At Tammen Treeberry FarmŽ, you may choose and cut your own Christmas tree and pick your
own blueberries.
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We grow about 160 acres of Christmas trees. We have been growing them since 1956.
Originally, we sold most of the trees wholesale. We began to allow people to
come to the farm to choose and cut their own Christmas trees in 1970. All of our
trees are sold that way now. We stopped wholesaling trees in 1977. You cannot
get a fresher tree than one you choose and cut yourself.
We grow about 50 acres of blueberries. The first bushes were planted in 1964.
We began to let people pick their own blueberries in 1967. Over the years,
some of our berries have been sold through MBG Marketing. At the present
time, all of them are sold pick-your-own.
We are members of Illinois Christmas Tree
Association, National Christmas Tree Association,
Michigan Blueberry Growers Association, and
North American Blueberry Council.
Two or three generations of some families have visited Tammen Treeberry FarmŽ and say that
it is their family tradition.
Lorenz Tammen was seeking a crop to grow on his farm which consists of sandy soil.
Much of it is "blow" sand which is not productive. It was for this reason
that he first planted Christmas trees. They are tolerant of that type of soil.
The soil in some of the lower ground is very acid. Later, he planted
blueberries there. Thus, Tammen Treeberry FarmŽ came into being. The farm is
now managed by his son, Bruce Tammen.
Contact Information
- Telephone
- 800-892-5989 or 815-458-6264
- Postal address
- 37131 Essex Road
- Wilmington, IL 60481
- Electronic mail
- treeturkey@aol.com
