Choose your own Christmas tree in the Coal Valley, Tasmania

Each December we fling open the farm gates and welcome you and your family to choose a real Christmas tree. We established the farm in 2012, and since then it’s been a delight to see families nurture a beautiful Christmas tradition at our farm, year after year.

Things to Know…

Tickets

Ticket Release Day

Tickets to our farm open days in December are essential, and will be released online at 9pm on the 15th November each year, find out more about tickets and open days/times here.

Up-to-date ticket info here

Find us

Richmond Christmas Tree Farm is only 30 minutes from Hobart, about five minutes north east of Richmond.

364 Fingerpost Road
Richmond
Tasmania

Map it!

Price List

Your ticket price will be discounted from your tree price when you cash out. And measuring sticks are provided at the farm gate.

* 2021 PRICE INCREASE *

In 2021 we are increasing our prices. These are the best trees we’ve ever grown! This will be the first year that all trees will have been irrigated and more time has been spent shaping them into a perfect Christmas tree shape.

Up to 4ft tree
$55
Up to 5ft tree
$65
Up to 6ft tree
$75
Up to 7ft tree
$95
POA for taller trees.
Small tree stand
$50
Will support trees up to 6ft
Large tree stand
$70
Will support any large tree.

Stands are wide and strong, and hold plenty of water. They are easy to set up to support your tree safely.
Burlap stand cover
$45
Decorative cover to hide away stand
Enamel Farm Mug
$10

Care Instructions

Our Christmas trees will last at least six weeks with good care.

The most important tips are:

Saw 2cm off the bottom of your tree when you get home, just before you put it in water.
Keep the water topped up, and don’t let it get below the bottom of the tree trunk.
Find our simple how-to video here.

See instructions here

The Team

Hello, we are Jared, Jack, Alex and Nat Mendham… and there’s also our greyhound x labrador, Flynn, is a one-dog-welcoming-committee at the farm.

Our boys were born in Canada, and while we lived there we embraced the tradition of choosing a real Christmas tree from a family farm just outside Vancouver each year. And so, we bought the idea home with us to Tasmania to share with you.

When we’re not tending to Christmas trees, Nat is a commercial photographer and Jared is a marketer in the tyre industry. And we’re proud to have established Southern Tasmanian first ‘choose-your-own’ Christmas tree farm.

In 2021 Kerry joined the team. She’s a hard working horticulturalist, dog lover and is always keen for a good chinwag. Be sure to say hi to her at our open days!

We’re looking forward to seeing you this Christmas!

Thank you for your supporting our farm.

Tree-cycle

You can bring your tree back to the farm in January and we’ll mulch it!

On the second weekend in January, 10am – 12pm, you can drop your tree back to us and we’ll mulch it and return it to farm.

It’s closed loop and zero waste! We appreciate your participation.

Tree-cycle weekend info

Our Environmental Responsibility

Agriculture has a major role to play in righting this climate debacle we’re in the midst of – and we love the fact that purchasing a tree from our farm that has been locking up carbon for 3-7 years, goes someway to carbon-offsetting many Tasmanian Christmases. We’re pretty proud of that.

We’re an off-grid farm and are establishing spray-free practices. And we’re big on planting native wind-breaks that double as habit corridors.

Annually, we have a Tree-Cycle day, where you can bring your tree back to the farm in January, and we’ll mulch it and use it again!

We are stewards of a beautiful piece of lutruwita/Tasmania, and we take our responsibility seriously.