Every so often a property hits the market that sells a whole lifestyle. One look at this picturesque Christmas tree farm in south west Scotland and we’re packing our bags for a greener, pine-scented life of wood chopping in the forest and hot cocoa in a idyllic green and white farmhouse. If you’ve got a similar urge (and £2,000,000), then this is the buying opportunity for you.
Garrocher Christmas Tree Farm can be found in Creetown, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands in a beautiful part of south west Scotland. The current business on the site started 25 years ago, and has been successfully growing premium Christmas trees in sustainable plantations ever since. It’s run by the wider James Craig Group, who have run agricultural businesses since 1889. Garrocher Farm’s accolades include the ‘Best Traditional Christmas Tree in the UK’ at the ‘tree Oscars’ in 2020, as well as having honoured with the responsibility of supplying both Downing Street and the Ritz with their outdoor Christmas centrepiece trees.
The farm extends over 334.91 acres of land, described by the estate agent Strutt & Parker as ‘fertile and productive Solway coast farmland’ which is separated into three main blocks, varying from flat to ‘gently undulating’ in nature. The climate and soil are ideal for growing the Nordmann fir variety of Christmas tree (a family favourite known for its delicious smell and waxy green boughs. Other varieties planted include Fraser fir, Abies lasiocarpa, Korean fir and Lodgepole pine, adding to the diversity of the farm’s crop.