Georgia Christmas Tree Cooperative Inc

The Georgia Christmas Tree Cooperative is a Non-Profit Corporation, founded to share information and control cost through cooperative purchasing. If you're engaged in Christmas tree production or marketing in the state of Georgia or any of the surrounding states, you should be a member of this organization. For more information or to join the co-op, send us an email.

Any person engaged in the Christmas tree industry can be approved for associate membership without regard for geographical location. The voting membership is limited to individuals or farms located in the state of Georgia which are engaged in the growing of Christmas trees or who support the goal of improving Christmas Trees. Members and Associate Members benefit equally from the purchasing power of the co-op.

The co-op holds one meeting in the fall. The 2010 meeting was at Fourakre Christmas Tree Farm in Hampton, GA. This meeting is also for distribution of items that members have ordered, like tree stands, bailer netting, bamboo, colorant and chemicals. The 2011 meeting and pickup will be Sept. 17, 2011, at Fourakre Christmas Tree Farm in Hampton GA. Click this link for a map to the Farm.

When only one member orders an item, we don't save much. Our savings are on items that we all use and our order is large. Cooperative purchasing saves on both the unit cost and transportation cost.

The current 2011 membership dues are $10. This amount is evaluated each year and adjusted, so that it just covers the operating expenses of the co-op.