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Kids pull their harvested Christmas trees to take home from The Rocks.

Students Harvest Christmas Trees They Planted in 2016

Anna Berry | December 16, 2022

Students begin the program in kindergarten by planting their own Christmas trees at The Rocks.

Forest Society Manager Forester Wendy Weisiger helps teach a participant who is driving a tractor.

Women in the Woods Program Educates on Safe Tractor Use on Woodlots

Anna Berry | October 18, 2022

The program is aimed at connecting women forest landowners, managers, and stewards with new resources and skills.

colorful hikers, fall foliage along shore of Morrill Marsh pond, Wilmot

Tree Farm Field Day: Colorful Autumn Tradition

Dave Anderson | October 3, 2022

Tree Farm of the year hosts annual field day.

A forester looks up with binoculars.

Forestry Friday: Searching for Female Ash Trees

September 23, 2022

Since a single ash tree is either a male or a female (in some tree species this isn’t the case and a tree may have both male and female parts), it will be important to make sure we leave some of each uncut during the harvest, to provide the species an opportunity to pollinate and set viable seed.

Rows of Christmas trees are covered in snow in wintertime.

New Christmas Tree Farmer at The Rocks

Kelly Whalen | September 13, 2022
Carrie Deegan uses a shovel to fill the hole around the newly planted tree.

Forest Friday: Planting Trees This Spring?

Wendy Weisiger | April 15, 2022

Spring is the best time of year to plant trees so we thought now is a good time to share the basics of tree planting with you.

Rocks Director Nigel Manley stands in the middle of a row of trees.

Caledonian Record: Nigel Manley Retires As Forest Society Christmas Tree Farmer

April 13, 2022

Through the decades, Manley established a thriving operation with some 32,000 Christmas trees in the fields, has greeted thousands of families making the annual tradition to The Rocks to cut their own trees, and has developed a robust set of education programs,.