Purchased in four separate tracts of land between 1981 and 2001, Hutton-Loyd Tree Farm consists of 1125 acres in total. These lands play host to 860 acres of woodlands, including 60 acres of non-commercial wildlife reserve sections, 38 acres of lake, 3 acres of ponds, 180 acres of nursery and Christmas tree production fields, and 44 acres of grounds for buildings, roads and other improvements. Within these fields and woodlands, reside 30 miles of interlaced trails for biking, horseback riding, or simply hiking. Several separate operations are in action on the farm, including:
A Christmas Tree Farm
After planting its first tree in 1982, Hutton-Loyd Tree Farm began selling Christmas Trees in 1986. Typically, we harvest 800-1,000 cut trees per year for the wholesale, retail, and choose and cut markets – namely White and Scotch Pine. However, the essence of our Christmas Tree business lies not in the piles of cut and bailed trees we ship off, but the choose and cut experience we offer to customers that come to the farm itself. Families make the journey year after year because what we offer are traditions – traditions that are a far cry from the sterile process of choosing from rows of precut tree in a department store. These traditions form around the many aspects of picking a tree directly from our land. As a customer, you may begin by enjoying a free hayride to the fields. Disembarking from the wagon, you may walk our fields of trees, choosing and cutting the perfect specimen yourself (whether it forms flawless pyramid, sports an old bird’s nest, or both). When you return to our Christmas Center, you may warm up by our open pit fire while roasting s’mores and sipping hot chocolate. We are also happy to send an employee into the field to cut or dig your choice tree for you, or you may choose from a selection of already cut and dug trees nearer to the fire. We are a proud member of the Kentucky Christmas Tree Association and the National Christmas Tree Association.
A Nursery
Hutton-Loyd Tree Farm is also a grower of horticultural products, with an estimated 90,000 such trees and shrubs flourishing on the farm any given year. While white pine is the nursery’s specialty, but we also grow a variety of spruce trees, miscellaneous evergreens, shade trees, and deciduous and ornamental shrubs, including several flowering species. Currently Hutton-Loyd Tree Farm sells approximately 4,000 trees and shrubs each year to both the wholesale and retail markets. Digging of these trees and shrubs occur from September through April when the conditions are right. We are a proud member of the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association.
A Fishing Club
On our property rests 38 acres of a 40 acre lake stocked with bass, catfish, and crappy. In 1996, responding to popular demand, we created a fishing club so that inquisitive anglers could probe the depths of the lake. Presently it consists of 43 members from Fleming County and beyond. All we ask of our members is an annual fee, after which we grant them free use of the boat ramp, dock, and, of course, lake. We contribute half of the proceeds from the club back into projects for improving the lake and its fish population, such as building a floating dock, stocking fish, creating parking space, and providing a picnic table. All Kentucky fish and wildlife rules and regulations apply.
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