Key Highlights
- BOONE, N. C.
- – Hurricane Helene didn't just flood Western North Carolina in September 2024, but it washed away years of hard work and future holiday memories for Christmas tree farmers in the area.
- This year, those farmers are set on bringing business back.
- North Carolina is the nation's second-largest producer of Christmas trees and is home to the famous Fraser fir, which the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association describes as the best species to be selected as the White House Christmas Tree. HISTORY OF WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREES A field of Christmas trees at Avery Farms in Newland, North Carolina.
- (Chelsea Torres) For decades, in Newland, North Carolina, Waightstill Avery III has grown Fraser firs on his family farm, along with other crops like corn and potatoes.
