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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
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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The Wedgwood Gardens Plant Nursery Business
In the 1930s the (future) Wedgwood neighborhood was an unnamed area outside of the Seattle City Limits. Along 35th Ave NE, the three intersections of NE 75th, 85th and 95th Streets each had only one building: a tavern. German immigrant … Continue reading
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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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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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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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The Pumpkins of Wedgwood in 2023
One of the delights of the autumn season in Wedgwood in northeast Seattle is the colorful display of pumpkins for sale by Scout Troop 151. The pumpkin sales support the Scouts programs throughout the year.
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The 2022 Season of Cheer: Hunter Tree Farm in Wedgwood
Take a stroll in Wedgwood to enjoy the smell of evergreens, the twinkle of lights and the sounds of music at the Hunter Tree Farm, 7744 35th Ave NE, next to the post office. The Christmas tree lot is set … Continue reading
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Pumpkin Weekends in Wedgwood
One of the delights of the autumn season is the colorful display at Wedgwood’s own Pumpkin Patch, 7744 35th Ave NE. This year’s Pumpkin Party begins Sunday, October 2, 2022. On October weekends the pumpkin sales are hosted by a … Continue reading
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Hunter Tree Farm in Wedgwood in 2021
The Hunter family of the Olympic Peninsula farm, dating back to the 1880s, began growing Christmas trees in 1948. In the 1950s the Hunters began selling cut trees in Seattle. After the site in the present Northgate area closed, the … Continue reading
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