The Little Forest — Local services in Portland

My partner and I have been going to the Little Forest for our Christmas trees for 17 years. We told the owner of the farm a couple of years ago that we would post a review with some photos of our decorated trees and are just getting around to it now. Used to be mostly douglas firs and grand firs, but they have largely replaced douglas firs with Turkish and Nordman firs. You can still get a douglas but they now comprise a much smaller portion of the forest. Most of the trees are cut on-site by the owner or his son once you've made a selection, but they also bring in fresh cut trees from their sister tree farm in Sherwood and some of those are quite beautiful. This year for the first time we tried a Nordman and a Colorado Spruce (of the prickly Colorado Spruce, the farm owner told us, "A cat will only try to climb this tree once!"). The Colorado Spruce is perky and cute with sturdy branches, and the Nordman is a lovely conical shape and reminds me of how doug firs look when their branches are weighted under snow. Both are long-lasting once cut-- will stay fresh for several months if kept in water. Great farm right...

I had such a great experience at The Little Forest. I had my tree up for 5 and a half weeks and it honestly looked just as good when I took it down today as the day I bought it. I attached a picture of all the needles it dropped the entire time I had it up (because there were so few so why bother vacuuming?) as well as a picture of it taken down today. This was a Nordmann Fir and Floyd told me it would easily last 6-8 weeks - boy was he right! I'll be back next year as soon as they open so I can get as much enjoyment out of my tree...

We visited this little tree farm for the first time today and it was great! It's smaller than the average farm but has perfect trees for our liking! Lots of nobles under 7 foot. The owner was very nice and allows everyone to walk around and cut your own or it looked like he had some pre-cuts as well. We got our 4 foot noble for $35! A pretty good price in today's tree market. We would recommend anyone check out this little place and support...