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![Rocks Director Nigel Manley stands in the middle of a row of trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/rocks%2520trees%2520nigel%2520fb%2520%25282%2529.jpg?h=3eca0e46&itok=GniPzpu_)
Caledonian Record: Nigel Manley Retires As Forest Society Christmas Tree Farmer
April 13, 2022Through 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,.
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Caledonian Record: Bethlehem SPNHF Board Continues To Move Ahead In Plans For The Rocks Estate
January 2, 2022The Forest Society's board has reaffirmed its commitment to renovations to the Carriage Barn at The Rocks beginning this spring.
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![Sixth graders cut the Christmas trees they planted in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/267478736_10159830494527698_8798130312326943817_n.jpg?h=214a1611&itok=UAY5LD2L)
Kids Plant, Grow & Harvest Their Own Christmas Trees in The Rocks' Forevergreen Program
The Bethlehem Elementary students harvested the trees planted in 2015 this week, just in time for Christmas.
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Something Wild: How — and why — to choose a live Christmas tree
What are the benefits of choosing a real tree at Christmas?
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- Working Forests,
- Something Wild
![Bethlehem Elementary fifth-graders, volunteers, and FedEx workers pose after the loading was complete.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/262987867_10159804734972698_8807490423594407700_n.jpg?h=92b2433e&itok=uiCOMidQ)
Special Delivery: 400 Christmas Trees Travel from The Rocks to Military Families
The annual Trees for Troops program is part of the Spirit of Christmas Foundation.
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- The Rocks
![Bethlehem Elementary fifth-graders help load the trees into a FedEx truck.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/rocks_trees4troops_kidsloading_photoannaberry_12-1-21.jpg?h=81a3771e&itok=lX4kaaqC)
Caledonian Record: Students Back In Action For Trees For Troops
December 1, 2021The NH/VT Trees for Troops program sent 398 trees south to service members this year.
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- The Rocks
![A row of Christmas trees under freshly fallen snow at The Rocks. (Photo: Ryan Smith)](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/The%2520Rocks_1.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=7Y7hdDe0)
Union Leader: Search for perfect Christmas tree leads to Bethlehem
November 25, 2021- Tags:
- The Rocks
![A couple poses with their infant and their fresh-cut Christmas tree at The Rocks.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Rocks_familyposting_UnionLeader_photoJohnKoziol_11-22-21.png?h=1d24c380&itok=IRJe7tiW)
No Shortage: If You Want a Natural Christmas Tree, You Will Find One, Say Growers
November 23, 2021There are plenty of locally-grown Christmas trees at local farms.
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