Need a little help finding Christmas trees after your favorite Christmas tree lot closed down? Looking to buy artificial Christmas trees for the first time? If you’re a little lost in all the options for Christmas trees, whether they’re real or artificial trees, there are tree associations all over the country ready to assist in your Christmas tree conundrums and befuddlement, with all the information you’ll ever need.
1. National Christmas Tree Association
Founded in 1955, the National Christmas Tree Association is composed of 1800 members. It has 3 main points of focus: promotion and research, professional education and federal representation. And because they represent Christmas tree professionals, each year Christmas trees from the NCTA are used as the White House Christmas tree, otherwise known as the Blue Room Christmas tree.
2. The American Christmas Tree Association
Artificial Christmas trees find their representation in the American Christmas Tree Association, which represents professionals involved in producing, marketing and selling artificial Christmas trees. The focus of the organization is to promote artificial Christmas trees through information and studies. Its main office is in West Hollywood.
3. The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association
A branch of the NCTA, the PNCTA focuses on the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Composed of 1075 Christmas trees farms from the Northwest ranging from five to 10,000 acres of family owned places, The Pacific Northwest is the largest producer of real Christmas trees in the USA and the PNCTA works in coordination with private farms to keep that industry going.
4. Massachussetts Christmas Tree Association
Founded on November 22, 1958, the Massachussetts Christmas Tree Association is under the umbrella of the NCTA. Like the NCTA, the MCTA fosters good will for real Christmas trees by providing information to consumers, conducting research and providing support to all its members to produce the best real Christmas trees that they can offer.
5. California Christmas Tree Association
With the motto “We want to help you find a real Christmas tree this season”, the CCTA offers addresses for all the farms for Christmas trees among its members to help Californians locate Christmas trees for their homes. This association boasts a tree locator, promotes Christmas trees by holding contests and offering informational articles in its website.
6. Michigan Christmas Tree Association
The Michigan Branch of the NCTA, the motto of this MCTA is to lead and support the Christmas tree industry in Michigan through research and education.
7. Christmas Tree Growers Association of Ontario
Ontario features many Christmas trees grown every year, and this association fosters the industry through a group effort. Membership entails getting the full information of other growers for tips and tricks in the growing of Christmas trees.
8. North Carolina Christmas Tree Association
With 1600 Christmas tree growers, the NCCTA represents a big margin of the NCTA. It has produced 50 million Fraser Fir Christmas trees for holiday use to date.
9. Illinois Christmas Tree Association
A state branch of the NCTA, the ICTA educates the public and promotes real Christmas trees by information and education. This branch also lists and recommends Christmas tree lots by location for homeowners looking to find Christmas trees for their home.
10. Ohio Christmas Tree Association
Helping Ohio Christmas tree producers by having activities and programs to keep the Ohio industry alive and well, the OCTA promotes real Christmas trees for the home.
11. New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association
Since 1956, the NHVCTA has produced real Christmas trees, wreaths and garlands for home use. It now features a newsletter to educate and promote the use of real trees for every home in New Hampshire and Vermont.
12. Maryland Christmas Tree Association
With about 100 members, this MCTA is a branch of the NCTA in Maryland that supports and promotes the real Christmas tree industry through education and research. They primarily grow the Scotch Pine, White Pine, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir and Fraser Fir species for Christmas trees.
Whether you’re looking for a new lot or information on the best Christmas trees on the market, these Christmas tree associations can and will help you out.