The winning Cartner Tree.

High Country farms selected to provide White House Christmas tree

Cartner Christmas Tree Farm was awarded 2024 Grand Champion Grower. They will provide and present a North Carolina Fraser fir Christmas tree that will be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House in 2024.
Founders Sam and Margaret Cartner

Cartner Christmas Tree Farm to supply an 18′ Fraser Fir Christmas Tree in White House Blue Room in 2024 after winning the national championship

from the The Avery Journal-Times on Aug 29, 2023 — Nineteenth century American teacher Lucy Larcom was once quoted as saying, “He who plants a tree, plants hope,” and the efforts of the Cartner family have been banking on that hope for years. Earlier this month, the Cartner family was informed that their “hope” has grown into a North Carolina Fraser fir Christmas tree that will be displayed in the Blue Room on the White House for the 2024 holidays.

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…