11-22-2024 11:46am

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2024 Christmas Tree Guide: Where To Buy A Tree In Baltimore County

These Christmas tree farms in Baltimore County are ready for the 2024 season. Here's where you can cut your own tree locally.

If you’re planning to put up a live Christmas tree this year, it’s a good idea to scope out what will be available from Baltimore County tree growers.

There are more than 16,000 Christmas tree farms in the United States, stretching over 292,050 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Larger tree farms control about 75 percent of the supply, but if you’re interested in supporting a local business this holiday season, there are plenty of places to chop or pick out a tree locally.

Christmas tree farms in Baltimore County include:

Frostee Tree Farm, 8926 Cowenton Avenue, Perry Hall, MD, 21128
Waller's Tree Farm, 923 Freeland Road, Freeland, MD, 21053
Freezer's Farm, 3700 Wards Chapel Road, Marriottsville, MD, 21104
Martin's Tree Farm, 18130 Falls Road, Hampstead, MD, 21074
Prettyboy Run Farms, 2105 Mount Carmel Road, Parkton, MD, 21120
Gunpowder Tree Farm, 12025 Philadelphia Road, Kingsville, MD, 21087
A Snowball's Chance Tree Farm, 10760 Marriottsville Road, Randallstown, MD, 21133

To see more farms statewide, check the lists compiled by the Maryland Christmas Tree Association and Maryland's Best Agriculture. Other tree farm lists are available through the National Christmas Tree Association, the Real Christmas Tree Board and PickYourOwnChristmasTree.org.

Recent data from the American Christmas Tree Association’s 2024 Consumer Report shows 99 percent of survey respondents intend to display at least one Christmas tree in their homes this year, and among them, 22 percent will opt for a live tree.

According to PickYourOwnChristmasTree, real trees will cost about $13 a foot, depending on the type of tree. At that cost, a typical 7-foot tree would cost about $90.

Years of extreme weather — drought conditions in some parts of the country and excess moisture in others — have affected Christmas tree farms.

This year, attention is focused on the Northeast, where tree farmers are struggling under severe drought conditions that are killing off young trees and could cause future shortages.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, about a fourth of the region was in severe to extreme drought, which hits young trees especially hard. It typically takes a tree seven or eight years to grow to the desirable height for decorating.

“Christmas tree farms in the Northeast have, unfortunately, been hit with drought conditions that will impact the crop for several years to come,” American Christmas Tree Association executive director Jami Warner told CNN.

“While consumers will be able to find their Christmas trees this season, some growers in the Northeast will not be able to harvest as many trees as they have in past non-drought years,” Warner said.