Tree Contest and Wreath Contest

For pictures and details, go to Tree and Wreath Contest - Winners

Our most recent wreath contest took place on January 25, 2008 at our Winter Convention.  
Our next tree contest will take place on August 8, 2008 at our Summer Convention.

Winners will be entering trees and wreaths in the National Contest to be held this year on August 13-16 in Iowa.

Winter Convention Held in Stevens Point

See story.  Contact Cheryl Nicholson, Exec. Sec. at 608-742-8663 for more information.

Wisconsin Christmas Tree Growers Will Help Deliver Christmas Spirit to Troop Families again in 2007 

Wisconsin Christmas Tree growers are donating Real Christmas Trees as part of the nationwide Trees for Troops program, sponsored by the Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association, the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and FedEx Corp.

This holiday season, 2007, Trees for Troops is expected to collect 15,000 to 17,000 Real Christmas Trees from 27 states and deliver them to military families across the United States, as well as to soldiers serving overseas. 

"Our military and their families have been providing a real service to our country," says Beth Walterscheidt, president of the National Christmas Tree Association and a Christmas Tree farmer from Elgin, Texas. "And, as Christmas Tree farmers, we want them to be able to experience a traditional Christmas with a Real Tree."

The Trees for Troops program was launched in 2005, and with the help of FedEx Corp., delivered more than 4,300 Christmas Trees to five U.S. military bases, as well as an overseas shipment to the Middle East that year. In 2006, the program expanded to deliver more than 11,000 trees to 25 bases.

The collection and delivery of trees will take place from the end of November through December. Consumers may make contributions to the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation at www.ChristmasSPIRITFoundation.org . More information is also available at www.TreesforTroops.org .

About the Christmas Spirit Foundation 

The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation - based in Chesterfield, Mo, is a not-for-profit foundation that advances the Christmas spirit for children, families and the environment. Trees for Troops is just one of its projects. For more details, go to www.ChristmasSpiritFoundation.org 

About the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) 

NCTA is the professional organization representing nearly 5,000 farms and retailers engaged in growing and selling Real Christmas Trees to nearly 30 million consumers. Based in Chesterfield, MO, NCTA's mission is to promote the use of Real Christmas Trees and support the industry that provides them. For more information, go to www.realchristmastrees.org 

Choose and Cut Farms:  All Farms listed by region  

Tips: Tree Selection and Care

Recycle your tree. See www.cleanup.org , a clearinghouse of recycling information for all kinds of materials.

Christmas Tree Capital of the World. Many claim to be just that. See this article by Chris Foreman, Staff Writer -- Indiana County Bureau, Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pa.)s_285172.html

Wisconsin Christmas Tree Industry is Worth $50 Million and other statistics  

Christmas Trees & More; University of Illinois Extension   This is a great site.

Hard-working wreath makers cut boughs and assemble wreaths to decorate your homes. Wreaths are stored temporarily in the shade of large pine trees.

Other summer convention pics: (large jpg files for publication) This train is used on Don Jochman's Holiday Creek Tree Farm, a choose and cut farm near Plover. Growers were shown samples of pests found in the field. Growers learned how to properly sample foliage and soil for testing.

Alice in Dairyland cut the Official First Christmas Tree of the Season on Saturday, November 17th, 2007 This was held at Greenview Tree Farm W4266 County D Random Lake, WI 53075 Located just 15 miles from Sheboygan in Sheboygan County

Alice in Dairyland cut the Official First Christmas Tree on November 21, 2006 in Chippewa County.    Joe and Nola Cook, Traditional Tree Farm, Chippewa Falls, host the cutting of the First Christmas Tree. Nicole Reese, Alice in Dairyland cuts the tree and counts the growth rings with the kids. The tree is shaken to remove dead needles and debris, then baled.

Alice In Dairyland cut the Official 1st Christmas Tree of the Season on November 22, 2005  at Noffke Tree Farms, Mequon.  See news release.

See Wisconsin forestry info here: www.wisconsinforestry.org; Rotunda Tree Facts- 2004

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