Opening Day

Opening Day at Howell Tree Farm:

Saturday before Thanksgiving

• Tagging begins at 7 am on Opening Day!
• Full cutting crew available if you want to take your tree with you Opening Day.

A Note About COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, we have enlisted a number of precautions to help our customers feel safe when shopping with us:

• Added cash registers to help speed folks through the tree registration and pay process.
• An outdoor pay station--no need to go inside our shop if you don't feel comfortable with that.
• Employees will wear face masks.
• Customers will be encouraged to wear face masks outside, required if they go in the shop.
• Hand sanitizers available.
• Air filters running in our gift shop.
• We hope to have patio heaters outside to help keep you warm while waiting for your tree.
• Enter one way, exit another flow of traffic through our gift shop.
• We will encourage social distancing.

New tree registration procedures to help shorten wait times:

• Bring a pen and a permanent marker with you if you can (if you forget, we will have them available and will be sanitizing them)
• If you receive a mailing postcard from us, please bring that card along--it has your name and address on it.
• If you don't have a card, ask for a registration card and we will give you one.
• If you don't get a registration card before you select your tree, you will be asked to fill one out.

Select your tree as usual, then do this:

• Tear off the bottom part of the tag.
• Write your name with permanent marker on the tag left on the tree (if it is wet, don't worry about this part).
• On your registration card, write your name, full address, and phone number.
• On your registration card, write the printed tree number, the handwritten row code (letter/number combination), and the price (on the back of the tag).
• Bring the tag and the card to the gift shop or outdoor pay station.
• Make sure your info is legible, and hand that card to the staff member, and show your tag to them.
• You may pay when you pick your tree out, or when you pick it up.
• We will use your filled out registration card to add the number to our computer file, so if you lose your tag we will have the number.
• Keep the bottom portion of the tag and bring it with you to pick up your tree.

It's our 50th year selling Christmas trees!

To celebrate, we will draw 2 names from the tree registration cards on December 1, 2020.  The winners will receive a $50 gift certificate for our gift shop.  So be sure to register your tree to enter.