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Wholesale List

The 2010 booklet is now available. If you wish a copy please contact the Secretary

Please note that on Page 3 ;

Display trees

The entry for Plowden Estate should read

Plowden Estate, Plowden Hall, Lydbury North, Shropshire SYY 8AQ 01588 680406

and Goose Hill Farm should read

Goose Hill Farm, Ringshall, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1ND. 01442 842009/ 07802 432 689

New Chairman

Following the AGM held at the recent Open day, Mr David Brown of Festive Forestry Services succeeded Mrs Sadie Lynes as Chairman of the Association. Mr Brown will hold this position for 2 years.

 

Dates for your dairy 2010

23 February              Leigh Sinton Training Day

25 February              Inglewood Training Day

11 May                      Green Team, Insch, Aberdeenshire and AGM

5 June                       Tony Johnstone, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland

10 June                     Half Day- Dartmoor Christmas Trees

8 July                          Mrs Dinesen, Winchester,Hampshire

early August            Half day;  to be confirmed

11-14 August           NCTA Convention, Winston-Salem,North Carolina

19 August                  Langeso, Denmark

7-8 September        Four Oaks Show,  Macclesfield

20-22 September   GLEE – NEC Birmingham

21 October              Ian Rix, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Open Day and Competition

Open Days

There is an Open day at 10.30 am on Saturday 5 June 2010 at the farm of Tony Johnstone in Northern Ireland. Grid ref approx 155527. Address: 5, Peartree Hill, Comber Rd, Dundonald, BT16 1XA 02890 410268/ 07768 975017.
 Directions:
Half a mile from Dundonald as you head along the
A22 Comber Rd.  Effectively the first farm on the right as you head out of Belfast. Sat Nav very confusing as it takes people to the other end of Peartree Hill.  The two ends of this road do not join and we must be approached directly from the main Dundonald to Comber road. Will have a Christmas trees for sale sign out on main road. 
 

Stuart and Jennie Kirkup are hosts to a half day meeting at their Dartmoor site starting at 1.30pm on 10 June 2010. Post Code TQ13 7TX

At the farm we grow around 80,000 trees. Frazer has the highest percentage followed by Nord, Noble and Norway. Recently we have been changing from mainly a wholesaler to mainly a retailer and this has meant changing the number of each species that are planted. Obviously growing mainly Frazer has many problems as everyone knows and this is something that we are continually working on. We do not retail from the farm.

 

From the A38 you will need to come off at the Peartree Junction (at Ashburton) signposted for River Dart Country Park, Landscove, Two Bridges and Ashburton. At the end of the slip road you will come to a T-Junction, turn right (signposted River Dart Country Park, Two Bridges). Carry on this road passing River Dart Country Park on your left then driving over 2 bridges and finally entering Poundsgate. Coming out of Poundsgate you will start climbing a hill where you will pass a Methodist church on your left then a thatched house on a right hand bend. At the next corner (Butts signpost) you need to turn right towards Corndon. After 0.6 miles you will come to a crossroads where you need to go straight over. After a further 1.6 miles (2nd right that you come to) turn right where you will see a copse to the right. The third gate on your right is a galvanised one and you are at the farm. Please close the gate!!

 

2009 Competition

The 2009 competition was hosted by Jadecliff Ltd at their Newbury Christmas Tree site on 6th October 2009.

The results were

Category

Winner

Champion Grower for 2009

Little Down Christmas Tree Farm

Jon Baker

Main Road, Westfield

Hastings

East Sussex

TN34 4SL

Best Pine – Runner up

Alisdair Sim,

Scruschloch Farmhouse

Kilry

Perthshire

PH11 8HZ

Best Pine

Hans Alexandersen,

HA TRIM

Meadow Way, St Nicolas Ave

Cranleigh

Surrey

GU6 7AQ

Best Spruce – Runner up

Colin Griffith,

Dinmore Hill Christmas Trees

Festive Farm

Wellington

Hereford

HR4 8AF

Best Spruce

Neil Rogers

Goose Hill Farm,

Ringshall

Berkhamsted

Hertfordshire

HP4 1ND

Best Fir – Runner up

Garrochar Trees

Garrochar Farm,

Creetown

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

DG8 7EU

Best Fir

Little Down Christmas Tree Farm ( Jon Bake)

Main Road, Westfield

Hastings

East Sussex

TN34 4SL

Best Undecorated Wreath

Mindrin & Co Ltd

Garrochar Farm,

Creetown

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

DG8 7EU

Best Decorated Wreath

Mindrin & Co Ltd

Garrochar Farm,

Creetown

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

DG8 7EU

Container Grown Tree Glaisters Farms Ltd


Congeith


Kirkgunzean


Dumfries
DG2 8JT

Champion Wreath

Mindrin & Co Ltd

Garrochar Farm,

Creetown

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

DG8 7EU


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