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Mt. Anthony Tree Farms
North Pownal, Vermont · Bennington County
Opens Nov 21 usual opening — confirm for 2026
Usually opens the weekend before Thanksgiving (Nov 21–22) — the farm hasn’t posted its 2026 dates yet, so confirm before you drive.
The Horsts have been farming this corner of Bennington County since the 1890s, and Mt. Anthony is now the biggest tree operation in southern Vermont — better than 60,000 trees, almost all of them balsam and Fraser fir. The Bennington land is wholesale these days; the family you visit is the North Pownal field on Route 346, planted about 3,000 trees a year on river-bottom sandy loam.
It is an easy trip with small kids: the ground is flat, parking is right there, and you're not hiking a hillside in December. Hand saws and netting are provided, and if the sawing isn't going well someone will come cut it for you. Any size tree, $75 with the tax in. They open the weekend before Thanksgiving, then Friday through Sunday, 9 to 4.
The facts
- Cut-your-own Balsam firs and Fraser firs
- The Saturday and Sunday before Thanksgiving, then Fridays through Sundays 9–4. Any size tree is $75 with tax in.
- Also at the farm: hand saws & netting, help cutting if you want it, flat fields, easy parking
Checked Aug 15 against the farm's own site