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Christmas Tree Flocking
Christmas Tree Flocking We all dream of a white Christmas and seeing the snow mound on the leaves and needles of our landscape creating a magnificent holiday display. Today, those snow-covered Christmas trees come to life with the application of flocking. The Garden Gates take Christmas tree flocking a step...

Christmas Tree Shortage 2017
Christmas Tree Shortage Alarming as this may sound, there is a Fraser Fir Christmas Tree shortage. Fraser Fir Christmas trees size from five feet to eight feet are sold out all over North Carolina. This is due to the over planting of seedling in the tree farms causing over supply....

What Size Christmas Tree Should I Buy?
Getting ready for the holiday season seems to happen earlier and earlier each year. It appears that we are making the list and checking it twice beginning in September and even as early as August. The Garden Gates created a Christmas delivery service in the Metairie and New Orleans area...

Christmas Trees in New Orleans
Christmas Trees in New Orleans: The Back Story How did Christmas Trees in New Orleans get started? What started out as a solution for Chad Harris, cofounder of TheGardenGates.com, to never touch a Christmas Tree again, turned into a holiday tradition for many in New Orleans. Chad was working late,...