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Enchanted Valley Acres

Cross Plains, Wisconsin · Dane County

Opens Nov 21

Opens November 21.

Twenty minutes west of Madison, this valley fills with families from the weekend before Thanksgiving. Fraser, balsam and Canaan fir and white pine grow on two pieces of ground — the valley floor and the hill — and which one you cut from depends on which trees are ready that year. Saws, tarps, carts, shaking and baling all come with the tree, and nobody pays to walk in the gate.

Trees run from table-top to twelve feet and past it, with a pre-cut selection for anyone who'd rather skip the saw. Wreaths, garland, door swags and porch pots come out of the shop. The wagon ride is for hauling trees down off the hill rather than a ride for its own sake, and the activity area is only open to people buying a tree — this is the quiet winter version of the farm, not the fall one.

The facts

• Cut-your-own Fraser firs and Balsam firs; pre-cut too
• Daily 9–5 through December 22, closed Thanksgiving Day. Last time into the fields to cut is 4, so give yourself the afternoon.
• Also at the farm: gift shop, wreaths, garland & porch pots, wagon ride to the hill field
• Opening day: November 21

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

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Christmas tree disposal and recycling in Wisconsin

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 Madison · Milwaukee — or Christmas tree disposal in every city we cover →

How do I dispose of a Christmas tree in Wisconsin?

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 Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin?

Both cities we cover in Wisconsin 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.