Lowes from B2 The company also has its own landscaping design and installation team. Plus, a staff of workers who tend to the Christmas trees and another crew that manages the nursery stock. “Right now, our retail shop is filled with pumpkins, squash, gourds, corn stalks and other fall products,” said Therese. “We also sell mums, hydrangeas, evergreens and various plants that customers might be planting in the fall.” After Halloween, the space will be transformed yet again. Christmas decor will be
scattered about and the entire focus will shift to the winter holidays. Belgian horses and a wagon are brought in each year to offer customers a ride out to the fields to select their trees. When snow falls, the wagon is swapped out for a sleigh. According to Therese, the choose-and-cut operation and nursery/garden center have evolved into the exact vision they had for the farm over 30 years ago. “We wanted to create a piece of nature where
people could come to cut their Christmas trees and enjoy during the holidays and all year round,” she noted. “The city of O’Claire has grown up all around us and we have become an island of farmland, preserving this land for people to enjoy as it has been for more than a century.” The Olsons have traced the farm’s history back to 1868 when it was first sold to a Wisconsin railroad company. Its most consistent use has been as a farm, with one family after an-
other acting as caretakers throughout history. The business owners plan to continue safeguarding the land’s heritage well into the future. “Our children are still very young and we will let them decide if they want to take over the farm when they are older. If they do, we’ll be happy. If not, that’s okay with us too,” said Therese. “Either way, we want to make sure that someone takes over the farm who will preserve it the way it is, as it has been for all of these years.”
10785 84th Avenue Allendale, Michigan 49401
Call For Confidential Wholesale Price Sheet
(616) 892-4090 Fax (616) 892-4290
Quality Fraser Fir
Discount on 300 Min. Order Order If Paid in Full By10/15/11
Christmas Trees
5/6’ 6/7’ 7/8’ 8/9’ 9/10’
#1 #1 #1 #1 #1
$15.00 $18.00 $23.00 $32.50 $46.50
$12.75 $15.50 $19.75 $27.75 $39.75
Terms: All price F.O.B.Allendale, MI.Trees must be paid in full prior to loading and/or delivery.A 25% deposit is required to hold your order. Other Items: Colorado Blue Spruce,White Pine, Etc.
Call or write for complete list Brian Bosch/ Owner
Sorbco, LLC.
226-10 Jamaica Ave. Floral Park, NY 11001 Our Website: www.sorbco.com Attention: Charles Rick 800-240-5288 or charles@sorbco.com
Christmas T rees #1 and #2 Fraser Fir up to 12’ at Osseo, WI, near Eau Claire, WI.
Also a Good Supply of High Quality
Balsam and Fraser Fir at Antigo, WI.
visit us at olsonsbalsams.com
Phone: 715-623-6590
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Lowes Creek Tree Farm offers a variety of fir, pines and spruces.