Tim Loewen cuts down Christmas trees at Pine Meadows Tree Farm, the family-owned tree farm bought by his father in 1970. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Field worker Greg Schlaak unloads Christmas trees from the field before shipping them off for sale. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Field workers Greg Schlaak and Dale Newfield use stilts to reach the tops of trees that need shaping. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Christmas trees account for 35 per cent of the farm’s 400,000 trees. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)