Hundreds of people showed up at Drysdales Tree Farm near Baxter on Sunday with saws and axes in hand. They’re on a quest to find a perfect tree for the holidays.
When it comes to natural trees, there are several species to choose from, but some last better than others.
Every tree needs plenty of water according to Dean Prezio, but Fraser Firs always last the longest.
“They hold the needle the best,” says Prezio of Prezio’s Tree Lot. “They are the ones I recommend putting up right now because they last a month, a month and a half inside the house.”
Most natural trees are selling for $20 to $80, but depends on the size, variety and whether you cut your own or pick it up at your neighbourhood tree lot.
Artificial trees offer a totally care free alternative and designer Cathy Lane finds other ways to put nature back into the holiday centre piece.
“We use a lot of different texture products from the gardens such as hydrangeas that are all dry now so easy, you just put them in the tree,” says Lane. “A lot of pine cones, magnolia which is always great.”
For Wayne Bayliss and his family, picking out a tree and cutting it down is the best part of having a real one.
“It just brings us together and an artificial wouldn't do that for us.”
