How this Carlow man went from working for other Christmas tree farmers to growing 40,000 of his own trees
Har Dunne spent three decades maintaining and selling trees for other people – now he’s growing and selling his own on 20ac of rented land. He explains how he makes his business work
Members of the team working with Har on the Christmas tree farm.
Har Dunne has been involved in the Christmas tree trade all his working life – more than three decades – but it’s only in the last couple of years that he has started selling his own trees.
The Carlow man, who has over 40,000 trees growing on three sites, explains: "Until then, all of the money I made maintaining Christmas trees for other growers went into raising and educating our family, but in 2013 I found myself in a position where I could afford to rent some land to grow my own trees, which is something I've always wanted to do,” he says.
