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Hunter Tree Farm at Christmas 2025

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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 →

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Holiday Season in Wedgwood 2024

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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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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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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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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. This article is the story of the Hunter family and how they came to establish their Christmas tree lot in the Wedgwood neighborhood of … 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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