John Wagner
The National Christmas Tree Association held its biennial meeting last weekend – and Wolcyn Tree Farms and Nursery in Cambridge was the host.
The weekend event held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 4-6, featured more than 300 people from around the country who grow Christmas trees and wreaths.
Ben Wolcyn said the National Christmas Tree Association is basically the arm that deals with issues in the farm-grown, real Christmas tree world.
Andrea Johnson
When consumers are looking for experiences rather than things, a visit to a pumpkin farm, an apple orchard, or a Christmas tree farm is a fun activity.
Returning home, their prized souvenir might be festive gourds, a bag of crisp apples, or a fresh-cut Christmas tree.
Those items could all have Minnesota Grown stickers!
BySally Colby
Trees are a serious business for the Wolcyn family of Cambridge, MN.
Nick Wolcyn’s grandfather started with an 80-acre property and operated it as a hobby Christmas tree farm. Nick’s father Tom turned the hobby into a business 50 years ago, and the family has since been growing trees full-time.
By Rachel Kytonen
During the Isanti County Board meeting Aug. 5, educator Rod Greder, with the University of Minnesota Extension based in Isanti County, presented Wolcyn Tree Farms & Nursery with the Isanti County Farm Family of the Year award. Wolycn’s, owned by Tom and Adie Wolcyn, is located approximately 8 miles west of Cambridge on Highway 95.
By Isanti-Chisago County Star
Tom Wolcyn has been growing and selling Christmas trees for over 50 years. His parents purchased the original 80 acres in 1967. What started as a hobby has become one of the largest evergreen operations in Minnesota. At first, the family sold Christmas trees from their home in Arden Hills.