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Category Archives: Events and holidays
Hunter Tree Farm at Christmas 2025
In the early 1950s the growing Wedgwood neighborhood attracted businesses like groceries, gas stations, home improvement stores and services such as medical & dental offices. One other new business in Wedgwood, Christmas tree sales, was very successful. William O. & Carol … Continue reading
Candy Cane Lane in December 2025
A fun favorite event in December 2025 is the annual Candy Cane Lane, a street in Ravenna which is decked out with lights and holiday decorations. Candy Cane Lane is located on Park Road NE, just off of NE Ravenna … Continue reading
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The 2025 Pumpkin Season in Wedgwood
Wedgwood’s annual Pumpkin Party begins on Saturday, October 4, 2025. This month the Hunter Tree Farm site, 7744 35th Ave NE, next door to the Wedgwood Post Office, is transformed into a Pumpkin Patch. Local scout troops host pumpkin sales … Continue reading
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Holiday Lights 2024
A fun family holiday event in northeast Seattle is the annual Candy Cane Lane, a cluster of houses all decked out in lights and themed decorations, located on NE Ravenna Blvd/NE Park Road at 21st Ave NE (see map below).
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Holiday Season in Wedgwood 2024
The opening day of 2024 Christmas tree sales at Hunter Tree Farm, 7744 35th Ave NE, signals the beginning of the holiday season in the Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle. Open this year November 22 to December 24, the Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas trees, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Pumpkins of Wedgwood 2024
The autumn season in Wedgwood begins with the Pumpkin Patch at the Hunter Tree Farm site, 7744 35th Ave NE next door to the Wedgwood Post Office. The Hunter family use the property in Wedgwood for their annual Christmas Tree sales … Continue reading
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The First Airfield at Sand Point in Seattle
Magnuson Park in Seattle with its entrance gate at 7400 Sand Point Way NE, is the former site of an airfield which first began to be developed in the 1920s. In September 2024 we are celebrating the First World Flight, … Continue reading
The World Flight Centennial: Events
In 1924 four planes took off from a small, rough airstrip at Sand Point on the shore of Lake Washington in Seattle. In 2024 we are celebrating the centennial of this event which impacted aviation history. You can follow the … Continue reading
McAdoo, Architect, Exhibit at the University of Washington
In honor of Black History Month in February 2024, a new exhibit, Modern Architecture Activism: The Life and Work of Benjamin F. McAdoo, Jr., will be on view February 1st through March 15th at the University of Washington’s Gould Gallery … Continue reading
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Hunter Tree Farm at Christmas 2023
One of the delights of the holiday season in Wedgwood in northeast Seattle is the Hunter Tree Farm’s Christmas tree sales lot. The tree lot is bright with lights and fragrant with evergreen smells while customers ponder their tree choices. … Continue reading
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 