Bear Swamp Farm
A family owned and operated Organic Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Farm
Bear Swamp Farm
YES, WE WILL BE OPEN IN THE 2020 SEASON, taking COVID PRECAUTIONS!!!!
Bear Swamp Farm is a small Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Farm located in northern New Jersey. It has been owned and operated by the same family for over sixty years. The Christmas Tree plantation is about nine acres; the Christmas Shop is in the eighty year old log barn.
You can either cut your own Christmas Tree or you can purchase a huge pre-cut tree. In addition to trees, we make and sell hand made fresh garland, hand made wreaths, and bundles of fresh cut boughs.
The current managers of the farm, Roger Knight and Allison Hosford, are dedicated to organic farming and the preservation of open spaces. They are also the owners of Two Pond Farm, an organic farm one mile from Bear Swamp Farm.
The Christmas Tree Farm is open to the public the Friday after Thanksgiving plus the three weekends (Saturdays and Sundays only) immediately following Thanksgiving, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Because it is such a small operation, we do not accept credit cards, so either bring your check book, or cash.
We have a few simple rules that we ask every one to abide by:
1. For the safety of our customers and friends, ONLY hand saws are permitted. We have a limited number of hand saws available for us to loan to you.
2. For everyone's comfort and enjoyment every dog MUST BE ON A LEASH.
3. Due to the limited amount of our precious soil, we do NOT sell dug christmas trees.
4. Because we cannot monitor our fields completely, we do not allow tagging of trees - we cannot guarantee that your tree will be there when you return.
PRICE LIST for 2020 (all prices include sales tax)
Choose & Cut Trees - $50.00 each
Pre-Cut Trees - from $65 to $90
Garland - $15 for 20 feet
Hand Made Wreaths - $20 each
* * * The COVID-19 Precautions we are taking * * *
This year we will be taking the following precautions to help safeguard the health of our customers and their family and friends, our family, and our volunteers from COVID-19:
1. Face masks, covering your mouth and nose completely, must be worn within the area around the pre-cut tree displays, the tree baling operation, the wreath and garland making tables, and inside our store. This area will be clearly marked.
2. The number of customers in the store at any one time will be only SIX.
3. Please do not linger in the store for a long period of time, in order to allow others to come in out of the cold and pay for their tree.
4. We will be sanitizing the store countertops between customers and will have hand sanitizer available for you to use.
5. We will NOT have a serve-yourself-cocoa station. Rather, when possible, we will have a volunteer or family member making and serving cocoa.
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In addition to running the Christmas Tree Farm, our family rents our grandparents' retirement home on Lake Arcadia. It is the perfect location for reunions, workshops, and quiet getaways. For more information, please follow this link:
www.blueberrypointnj.com
