Sugar Pines Farm

Chesterland, Ohio · Geauga 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.

Sugar Pines is the Cleveland tree trip — a hundred acres of Geauga County hillside in Chesterland, about 25 minutes east of the city. Cut-your-own runs to Canaan fir, blue spruce and Norway spruce, mostly five to nine feet tall; Fraser fir turns up on the pre-cut racks in the barn, and there are live balled trees for anyone who wants to plant one afterward.

They hand you a saw, a sled and twine at the start, and shaking, baling and drilling are already in the price on the tag. The rest of the afternoon is a tractor-drawn hay wagon, a fire pit with s'mores, hot chocolate and kettle corn, and a barn full of wreaths and greenery. In past years the gate has opened the day after Thanksgiving and stayed open until the fields sell out — 9 to 5:30 weekends, noon to 5:30 weekdays, closed Mondays. Dogs stay home.

The facts

Cut-your-own Canaan firs and Blue spruces; pre-cut too
Sat–Sun 9–5:30, weekdays noon–5:30, closed Mondays, and the farm runs until the trees are gone. Saw, sled and twine are theirs; shaking, baling and drilling are already in the price on the tag. The Norway spruce field opens later than the rest, and dogs have to stay home.
Also at the farm: hay wagon rides, bonfire with s'mores, hot chocolate & kettle corn

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

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Christmas tree disposal and recycling in Ohio

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 Cincinnati — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →

How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in Ohio?: 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 Ohio, 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 Ohio?: The one city we cover in Ohio 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.