Salmonberry School Has Trees

— from Amy Lum —

When you buy a tree from Salmonberry, you will be supporting the programs and the students of Salmonberry School

Are you looking for a beautiful Christmas tree to brighten up your home for the holiday season? Come to Salmonberry School’s 4th Annual Christmas Tree Sale! Starting on Thanksgiving weekend, Salmonberry will have a gorgeous selection of trees available for sale. Look for the trees and the toasty wood stove at the corner of Henry Lane and North Beach Road. There will be several species to choose from, including Noble, Grand, Douglas and Frasier firs, in sizes from table tops to towers.

While most of the trees are harvested from small family farms located in the Skagit Valley and Snohomish, this year the Lum Farm on Orcas will be offering live and u-cut trees from their Christmas tree farm as well. We strive to find healthy, sustainably harvested trees with no chemical treatment. They are hand selected and freshly cut to ensure that needles stay on your tree right through the season, and they smell wonderful!

When you buy a tree from Salmonberry, you will be supporting the programs and the students of Salmonberry School. Founded in 2001, Salmonberry School offers an academically and experientially rich environment in which confidence, compassion, and responsibility are strengthened through cooperative community learning. A

s a part of this fundraiser, Salmonberry students made a pledge to replant at least one tree for every tree we sell. This November they visited the Beaverton Marsh wetlands rehabilitation project. This site, purchased by the SJC Land Bank, is being restored from a domestic cattle mono-crop grazing pasture to its original diverse wetland habitat. Salmonberry students have twice previously visited the site and helped to plant willows, hawthorns, salmonberries and other shrubs. This fall they checked on their previous plantings, some now five years old, and planted more new trees.

Christmas Trees will be available for purchase at Salmonberry School, 867 North Beach Rd., starting Saturday, November 30th. Hours will be 3-5:00pm Fridays, 10am- 4pm Saturdays and Sundays, or by appointment. If you would like more information, please stop by and take a look, or call Amy and Eric Lum at 376-4454.