At Schout Planten in Waalre you choose your own living Christmas tree in the field. The nursery grows all its trees and plants organically, certified by SKAL since 2000. Each December you can select a tree from the field; the staff dig it out and wrap the root ball for you. You pay by the metre: €16.00 a metre for Picea abies and Picea omorika, and €18.00 a metre for Abies species. If you bring your own pot or bucket, they size the root ball to fit it.
The Christmas tree sale for 2026 runs on Wednesday 9 December, Saturday 12 December, Wednesday 16 December and Saturday 19 December. On Wednesdays the field is open 10.00 to 12.00 and 13.30 to 16.00; on Saturdays from 09.30 to 16.00.
The nursery runs an adoption system: after Christmas you bring the tree back on Wednesday 6 January or Saturday 9 January 2027 (13.00 to 16.00 on Wednesday; 10.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00 on Saturday) and they replant it in the field. The tree is then reserved for you until the following December, so you can use the same tree again for several years. While the tree is indoors, keep the root ball moist but not wet, keep it away from the heating and do not use artificial snow or angel hair.
Besides Christmas trees, the nursery sells a range of organically grown trees and shrubs, including apple and pear trees, beech, rhododendron, spruce and taxus. The entrance and parking are wheelchair accessible.
What visitors say
People come here for their Christmas tree and often take the same one home every year, returning it in January so it can go back into the ground, which is handy if you do not have a big garden. The trees are organic and cheaper than the big suppliers. The service is good, and Arnold takes time for a chat and thinks along with you. Alongside the Christmas trees there is a wide range of organic fruit trees and shrubs, apples, currants, beech, maple, ginkgo and more, all grown without pesticides, which is something landscapers often struggle to find elsewhere.