Critz Farms

Cazenovia, New York · Madison County

Call ahead unconfirmed for 2026

We couldn’t confirm this farm’s 2026 season — call before you drive.

Critz Farms has been a Cazenovia fixture for decades — cider mill, sugar house, corn maze, nature trails — and it is one of very few Christmas tree farms in the country with a working brewery and cidery on the same property. You can finish the tree hunt with a pint in the tap room.

Cut-your-own balsam, Fraser, and Canaan fir run about $60 up to eight feet, with saws handed out and wagon rides carrying you and the tree back to the barn. Inside the barn there's a full pre-cut selection from tabletop up to ten feet, and wreaths from 20 to 60 inches made fresh daily.

One caveat: when we checked in August the Christmas tree page still read 'Out of season', so the 2026 dates weren't up yet. Call or look at the site before you drive out.

The facts

Cut-your-own Balsam firs and Fraser firs; pre-cut too
Also at the farm: wagon rides, Balsam Barn gift shop, café, brewery & cidery

Checked Sep 4 against the farm's own site

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Christmas tree disposal and recycling in New York

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 Albany · New York · Rochester · Syracuse · Yonkers — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →

How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in New York?: 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 5 cities in New York, 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 York?: 3 of the 5 cities we cover in New York say on their own pages what becomes of a collected tree, and our pages quote 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.