Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm

Saturday, November 24, 2012

December is here and with it so is Christmas. Families all over the metro Atlanta area start off the month looking for the perfect tree to decorate their home with. Whether it’s a 12 foot fraser fir or a Charlie Brown Christmas tree there are many outlets around the city to find just the right one. To start off the Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, I traveled to Lawrenceville to check out Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm. Family owned and operated for the past 12 years, Thompson’s had close to 500 trees grown on their property. With 12 days left until Christmas the farm is sold out of trees for the 2012 season.

Colleen Dunn runs through the rows of trees at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.

 

Rachel Dyer uses a saw to cut down her tree at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.

 

Kenny Thompson uses a saw to cut down a tree as Bob Rossi and Laura Thompson hold it steady at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.

 

Michael Gonzalez (right) gets help cutting down his tree from his son Landan at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.

 

Colleen Dunn (left) and her mother Stacey look at one of the trees at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.

 

Landan Gonzalez (left) helps his father Michael pull their tree in a wagon as they head towards the exit at Thompson’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday, November 24, 2012.