Category Archives: Hunter’s Tree Farm

The 2022 Season of Cheer: Hunter Tree Farm in Wedgwood

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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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Pumpkin Season 2016 in Wedgwood

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Although another neighborhood of Seattle claims to be the Center of the Universe, the Wedgwood neighborhood has a center of activity called The Gathering Place at the Hunter Tree Farm.  In October 2016 the site has once again been transformed … Continue reading →

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December in Wedgwood: Hunter Tree Farm

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Each year, the Hunter Tree Farm sells Christmas trees at 7744 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood, opening right after Thanksgiving. This article is the story of the Hunter family and how they came to establish their Christmas tree lot in … Continue reading →

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December in Wedgwood

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

December in the Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle is full of good cheer with charity drives, holiday decorations and shopping opportunities. In businesses on 35th Ave NE clustered around the intersection of NE 85th Street you will find Giving Trees … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood, Center of the Pumpkin Universe

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle has several claims to fame.  It is the birthplace of the Burke-Gilman Trail and is one of the most tree-conscious neighborhoods of Seattle (see category on this blog: trees.) A unique space in Wedgwood, … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood’s Gathering Place at the Hunter Tree Farm

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

While best known for its annual Christmas tree sales lot in December, the Hunter Tree Farm property at 7744 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood, is open to the community for year-round use.  In the summer of 2011 Wedgwood neighborhood activists … Continue reading →

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From Herkenrath to Hunter’s

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The Wedgwood Post Office at 7714 35th Ave NE and the Hunter Tree Farm at 7744 are on the former site of the Herkenrath house, built in 1926.

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