Mountain grown Fraser fir Christmas trees
There’s nothing quite like a real Fraser fir Christmas tree.
In recent years, the value and quality of locally produced food has re-inspired many Western North Carolina citizens to purchase locally grown food. After all, products produced in Western North Carolina offer high quality, the chance to meet the producer and the opportunity to support the local economy. Mountain-grown Christmas trees are no exception.
Fraser firs are native throughout the mountains of eastern United States and Canada and are widely produced in Western North Carolina.
In 2009, consumers in the U.S. purchased 28.2 million farm-grown Christmas trees, spending an average of $41 that went back into the local economy. The choose-and-cut segment of the Christmas tree industry in particular has grown dramatically in recent years.
With children in tow, parents enjoy the opportunity to visit a farm where they can search for that perfect tree while spending time creating new memories with their family. In doing so, individuals and family’s support local businesses. Christmas tree growers with choose-and-cut operations work hard but are devoted to provide a fun family experience for everyone to enjoy. In 2009, the retail value of Christmas trees sold in the U.S. was $1.15 billion. That money is going to Christmas tree farmers instead of supporting an industry that brings you petroleum chemicals and plastic trees where it is estimated that more than 85 percent are imported from China.
Fraser fir trees are truly a green product. With more than 1,500 Christmas tree farms here in North Carolina, it is easy to find a farm or retail lot that is close by. Take time this holiday season to support a local farmer.
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Haywood County
Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm
143 Boyd Farm Rd., Waynesville
www.boydmountainchristmastreefarm.com • 828.926.8888 or 828.506.3513
Continued Traditions Farm
1198 Old Clyde Rd., Clyde
www.continuedtraditions.com • 828.734.9111
Dutch Cove Christmas Tree Farm
280 Setzer Dr., Canton • 828.648.9133
Nesbitt Christmas Tree Farm
333 Sunset Ridge Rd., Clyde • 828.456.9914
Raulerson Christmas Tree Farm
28 Wady Branch Rd., Canton • 828.734.9534
Smoky Mountain Christmas Tree Farm
One mile up Hemphill Rd., Waynesville
Jackson County
James & Joe Ammons
2233 Wolf Mountain Rd., Tuckasegee
828.293.5953, 828.508.6681
Chuck Denkert
Cane Creek Rd. (look for sign D’s Trees, 1½ miles up on the right), Cullowhee
828.293.3308
Adrain Fowler
Breedlove Rd., Cashiers
828.399.0326, 828.342.0067
Ron Fowler
Breedlove Rd. (2nd farm on the left), Cashiers
828.743.1737, 828.508.8183
George Frady
Charlies Creek Rd. (go 8.2 miles on Hwy 281, then left on Charles Creek Rd (7.6 miles) Look for signs. Tuckaseegee
828.450.9351, 828.293.3449
Larry Moss
822 Norton Rd., Cashiers
828.226.2397, 828.743.2215, 828.226.2340
Tom Sawyer
240 Chimney Pond Road, Glenville
800.662.7008, 828.743.5456
John & Joni Wavra
971 Lloyd Hooper Rd., Cullowhee
828.743.3899
Paul White
180 Cold Water Creek Lane, Cullowhee
828.293.0258
Swain County
Roy Burnette
Brush Creek Rd., Bryson City
828.488.4196 (ask for Arnold)
Ted Craig
160 Fraser Fir Dr., Bryson City
828.488.3954, 828.736.4356
Macon County
J & J Tree Farm
28 Guffie Rd., Franklin • 828.524.3464
Peak Experience Christmas Trees
2820 Dillard Rd., Highlands
828.526.0229, 828.526.5405.
