does.
- Is there Christmas tree recycling in Indiana?
- The one city we cover in Indiana says on its own page what becomes of a collected tree, and our page quotes that sentence. Where a city doesn't say, we don't say it either.
- Who handles Christmas tree removal once the season is over?
- The city, or the county authority that runs collection for it — that is the body every page in that January list is read from, and the only one that can tell you when it is running. Private haulers will take a tree away as well; they are not on this site, because we only write down what a city puts in writing itself.