
Governor Presented with Capitol Christmas Trees and Wreaths
"This year’s tree was grown on the Cartner Christmas Tree Farm, a family-owned Fraser fir farm in Newland, North Carolina. The Cartner family will compete for the chance to provide the Official 2021 White House Christmas Tree at the National…

Industry Pioneer Celebrates 92nd Birthday in the Field
published in Limbs & Needles, 2012 | Download the PDF
Sam Cartner helped organize the North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers Association (now NCCTA) in 1959. During that time, he assisted in the establishment of one of the…

Capital at Play – The Cartner Christmas Tree Farm
November & December 2012 Edition
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Family Firm Yields to Family Farm in Tree Season
NC Lawyer Magazine
November/December 2006
Ten months out of the year, the law offices of David & Ginny Cartner generally resemble most general practice firms, in Asheville or anywhere else for that matter.
Residential and commercial…

Sam Cartner Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Reprinted from the American Christmas Tree Journal | October 2006
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Sam Cartner was recognized for his years of service to the Christmas Tree industry when he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at…

American Christmas Tree Journal
July 2006
At the North Carolina CTA Winter Meeting in March, awards were presented for outstanding service to the Christmas Tree commodity in North Carolina and for outstanding educational awareness to the praises and problems associated…

A Feeling for Firs
Sunday, November 30, 2003
HERALD-JOURNAL
Spartanburg, S.C.
Sure it's business. But, it's become a tradition. For more than 40 years, this North Carolina family has come together this time of year to supply our nation with that most…


Margaret Cartner – Helping the Family Business
Written by Helen Pitts of Sugar Plum Farm
Margaret Cartner did not arrive in a horse and wagon dressed in gingham, but she is nonetheless a true pioneer. She and husband Sam own and operate Cartner Christmas Tree Farm in Avery County. Through…

Marriage Proposal at Tree Farm
by Heather Faulkner
It's not every day that a marriage proposal happens at a Christmas tree farm. But for one couple from Gastonia that is exactly what happened last Friday.
It all began when John Wilson and girlfriend Emily Nivens…