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Traditional Tree Farm
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin · Chippewa County
Opens Nov 27
Opens November 27.
Forty-plus seasons in, Traditional Tree Farm is the Chippewa Valley's stop — several kinds of balsam and white pine spread over acres you can walk into with a saw, plus a pre-cut lot they restock every day for families who'd rather point at one and go.
The little red shack pours hot chocolate, cider and cookies while you warm up, the shop sells handmade wreaths and evergreen decorations, and there's a sleigh parked out front that every kid ends up sitting in for a picture. Professional photo shoots aren't allowed, but your own camera is fine. They've already named opening day for this season: Friday, November 27.
The facts
- Cut-your-own Balsam firs and White pines; pre-cut too
- Opening day is Friday, November 27 — the farm's 42nd season. Day-to-day hours go up closer to the season, and the pre-cut lot is topped up every day once they're open.
- Also at the farm: hot chocolate, cider & cookies in the red shack, handmade wreaths, sleigh photo spot
- Opening day: November 27
Checked Sep 4 against the farm's own site
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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.