The “Art” Of Sustainable Harvest

At PATCHEN, trees are cut, leaving a whorl of branches so another tree can grow from the same stump.
YOUR Christmas tree is a branch of a tree that almost lives forever.
YOU can cut another from the same stump in a few years.

A Color For Every Tree

  • Sustainability starts with a “window” near the base of each tree
    • It contains a spot, showing where to cut
    • Not above the spot! or below the spot!
    • But Right On The Spot!
  • Most trees have either Red, Yellow, or Green spot.
    • Each color indicates the fixed price;  regardless of size (Seedlings to 7 Footers)
    • Red Is for tight budgets – mostly Redwoods (perfectly shaped at any size)
    • Yellow trees are mostly Douglas Firs, Monterey Pines & Leyland/Monterey Cypress
    • Green is for “true firs” and other “exotics”
    • Blue is reserved for custom-shaped trees or trees over 8 feet
      …. these are priced by the foot
    • Trees with NO COLOR SPOT are not for sale!
    • Trees NOT CUT ON THE COLOR SPOT are very EXPENSIVE !
      … please ask before cutting !

 

Someday this tiny Redwood will become
the 4th harvested from the same stump.