Christmas Trees in California Are Green in More Ways Than One
San Diego, CA—With the Christmas season just around the corner, the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association is busily preparing to harvest this year’s crop of environmentally safe, family grown trees.
More than 90 percent of the Christmas trees purchased in California each year come from Washington and Oregon. Beginning in mid-November, farmers will start harvesting these trees—which are farmed like any other sustainable crop—by selecting those trees that have reached maturity. Many farms will be employing the help of helicopters and refrigerated trucks to ensure the freshness of each tree being collected.
“This is an exciting time of year for us,” said Gayla Hansen, Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association president. “This is when we finally get to send out our trees that we’ve carefully tended to for so many years to be the focal point of families’ Christmas celebrations.”
Once the holiday season is over, recycle your Christmas tree using Earth 911’s recycling locator database. Simply type in your zip code in the box at the top of this page.
