If you are thinking of starting a Christmas tree farm, we suggest you contact your provincial Christmas tree association. It will be able to best guide you towards becoming a successful Christmas tree grower.

• Join the Association

• Participate at the meetings and field days usually hosted on a fellow grower’s plantation or tree lot

• Read up on Christmas tree production; see a starting list below

• Talk to as many growers as you can; they have many years of experience and can offer you valuable tips and advice

Other suggested reading and links

Ontario Christmas Tree Production

• General overview of the industry by Todd Leuty, Agroforestry Specialist/OMAFRA

Canadian Exotic Forest Insect Guidebook

Ohio Christmas Tree Producers Manual

USDA Christmas Tree Pest Manual

The following books are also available:

"Basics of Growing Christmas Trees" by Donald B. Hilliker

"Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens" by Lewis Hill

"Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit" by Arthur Glenn Chapman