575 Profile Road
Bethlehem
NH
UNH Extension will hold a Grading, Harvesting & Marketing Christmas Trees Workshop at South Farm in Bethlehem, NH on October 26th from 10 am to noon.
This workshop is part of UNH’s The Business of Growing Christmas Trees workshop series.
Long-time Christmas tree grower Nigel Manley will host this workshop on grading, harvesting, and marketing Christmas trees. Morgan Dube, Entomologist with the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food will explain quarantines and how to navigate them. Jim Frohn, UNH Cooperative Extension Forester for Grafton County, will also assist with the workshop.
The workshop will cover grading trees and inventory control in wholesale and cut-your-own (CYO) operations, and the challenges of managing CYO and wholesale from the same fields. We’ll also cover wreaths and other value-added products, harvesting methods, timing, trucking, and dealing with quarantines.
This is the second workshop in a series on The Business of Growing Christmas Trees – From Site Selection to Sales
Future sessions being planned include:
- January or February 2025 – Business management for Christmas tree growers
- April 2025 – Site selection and soil testing, site preparation, planting, weed control, fertilizing
Attendees are welcome to participate in any or all of the four workshops offered in this series. While each workshop stands alone, they are designed to be most effective when attended in their entirety.
Registration for this workshop is due October 24. There is a $30 per person registration fee for this event.*
To register for this workshop, go to https://bit.ly/Trees-Info2-24