Peltzer Pines Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Farms

The staff here is super friendly! Tons of trees of all different sizes. I’m a photographer and used their location for holiday photoshoots!

Great farm. Found our tree in about 5 minutes flat. The line to pay was a little slow but what do you expect… Tree was put in the back of the truck swiftly and we were on our way quickly! 2 weeks later our tree is still in great condition.

This place is awful! We bought our Christmas tree from here 2 weeks ago. We now have to buy another tree because the tree was dead. I will never buy another tree from here again!

This place is pretty awesome! My family went there for the first time last weekend. They have lots of beautiful trees to choose from and the prices are great! Everyone was super nice and the guy who helped us cut the tree was great. We spent about $ 75 for a fresh tree and the tree stand. The kids had a great time as well. We are definitely going to go there for our trees for now on!

Customer for life. I purchased a tree the first day they opened (11−21−15 I think). Went to pick up yesterday 12−13−15 and come to find out my tree was stolen. But peltzer did me right, they gave me my $ 111 back and they let me pick a new tree free of charge (since picking were slim they told me to pick from next years crop). Way to go peltzer pines, like I said customer for life.

What great trees so many beautiful perfect trees and I love that it was so fresh. This is my first fresh cut tree and loved the experience. Andrew at the tree farm was great help too. The whole process was so easy and fun. I will for sure get our trees here every year from now on.

This is a fabulous farm. The Peltzers know how to grow Christmas Trees! The only downfall is the people who run through the farm on opening day and rip off all the tags to «pick» their favorite one, then we have to wait for them to disgard the extra tags!!! This has now happened 3 years in a row. I am almost ready to just go down to Home Depot and buy a tree! Such a shame to loose a 30 year tradition, but this is really getting bad.
Sorry Peltzers, you do have a great place, its some of the customers that suck.

It’s tradition that my father and I go every year to Peltzer Pines and choose a tree, we’ve been doing it for 10+ years. This year I am now engaged and the tradition has followed on to her and I. My dad reserved his tree weeks ago, but due to me and my fiances schedule we weren’t able to reserve one ahead of time so we just stopped by last Sunday. All of the staff were very friendly as usual and we found a tree within 30 minutes. The gentleman who helped us load the tree onto our car also let my fiancé cut the tree down which was really cool. Yes the trees are a little bit more expensive than pre-​cut trees, but it’s worth it.

Loved the family feel. Support your local businesses. Tip come early and buy your tree then pick it up later. There is rush. They help you cut your tree fresh or if your feeling like a lumberjack as my son was you can cut it yourself

My family and I have been going for years to get our trees at Peltzer. Last year was the last. Peltzer Pines graciously agreed to donate 5 tree’s this year to me for the families I work with. They called last week and said they could not make good with the donation. I had already told the family’s about the tree’s. The family’s I work with are single moms with developmental and physical disabilities that have children. All my mom’s are on fixed income. Needless to say I am disappointed and will not give them my business. On top of everything when the call came into my assistant she was rude. Lesson learned I won’t share with my family’s about any possible donations until I have them in my hand

Something different
I really like getting a Christmas tree here. It’s a really different experience AND it’s located in Brea so it’s not out of my way at all.
I was surprised how much fun I had picking out my own tree — and it’s really nice that you don’t need to bring it home on the day you buy it. You can swing by anytime later and pick it up.
The trees are different than your standard trees you’d get at Home Depot, but that’s because they need to be able to grow in their climate. They look pretty nice, but some of the needles sting and that starts to get annoying real quick. The staff that works there is a mixed bag — some are really helpful and friendly and others are definitely not. If I’m spending a lot of money on a tree, at least pretend to be nice to me.
And you will be spending. The trees are definitely more expensive than your average lot, BUT you do get a fun and unique experience. And the trees are about as fresh as could be. You can really tell the difference. Our tree last year stayed fresh the entire time we had it up. It’s worth the money.
If you’re on the fence, just show up and walk around — there’s no harm in checking out.

This was our second time here, the workers were good. My kids had a good time finding their tree.

For the last 12 years, since my first daughter was born it has been our tradition to cut down our own tree every year and all 12 years have been at Peltzer pines. I have been to each of the farms in OC and been thrilled with every one of them. You might pay a little more here but to us the experience has always been worth the extra price.
Of course you do not have to cut it down yourself they are glad to do it for you. You can also come and pick out the tree and buy it before you take it home, but I have yet to have a tree dry out from here, and I have bought them as early as Thanksgiving weekend. They only take cash or check but there is an atm. The cutter will also tie your tree to your car or load it in whatever the case may be.

We used to travel out to Redlands until we discovered this location a few years ago. Last year they had a petting zoo for kids, which was a nice touch.
It rare to find a place to get fresh cut trees and in the OC this was nice find. It might get 5 if it was a bit cheaper, but you are getting quality. These trees last a long time. We have had one for at least month (I know its pushing it for the Christmas holiday) but it looked great.
We come back each year and we get a $ 6 discount card in the mail. As a tip I would recommend going to the farm BEFORE thanksgiving. You can pay and reserve your tree before the rush hits and the selection is bigger.

Silver Bells. Silver Bells. It’s Christmas time in the O. C… ring-​a-​ling…
Yeah. Tis the season to kill evergreens. Not too many choose & Cut farms in Southern California. High real estate prices and all, and Peltzer is pretty much the only name we could find south of the 60 Fwy. anywhere.
Upon arrival, everything seemed pretty standard, but as we wandered the aisles, we discovered only two types of trees, neither of which made us very enthusiastic.
Upon speaking to the lady at the cashier booth, we discovered that the climate of Southern California is just not good for growing most Christmas trees.
There were only two kinds growing here, the Leylandia and the Monterey Pine. The Leylandia appeared to me to look identical to a common garden Juniper grown tall, and cut to shape. The Monterey Pine was more Christmasy, but had exceedingly long needles that were … just not right for us.
We ended up going to a home improvement store and getting a regulation Noble Pine for half the price. Not as fresh, I know, but for half the cost ($ 40.00 vs $ 70.00-$ 90.00), and in a style we liked, it was the best decision to us.
In future we might try heading up to the mountains and seeing about farms in colder country where a more diverse selection could be found.