12 farms near Albany and Saratoga. 4 have a 2026 opening day; the first opens on Saturday 21 November.
All 12, soonest first. 4 have a 2026 opening day, posted or worked out from the farm’s own words; the last 8 are here because people look for them by name, and say what is missing.
McDonough’s Farm opens first, on Saturday 21 November. Three farms open on Friday 27 November, the busiest opening day here.
Majestic Tree Farm $75 any tree; Boulder Brook Farm $88 any tree.
Eight farms haven’t posted a 2026 opening day yet. Their cards are at the end of each section, with what they said last season and how to reach them.
Book before you go: Boulder Brook Farm needs a booking to cut. Turn up without one on those days and you may not get a tree.
Albany, Saratoga and the Adirondacks · 12 farms, 4 with 2026 dates — Albany, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Warren and Montgomery counties
East Greenbush, NY · Rensselaer County
A Rensselaer County farm across the river from Albany, opening the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Charlton, NY · Saratoga County
A family farm south of Saratoga with a wreath-shop barn full of decor made on the farm.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Malta, NY · Saratoga County
Three days only, by reservation, with one price for any tree and a Christmas barn with honey and maple syrup made on the farm.
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Before you set offBook first: reserve a tree and a parking space on the farm’s site.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Lake Luzerne, NY · Warren County
Cut your own or pre-cut in the southern Adirondacks, with its own maple syrup. No tagging, no reservations.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Selkirk, NY · Albany County
Eight miles south of Albany, off Thruway exit 22. $75 for any tree you cut, tax included — but the farm says its own Fraser firs are in very limited supply this year.
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Checked 7 Nov 2026
Hagaman, NY · Montgomery County
Growing since 1942, half an hour west of Saratoga Springs: four firs to cut yourself, and long Christmas hours, 8am to 7pm every day.
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Checked 7 Nov 2026
Ballston Spa, NY · Saratoga County
Thirty acres of trees from the Stack family, cut your own or pre-cut, with a shop of baked goods.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Ballston Spa, NY · Saratoga County
A fall-harvest farm with choose-and-cut and fresh-cut trees at Christmas.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Gansevoort, NY · Saratoga County
Every tree carries its own price tag, with sales tax included.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Buskirk, NY · Rensselaer County
Pre-cut and choose-and-cut trees and wreaths, north-east of Troy.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Warrensburg, NY · Warren County
An Adirondack tree farm north of Lake George.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY · Rensselaer County
A family farm south of Albany where you walk the field to find your tree.
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Checked 8 Nov 2026
McDonough’s Farm in East Greenbush opens first, on Saturday 21 November 2026. Boulder Brook Farm in Malta, Fogg Hollow Farm in Charlton and River Bend Christmas Tree Farm in Lake Luzerne open on Friday 27 November.
These are the prices the farms publish: Majestic Tree Farm in Selkirk, $75 any tree; Boulder Brook Farm in Malta, $88 any tree. The other farms don't publish a price, so ask when you call.
Majestic Tree Farm in Selkirk, Bob’s Trees in Hagaman, Goode Trees in Ballston Spa, Ellms Family Farm in Ballston Spa, Buell’s Christmas Trees in Gansevoort, Morin’s Tree Farm in Buskirk, Brown’s Tree Farm in Warrensburg and Maple Hill Trees in Castleton-on-Hudson. They are listed because people look for them by name, and each card says what the farm has published so far.
Every farm here was read on its own website or Facebook page, and each card quotes the farm’s words and carries the date it was checked; cards updated from a farm’s own email say so. Where a farm states its opening as a rule — “the day after Thanksgiving” — or prints a day with no year, the card gives the 2026 date that rule makes and says so.
Albany here takes in Saratoga and the edge of the Adirondacks. Directories and news roundups were used only to find farms, never for a date or a price.