Carnation Tree Farm

I almost don’t want to give away how great this place is. They have an incredible, vast acreage divided into different tree varietals. The trees are beautiful and healthy — you spend a good hour bounding from tree to tree, unable to decide. It’s such a lovely spot, you don’t want to leave, anyway.
This year, we ventured to a new farm out in the «real woods» and found ourselves trekking around in vain, then politely making our way back up the mountain, handing our saw back in, and actually driving the half hour out to Carnation Tree Farm. Never again will we make the mistake of trying another tree farm.
I couldn’t tell you if they had cocoa or cider or Santa or anything — we were focused on good trees at this point — all I know is that the staff is incredibly friendly, helpful and the trees lovely.

Excellent trees. Priced according to quality and height. Salmon safe (responsible farming/​spraying practices). Coming back next year. Hoping their gift shop is stocked with more Nordic style Xmas décor to match their family history.

Best place to get your tree and have some family fun. They have a cute gift shop, a great Santa and local bake sale goodies. Their trees and wreaths are fresh and beautiful. A must stop.

First time visit. First time cutting my own tree. The day was nothing short of a rainy northwest day. Needless to say we left with our tree, feeling as if we went for a dip in the tolt river. But don’t let a little rain slow you down. We didn’t and we had a wonderful time picking and cutting our very own christmas tree. The people were wonderful, service was great. Prices reasonable. I would say it’s a must for any family looking to have a great time finding a fine Christmas tree!

We recently moved to Seattle and thought it would be fun to take our kids to a Christmas tree farm to cut down our tree. Parking was easy and I enjoyed seeing all the rows of trees growing around the farm. We grabbed a saw and headed to a back section where the Douglas Firs were. They are $ 20-​$ 27 depending on height. The noble firs ran between $ 45 – 70 on average (from what I saw). We cut down a great tree and headed back to the barn. I chose this place because they had pictures with Santa. For $ 11 you get a picture taken by their photographer. The quality of the print wasn’t that great, but it definitely captured the moment. While waiting for the photo, we bought some sweets and hot cocoa from the bake sale out front. They also offer kettle korn. We will definitely go back next year.

Was pretty disappointed in this place. Too many decent trees are not available for cutting but their prices are way too much especially to cut your own tree. $ 40 is more than enough. This is also a holiday tourist trap since this seems to be the one tree farm everyone knows about. Drove to another tree farm 6 miles and got a fabulous $ 40 tree!

Absolutely impressed with the place from the time we parked to when we drove away. Customer service was awesome, as was the true caring from every employee there; that is very difficult to pull off. We interacted with about 7 employees and all were genuinely nice and personable. The quality of trees here surpasses anything I’ve ever seen and the price is very inexpensive. As long as I live in WA I will come here for our tree.

Typically nice trees at a good price. This year, poor selection and MUCH higher prices. Nearly $ 7 for a small piece of mistletoe. And no candy canes from Santa. Just big signs that say, «no photos w/​o paying.» Isn’t that a nicety of buying a small $ 60 tree?

Truly great tree farm — salmon safe, many affordable trees of different types. This was our second time coming here, and both times have been wonderful.
One word of advice — many people love
— for a decent selection go ASAP!
We scored a 6.5′ grand fir (a nice one) for $ 39 today.

My boyfriend and I had so much fun coming out here. We are in Kirkland, so it’s really not too far. The Seattle sun was shining and it was opening day for the farm, so I had to take advantage of the weather and head out there. Dress warm and wear rubber boots cuz you might get muddy!
You can either chop down one in the field or pick out an already cut tree. This place is great fun for the whole family!
The selection was great, then again it was the first day, so go while the weather is nice and before they are all gone! The have everything from Noble Firs to Grand Firs, Nordman Firs and more!
The prices are pretty reasonable. I haven’t bought a tree in a long time, and they were between $ 30 – 50 on average for a regular 6′-8′ tree.

perfect tree for an affordable price! will be back next year.

I love this place. We live in Carnation proper, and last year picked up our tree with our wagon, which can’t hurt. But, beyond that, its the great friendly Christmas tree experience. You can either saw your own, or they’ve got fresh pre-​cut to pick from. Our trees have always been lovely from there and lasted a long time.
Also, the owner of the place donates a large tree to the local Senior Center, and probably other places, which is a nice touch. And, total bonus, its the only Salmon-​Safe Christmas tree farm in the state. The guy that owns the place is a 4^th generation of that family on that farm, and has made major shifts to make it a sustainable salmon-​friendly operation.

Take your kids here — next year, because they’re all picked over for 2009.
I decided that I was disgusted with the current crop of Christmas tree alternatives — trees on lots along major roads, Safeway, Home Depot, IKEA — everywhere overpriced dried out trees. This year, I wanted a real nice fresh Christmas tree. Alternately, for the Hippies out there, I had a blood lust — I wanted to kill a living thing for the holidays. Either way, I wanted a live, fresh Christmas tree.
So of course, I looked on Unilocal and found Peter’s review (I blame him!) and decided to run down highway 90 and give this place a try.
And, since it is the «holiday season», just for good measure I packed the car full of kids, because something told me that this was going to be one of those Winter Park Christmas tree farm places, and I knew that kids would get a kick out of running around and chasing Christmas trees … well, you get the idea. Besides I might need help carrying the thing :-)
So, into the car we went, and after a 30 minute drive we arrived at … and passed … the tree farm. Fortunately Carnation is not a huge place, so I turned around and went back and parked. The place was COLD — the weather said that it might snow today (it did — just flurries — but that made it even better).
We parked, got out, corralled the kids, and headed straight for … the restrooms (because women and little girls always have to go to the bathroom as soon as the car stops).
Surprise, who is sitting in the room next to the restrooms and gift shop but … Santa Claus! So … who wants to sit on Santa’s lap and get their picture taken? Surprisingly, not too many (as they were little children and many were scared by the prospect). Santa’s elves (female elves?) calmed and cajoled children while the took moderately priced holiday happy snaps.
For me, sitting watching the media debacle, there was entertainment in the form of an old (like 1950’s old) coke machine that was OPEN — which meant that I could either (a) steal free bottled sodas (not!) or (b) open it up and show everyone how this antique refrigerator cum dispenser worked (which I did).
Of course, the point of the trip was to go get a Christmas tree. And, sure enough, there were ROWS and ROWS of live Christmas trees just WAITING for me to rush out there and butcher with my trusty saw (which they supply). So we proceeded to wander around the large open field — of stumps, because it is late in the season and a LOT of the trees already have been cut down — until we found a tree that all of the kids decided was just THE perfect Christmas tree. Then, with my trusty (borrowed) saw in hand, I swiftly moved in and … er, cut down … the defenseless conifer — which after «shaking and wrapping» I proceeded to lash (with twine supplied by the tree farm) to the top of my rugged four wheel drive vehicle for the trip back for later mounting. A very good deal if you ask me.
Oh, did I mention the bake sale (some local high school’s robotics club — very much a non sequitur, hot cider, the gift store, the kettle corn, and the snow flurries, and the scenery and the nice leisurely drive?
So, yeah, nice place — a bit out of the way (a few miles south of Duvall as it turns out) but nice people and a well run operation.
My favorite quote from the visit — some guy to one of the workers at the tree farm asking about the price of his tree: «How will they know what to charge me?» Well, for starters, it’s a CHRISTMAS TREE FARM — like they might have DONE this a couple of times before today!
Merry Christmas :-)

For years I’ve been buying my Christmas trees at the Yakima Fruit Market in Bothell, but this year we wanted to make it more of an adventure for the kids. So we piled into the car and headed out to cow country.
Carnation Tree Farm is right off SR-​203 so it’s easy to find, and the farm is quite large. They have a huge selection of trees of all the varieties you would expect. The kids had a good time running through the rows and searching for the perfect one.
The price was excellent. The tree was $ 40 and it’s 12′ high. I paid $ 70 at Yakima last year for one similar. Carnation Tree Farm will also shake it and bail it for you for an extra $ 3. There is a gift shop which is warm and has all the usual Christmas knickknacks. Customer service was excellent all the way around.
I’m giving it 4 stars because 1) I never give five, and 2) because it’s in Carnation. Other than that I have no good reason to knock it down. It was an excellent experience and we’ll definately be back next year.