EAC's Christmas Tree Fundraiser is cancelled again for 2025
If your holiday celebrations include a Christmas tree, the way you choose your tree can also have an impact. Since 1992, the Ecology Action Centre (EAC) held our annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser in partnership with local tree farmer Kevin Veinotte, providing Haligonians with a source for organically grown, spray-free trees during the holiday season.
For the past several years, there have been many challenges that have threatened the tree campaign – labour shortages, tree shortages, climactic shocks, export market pressures, logistical difficulties and a pandemic to boot.
While we managed to pull through all of this, we are sad to announce that we will not be holding our Christmas Tree Fundraiser again in 2025.
Here are other places where you may be able to source a tree this year:
- Kevin’s U-Cut will still be open, so if you are able to travel to the Bridgewater area, you can find yourself a sustainably grown tree on his beautiful tree lot in West Northfield. Book a time online.
- You can find other local Christmas tree farmers listed at the Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia's website.
This year, for Nov/Dec 2025, a community member is selling trees and donating a portion of the proceeds!
If you would like to purchase one of these trees, please fill out this order form by Saturday, Nov. 29. Trees will be available for pickup in Halifax in early Dec. Please direct all questions to the organizer through the form.
From the organizer:
"We are working to restore land on the North Mountain that was previously clearcut, helping it return to the diversity of a native Wabanaki/Acadian forest. Part of this involves thinning young growth to prevent overcrowded thickets.
We’ll be selling a small number of these naturally grown trees for $60 each. For every sale, $10 will be donated to the EAC.
The trees will be trimmed/shaped where possible, and each one is pesticide-free and part of a larger forest regeneration effort."
