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The Race to Save America’s Favorite Christmas Tree

North Carolina’s Fraser fir is threatened by a nasty root rot. At a state research farm and academic lab, scientists are trying to save the species.

Cartner’s wins first place in the 2019 N.C. Christmas Tree Association Tree Contest

Cartner's won first place in the 2019 N.C. Christmas Tree Association Tree Contest held in August 2019. This award gives us the privilege of entering a tree in the National Tree Contest in 2020, the winner of which takes a tree to the White…

Cartner Christmas Tree Wins Grand Champion Prize at Local County Fair

  "Congratulations on winning the NC tree and wreath competition. Truly a legacy the family had built in NC and the industry that celebrates the most joyous day of the year. God bless." — Jennifer Viets North Carolina State University, College…
NC Bar Association

North Carolina Bar Association puts up Cartner Tree once again

 
Coastal Living article

Coastal Living with a Mountain Tree

Thanks to the guys at Coastal Living HQ for the great pictures. It was a pleasure working with you. We have differentiated ourselves from the competition by leaving long sturdy branches giving a tree more demension and depth after…

Individually Hand Pruned to Decorate

On your way to our farm, you pass a lot of other Christmas tree farms. Just a few days ago as I pulled into our farm, I noticed how the dew on the trees glittered in the morning sunlight. The sunlight accented the natural growth and reminded…
Founders Sam and Margaret Cartner

History of the Cartner Christmas Tree Farm

Nothing has described the birth of the Christmas tree industry in North Carolina any better than this statement from an article published in the Mountain Times by Scott Nicholson. He wrote, “When Sam Cartner and a few others set out their…

Trees for Troops to kick off in December

by Lauren Ohnesorge "It's not only for the troops overseas, but it's also for the entire military," said grower David Cartner about Trees for Troops. In its third year in North Carolina, Trees for Troops is a program where growers donate…
Starting-From-Scratch

Starting from Scratch

A History of Christmas Tree Farming in the Mountains of North Carolina By Miles Tage, Mountain Times Publications | November 18, 2004 In the beginning was Roan Mountain. Covered with wild native North Carolina Fraser firs, Roan was the…
Sam Cartner was inducted into the WNC Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2002 for his life long service to the industry and his key involvment in establishing the NC Christmas Tree Assoc. in 1959.

Sam Cartner Inducted Into WNC Agricultural Hall of Fame

From Limbs & Needles Magazine Summer 2002 edition. These articles are used with permission from the NC Christmas Tree Association. Information supplied by: Pat Brinkley WNC Community Development Association, Inc. The WNC Community…
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