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Exley's Christmas Tree Farm
Sewell, New Jersey · Gloucester 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.
Exley's has been South Jersey's tree stop for decades, with the main farm in Sewell and a weekend-only second lot in Monroeville. Tag your tree early in the season, or order online and pick it up wrapped and ready.
Santa works the farm through mid-December, and the season has opened the Friday after Thanksgiving year after year — check their site before the drive for this season's exact dates.
The facts
- Cut-your-own Fraser firs and Douglas firs; pre-cut too
- Mon–Sat 9–5, Sun 10–4 in season; a second weekend-only lot runs in Monroeville.
- Also at the farm: Santa visits, online tree ordering
Checked Sep 5 against the farm's own site
What's open this weekend in New Jersey →
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Christmas tree disposal in New Jersey
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 Newark — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →
- How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in New Jersey?
- 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 New Jersey, 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 New Jersey?
- Not in words we can stand behind. The one city we cover in New Jersey doesn't say on its own page what becomes of a collected tree, so we won't tell you it is chipped into mulch. What each city does put in writing is on its page.
- 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.