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Create memories to last a lifetime!
Open Daily: Nov 26 to Dec 23, 2010 from 9am to 6pm
Over 50,000 trees growing - thousands to choose from
Fresh, handmade decorated wreaths and garland
We accept cash, check, or credit cards.
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We Support
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Every day
- Free hot chocolate or coffee
- Free shaking and baling of trees
- Large heated sales barn
- Indoor restrooms
- Handsaws provided
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On weekends
- Free wagon rides out to trees
- Freshly made donuts and hot chocolate
- Concessions
- Kettle Corn made fresh on site
- 700' long zipline, weather permitting, $15 per ride.
Click here for waiver.
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More photos below
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Free Shaking
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Free Baling
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Choose and harvest your own Christmas Tree, and you'll know it's FRESH!
Our farm provides a great opportunity to renew the tradition of going out
into the woods, choosing the perfect tree, and harvesting it for your family Christmas
tree. We have over 50,000 trees of many varieties and sizes spread over 75
acres. Our spacious, heated sales barn has indoor restrooms and friendly people
to assist you.
On weekends, we have free wagon rides to take you out into the fields and to
bring you and your tree in after you have chosen the perfect one. When you
get back, we shake your tree to get the loose needles out and then we bale it in
plastic netting to keep it manageable for the ride to your home. Your tree
is tagged and you receive a numbered receipt to preserve the identity of the tree
while you go inside to enjoy a free hot chocolate or coffee.
There are hundreds of fresh wreaths and decorations inside for sale along with
fresh, homemade donuts. The majority of our wreaths, garland, decorations
and bows are made on our farm. We welcome custom orders.
- Scotch and White Pine $49, Firs and Spruce $59
- Select trees in the field available for as low as $29.
- Precut trees, individually priced, available up to 12' high.
Trees for Troops, a program of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and FedEx Corp., is preparing to kick off its 2008 season,
with plans to deliver 16,000 Real Christmas Trees to military service members and
their families throughout the United States and overseas.
The Richardsons donate 25 trees each year and spend the day helping service men
and women at Great Lakes Naval Station choose their perfect tree. We have several
collection boxes on the farm where you may donate monies to support the Christmas
Spirit Foundation. You may also purchase a tree to add to our donation and in addition,
add your personal message on a card we will provide.
Donate a Christmas Tree for this year's Trees for Troops event.
Donate a tree for $40 plus tax ($42.80)- our special reduced rate - by early December. The Fed Ex truck will be leaving our farm for Great Lakes Naval Base at the end of the first week in December.
Three ways you can donate:
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Call 815-675-9729 to place your request and make your payment. Email a short personalized
note to be attached to your tree to
info@RichardsonFarm.com
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Visit Richardson Christmas Trees and pick out a tree and write your own message
on cards we provide. The Fed Ex truck will be parked on our farm the first week of December.
You will be able to purchase a tree up through the departure date.
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Donate $$$ to the Christmas Spirit Foundation. This foundation supports Trees for
Troops and other programs to spread the Christmas spirit. If you choose this option
please visit www.christmasspiritfoundation.org
to make your donation.
Our farm donates 25 Christmas trees as part of the nationwide program to deliver
16,000 trees to troops all across the U.S. and oversees. Our trees are being picked
up at the end of the first week in December and distributed to military service members and their families at
Great Lakes Naval Base.
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Please recycle your Christmas Tree.
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It is 100% recyclable.
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Below are some photos of the types of trees you'll find on our farm along with the
prices:
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Douglas Fir - $59 |
Scotch Pine - $49 |
White Pine - $49 |
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Light green, short, soft needles, medium-strong branches, very good needle retention.
Up to 8 feet. |
Medium length, stiffer needles, strong branches, excellent needle retention. Up
to 7 feet.
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3" or longer soft needles, soft branches, excellent needle retention, light
pine aroma. Not likely to bother allergies. Up to 8 feet. |
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Fraser Fir - $59 |
Blue Spruce - $59 |
Canaan Fir - $59 |
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Soft 1" needles, medium-strong branches, good needle retention, dark blue-green
color, pleasant scent. Up to 7 feet.
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Bluish-gray to bluish-green color, very stiff needles 1" long and very sharp,
very strong branches, needle retention average - best of the spruces. Up to 6 feet.
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Very simlar to Fraser Fir. Soft 1" needles, medium-strong branches, very good
needle retention, great green color. Up to 7 feet.
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Concolor Fir - $59 |
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1 1/2" soft, thick, needles, medium-strong branches, very good needle retention,
pleasing natural shape and aroma. Up to 6 feet.
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Why a REAL TREE at Christmas?
They're Fresh, Fragrant and Real!
- Tradition of real Christmas trees goes back over 150 years in our country.
- Natural beauty and fragrance are celebrated. A real tree is like a bouquet
of flowers, but lasts longer.
- 100% recyclable and biodegradable.
- Our environment is enhanced by the fresh, oxygenated air produced by trees.
Through photosynthesis, the trees absorb carbon dioxide-laden air and emit oxygen.
Young trees in their rapid growth years have a high rate of photosynthesis and thus
produce more oxygen than older trees. When a Christmas tree is harvested, 2 to 3
new trees are planted.
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