For the last few years, the Christmas Tree Industry has been very competitive. But, I believe that if you strive to have a good quality product and good customer service—you will stay in business.
Carlos has worked very hard this year on the quality of our trees. He’s doing his part, and this is where I can contribute:

APPRECIATION
More and more I am learning how blessed we are to have customers so easy to work with for so many years. Thank you for sticking with us.

SEIZE THE OPPROTUNITY
The main purpose of attending a tradeshow is to sell, but it is also a great opportunity to ask your customers and attendees a lot of questions and see what works for them. What kind of wreaths are selling?   What new decorating  ideas are out there?   It also gives me a chance to hear about the issues that you, the RETAILER faces. We were able to meet up with some great people at the PANTS Show this year and able to show off our Fraser Firs.

MEETINGS, MEETINGS AND MORE MEETINGS
I look forward to our Christmas Tree meetings. We were fortunate to be able to attend the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association’s Annual meeting and the National Christmas Tree Associations Annual meeting this year in Ohio. It’s a great way to for tree growers to work together to keep our industry alive and going. Yes, we all want to sell trees. But we also want to promote our trees nationally. We want to get the message out to the general public on the great benefits of having a REAL Christmas Tree. I want to see the Christmas Tree Industry grow and the Associations have given me the motivation and tools to make me feel like we can make a difference. Real trees make sense!