2017 visit ... * We arrived on a Friday afternoon around 3pm and immediately hopped on a modern "haywagon" ride to the beautiful tree field.. bring your camera! This is Townsend at its best! * We walked around and around and around and found several candidates.. we wanted a large tree (bring your measuring tape).. they didn't mind that it took us 1 hour to find a tree.. yes we were picky... * Found one ... and got assistance from the very friendly attendant driving the tractor (he might of been owner's son or relative).. very attentive and professional * They wrapped the tree up for us, twine is provided.. paid with the lovely and friendly ladies in the store and were off... * Lots of crafts and other things in the store as well. The tree is absolutely lovely and healthy! It drinks a large container of water a day.... very natural.. I'm just thrilled this year! From our experience in 2015.. we threw our tree out in our yard for composting after Christmas and it was green still all winter.. our neighbors store bought tree went BROWN a week after New Years! It looks like they have more tree fields just outside the barn growing too for future picking! A++ read more

Fabulous! Do not be put off by the older reviews. This appears to be a family-run operation with a huge collection of cut-your-own trees, a little barn with very cute Christmas decorations, and a friendly crew of family and staff who actually cut down your tree for you. They will respond to emails within a day or two, so be patient. Their operation is top notch and Covid-careful. You sign up in advance to either tag your tree (October to early November) or to select your tree for them to cut down for you. The pre-tagged trees are all in a particular area, so there are plenty remaining for those of us who don't think of it until Thanksgiving, including 9 foot and higher, as well as loads of smaller trees. And since they cut for you, the pre-tagged trees are saved for the people who tagged them. To cut a large tree, you walk down the road and down a path (yes it's a bit of a walk) to the taller tree area with a flag on a stick to summon the staff once you find your tree. A friendly guy comes by in a cart to cut down the tree (and yes there is a label and number that matches your ticket so no trouble picking it up), then you hike back to the little barn where your tree is already baled and ready for your car. They will help place the tree on top of your car and provide twine for you to tie it on. The staff are super friendly, including the grandpa who showed me the epic "horn" they sell to let you water your tree from 4 feet above. The "workforce" at the baling station includes some school-aged kids who are earnest and helpful. And in the barn (open only to pre-signed up folks to avoid crowding) they sell not only a small selection of cute homemade quilted items and holiday decorations, but maple syrup and their own scrumptious blueberry jam - made with wild blueberries right at their farm. Well worth the drive out to Townsend. read more

D.J. Hussey - Jam - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Townsend, Massachusetts

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Horrible experience. Treated very rudely due to this new "appointment" only system. Get over yourselves. To blame traffic and parking is a bit ridiculous when we are already there and legally parked...and there were no lines!! Thanks for the disappointing visit. A very nice woman tried to help us but a rude loud mouth woman (with a mouth full of food to boot!) was barking orders to turn us away because we didn't have an appointment. Real nice customer service and appreciation. We will never go back Everyone - Try Peirce Farm about 5 miles down the road in Lunenburg(off Route 13). Huge place, very nice people, complimentary Hot Cider and Coffee. A great experience with a place that still seems to care about customers! Doreen C read more

My family and I tagged a tree and went to pick it up a month later and we discovered when we got home it was not our tree. Someone had cut the branch with our tag and shoved it in a random tree. Not managements fault (at this point). When I emailed them pictures and had my husband call the next day they started using profanity and accusing us of calling them liars. We just wanted to exchange the tree and let them know someone visiting the farm had done that but instead after being verbally abused we decided to just return the tree and ask for a refund. We are currently waiting for that refund. read more

Hussey Farm posted an ad for firewood in a MONTHLY local flyer that read Seasoned Firewood $250/ cord free local delivery. I live in Townsend and called WITHIN A WEEK of the ad and was told the price was an additional $25/ cord for delivery. When I called him out on the ad and the free delivery, he told me that the ad was old and that he was one of the only ones left with dry wood, so he needs to get more $$. This is a shady way to run your business and you should have honored your ad or not placed it at all....the ad was a week old. read more

Even in this Covid year, we had another great time at Hussey's Tree Farm. They do a beautiful job as growers. Even with drought the trees were in good condition, and we found a beautiful one. The standards for Covid, were in place and there was never a hesitation, as to the safety. We took the wagon ride. We enjoyed walking the fields, to pick out our tree, and they came very quickly, to help us. They cut the the tree, transported it, wound it up, and put it on the car for us. Check-out was as simple as check-in had been. We did have a reservation, but I had only made it a couple of days before. Everything went very smoothly. We'll be back again next year! read more

I only have two issues with DJ Hussey: 1) The customer service is terrible and 2) they lack entry level knowledge of Christmas trees! I cut down a tree the day after thanksgiving, immediately installed it in the stand, followed standard watering and maintenance advice provided by the experts, and decorated it the very next day. The tree was shedding needles from the very first day and eventually had to be removed from the stand and moved outside. I contacted the "D" of DJ Hussey and was told to return the tree for a refund. I drove 30 miles to return the tree and approached "D", she pointed me to "J", he inspected the tree and agreed it was unusual for it to lose its needles so abruptly. He had no idea what species of tree I was returning - I made it clear I wanted a fraser fir. He gave me one option: Pick a pre-cut tree from the stock pile of pre-cut balsams! When you're in the business of farming Christmas trees, It helps if you know something about the species of trees you're selling to the consumer. When the customer in a self-service business pays $69 for a fraser fir and is told to return it for reimbursement, the customer expects to be reimbursed for or at least allowed to pick another fraser fir from the farm. The customer does not expect to pick a balsam from the lot! Avoid this place! read more

I'm not happy with Mr. Hussey's approach to business deals. We had used him for snow plowing, but decided this year to change. We were unhappy with the generally sloppy job, and tardiness. And, he backed into our mailboxes, causing about $100 worth of damage. We had paid in advance for snow plowing, but he refused to refund our money for the work not yet done. So if you're wise, don't pay him in advance of work to be done. read more

Wow, talk about not understanding how to manage a small business in a small town with a local market and ruining a big part of the Christmas experience for families.... This was a nice place to bring kids and family and friends to pick your own tree, cut it in a field, and bring it home..... unfortunately, the Hussey family ran into a small problem - they now believe they are greater than a small family business providing Christmas tree's to small family's... to explain, last year they were the backdrop in a "B" Christmas movie that ran on the Hallmark Channel, as a result, this year on Thanksgiving weekend they had a much larger customer base than they expected and had to get help to manage the parking lot. In response, with all of their combined genius, the Hussey family (who does not have a website but rather a daughter in her twenties or thirties who set up a Facebook page) decided to post that they have a "new policy" on Facebook and will require customers to make appointments to cut their own trees. The only notice to their customer base was through this Facebook posting. Really? The result, with no other warning the next weekend, December 1st 2018, i watched them turn away two young couples - young families with children - and it was heartless - and the kids were crying, but the Hussey's kept proudly saying "we have this new policy so our customers can enjoy a greater experience" - certainly losing sight they were ruining the Christmas experience for these families (who had bought their trees here last year)... this really got me upset because of the kids that were crying... And they weren't busy, there were almost no other customers because they were just opening and they could have easily accommodated them, but the Hussey's just thought it was best to enforce this ridiculous new business practice and sent these children back home - crying, shame on you!!! It was surreal, they ruined the Christmas tree experience for these families, and I have heard there's been a large number of other families who've also been caught unaware; people in Tyngsborough, Townsend, Groton, Pepperell (was the talk over dinner at Mariono's one night), Ayer, and Westford. What's most egregious - Mr Hussey, the father, bragged to me that "this a good problem to have for a business owner" TOTALLY IN OUTER SPACE - I can attest that they were not too busy to let these kids pick a tree, just too clueless, and I proudly did not buy a tree from them after witnessing this - in fact I will never buy a tree from D.J. Hussey Farm again. SHAME ON YOU HUSSEY FAMILY Please note: D.J. Hussey Farm received a number of negative reviews on Facebook in the past few weeks - I left one two weeks ago among a number of other negative reviews citing the same issue - but they all got erased as if by magic which is why I am letting families know on Yelp - I know Yelp does not allow businesses to delete their own negative reviews... read more

This place runs a total Mickey Mouse operation. All of the trees are about a half mile from the parking and purchasing location. So you park then walk downhill and pick a tree. They don't have enough saws, so either bring your own or go on a scavenger hunt to find one. While walking down to the trees, you can probably get one off of the exhausted families walking back up to their car. If you don't want to carry the tree all the way up the hill, they have pick up locations where they have will pick up the tree in a tractor. But be prepared to wait at least 45 minutes for that to happen, because they are extremely disorganized and they do not have enough space to carry more than a few trees at once. When it finally arrives at the purchase location, make sure you keep your hands locked on it because there is no system in place to ensure that you actually get the tree you purchased. Also, there are no beverages available so bring water so you do not dehydrate while waiting for your tree. The only reason this is not 1 star is because they actually had very nice trees. Don't bother though, you can get much better service elsewhere. read more