Christmas Tree Farm

Top of my list of things to do this festive season was to buy a real Christmas tree from a Christmas tree farm. In fact, what I really wanted to do was find a Christmas tree farm where I could choose my own tree to cut down but Rich assured me that wasn't possible. What do men know, eh? I found an incredible farm just 30 minutes away where it is, indeed, possible to cut your own Christmas tree- Crockford Bridge Farm. 

We were a little worried about the price because we couldn't find any information on the site and their phone line was only for very specific enquiries. However, we figured that even if they were insanely expensive, it would be nice to visit the farm and take some photos. 

On arrival at the farm, which is just a few miles away from the M25, we had a quick ganders at the pre-cut trees on sale. We found that the 4ft potted trees were around the £20 mark so, although we weren't sure of the exact price for us, we knew it wouldn't be too expensive. Although the website recommended bringing your own saw, we decided to borrow one from the farm as, y'know, we don't exactly have saws or axes lying around. Despite the warning that we may need to wait for equipment at busy times, we were able to get one straight away even though it was a mid-December Saturday afternoon.  Saw in hand, off we trotted to the rows of Christmas trees. After a quick session taking OOTD photos, we set off in the direction of the small trees. I was pretty specific about what I wanted- a deep green, full, fluffy, small tree. Not asking for much, right? As we walked through the rows of trees, we drew up a little mental shortlist until we found one particular little tree who stood out. He was everything I wanted- deep green, full, fluffy and small. It took approximately 30 seconds to cut him down and give him a little trim. We named him Kevin and headed back to the tree kiosk to pay. At this point, we discovered that the cut-your-own trees were priced by the foot according to the species. Ours is a Nordmann Fir and, as he's so small (in fact, the smallest one the man had seen this year), we were charged for just one foot- £7.50. What a great deal!  After popping Kevin in the car, we each had cheeseburgers from the barbecue and warmed up with hot chocolate and marshmallows before visiting the farm shop and on-site garden centre. I wanted to visit Santa in the Enchanted Forest but I think I would have got some funny looks rocking up without a child! It was such a great day that we've decided to do the same thing every year. Crockford Bridge Farm also do pick-your-own events in the summer and host Halloween events, so I think we'll be back before next Christmas! Bloglovin' // Twitter // Instagram