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Urquhart's Tree Farm

Chelsea, Michigan · Washtenaw 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.

Urquhart's has run the same tradition seven miles west of Ann Arbor for more than thirty years. Saws and hauling carts are handed out at the gate, a free hay wagon shuttles you to whichever block of trees you want to walk, and the crew shakes and bales your tree before it goes on the roof — that part is included in the price.

The heated gift shop inside the historic red barn is where most families end up: handmade wreaths and ornaments, cedar roping, and a stand selling hot and cold drinks. U-cut trees are one flat price at seven feet and under, then priced by the foot above that; pre-cut trees are marked individually.

There are two places to go. The main farm on Jerusalem Road has all of it. The satellite field on Jackson Road is a few minutes away, opens earlier, and is the one to pick on a busy Saturday.

The facts

Checked Sep 4 against the farm's own site · farm website

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Christmas tree disposal and recycling in Michigan

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 Ann Arbor · Detroit — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →

How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in Michigan?
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 2 cities in Michigan, 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 Michigan?
1 of the 2 cities we cover in Michigan 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.