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A horse-drawn wagon takes visitors past sugar maple trees with metal buckets gathering sap.

Authentic Maple Sugaring Experience at The Rocks Starts March 11

February 1, 2023

Maple Month will be celebrated at The Rocks from March 11 to April 1.

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The Rocks' Carriage Barn under construction with Christmas trees and wreaths for sale out front.

Forest Society Hosts Virtual Tour of Ongoing Renovations at The Rocks

Anne Truslow
January 31, 2023

The March 1 program is part of the Bretzfelder Series.

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The Rocks' Carriage Barn under construction with Christmas trees and wreaths for sale out front.

Local Businesses Purchase $300,000 in Tax Credits to Support Forest Society North at The Rocks

January 1, 2023

The Tax Credits are being used to renovate the 1884 Carriage Barn as a new program and event center at The Rocks, which will be known as the Forest Society North at The Rocks.

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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.

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Working Forests
The solar array at The Rocks.

Solar Array Completed at The Rocks to Offset 156,000 Pounds of Carbon Annually

Kelly Whalen
December 10, 2022

The solar array is made up of 180 photovoltaic solar panels spanning three, ground-mounted rows in a field next to the Carriage Barn.

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Climate
Sam Chase pauses outdoors during a sales day at The Rocks.

The Rocks Christmas Tree Farm Kindles Nostalgia, Family Traditions

Dave Anderson
December 13, 2022

This year, Dave Anderson was accompanied not only by his son, but also grandson for the first time.

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Volunteers
Students pass trees to be loaded into a FedEx truck.

Caledonian Record: Annual Loading Of Trees For Troops Draws Big Turnout

December 1, 2022

It marked the first year that the loading wasn’t done at The Rocks Estate, just up the road and where major renovations are advancing to convert the Carriage Barn into the northern headquarters for SPNHF.

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Volunteers pass trees to be loaded into a FedEx truck.

390 Christmas Trees Travel from Bethlehem to Military Families in South Carolina

Anna Berry
December 1, 2022

Forest Society staff and business members donate trees to the program each year that are grown at The Rocks in Bethlehem, as do tree farmers from across New Hampshire and Vermont.

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Buy a Conservation Christmas Tree

Here are locations where Christmas trees grown at The Rocks are sold in New Hampshire for 2022, if you can't visit us in Bethlehem this year. Please contact each location for prices, availability, and hours.

  • Wakefield Lions Club
  • Spauldings in Bradford
  • Choose Franklin in Franklin
  • Dodges Agway in Hampton Falls
  • Coulstring in Newmarket