Our Tradition

Sharing the Christmas Tradition: 78 Years of Growing Christmas Trees in Hamden!

Thank you to all our Christmas tree customers for visiting us during the 2024 holiday season and for sharing part of your Christmas tradition with Broken Arrow Nursery!  It is a pleasure to help you and your family have an enjoyable experience at our farm.  Our inventory of trees was excellent, especially at our Evergreen Avenue farm, and as a result we had plenty of trees up to 9 feet tall right through Christmas Eve.  Our Broken Arrow Road farm shut down earlier than usual due to so many trees getting selected for your homes, but that just meant many of you visited our Evergreen Avenue farm for the first time.  We should have another great supply of trees at both locations for 2025.  We’ll work from now through November getting ready for the 2025 Christmas sales season: cleaning up the fields, planting new seedlings, pruning, fertilizing, and mowing.  When we open our doors for Christmas tree sales in November, we’ll be ready with more beautiful trees and wreaths for your enjoyment!

The Jaynes family planted their first Christmas trees in 1947 as part of a 4-H project.  We now have over 25 acres of trees at two Hamden locations.  Each farm has the same types of trees, but there are some differences:

680 Evergreen Avenue: large selection of balsam (up to 9.5’ tall) and fraser fir, Colorado blue spruce, Douglas fir (up to 10’ tall), concolor fir, and white pine (up to 12’ tall); limited number of Korean fir.

13 Broken Arrow Road:  large selection of balsam, some fraser fir, Colorado blue spruce, Douglas fir, and white pine; limited numbers of Korean and Turkish fir.

Plan your visit

A few helpful hints before you visit the farm:
• Measure the height of your ceiling. We have measuring poles to check the height of your tree.
• Find your tree stand and make sure it will fit the size tree you want.
• Wear appropriate shoes and clothing, especially if you plan on walking through the fields.
• We provide saws; no power saws of any kind are permitted.
• Keeps dogs on a leash.

Pre-Cut Trees

If you don’t want to choose and cut a tree from the field, both locations offer a large selection of pre-cut fraser, balsam, Turkish and Douglas fir, and white pine, ranging from table-top size to 12 feet tall (individually priced based on tree height).  We have a limited number of pre-cut trees between 10 and 15 feet tall – primarily white pine.

Wreaths 

We are well known for our hand-made wreaths crafted from unusual and traditional greens, such as holly and winterberry. Wreaths come in an assortment of shapes and sizes ranging from 12 to 48 inches wide. Pre-made wreaths can be picked up throughout the season or custom orders can be filled at any time. 

Christmas tree stands; greens, roping, and other holiday decorating material; and a selection of live, potted trees are available at both locations.