A family tradition brought back to life…

Cornville has always been known for it’s Christmas Trees. Carleton Hodges came to Cornville in the early 1960’s, and transformed the landscape of the West Ridge into Hodges’ Tree Farm, with over 100 acres of Christmas Trees. A young Jeffrey Quinn had his first job in high school shearing trees for Mr. Hodges, and it instilled in him a love for horticulture and Christmas. Carleton even convinced Jeffrey to grow Christmas Trees on his 3 acres of Cornville homestead, where he had started his family with Susan, his bride.

Life took over, and the trees, while always there, were managed by other local farmers, providing a small income for the Quinn’s, and keeping the land active and beautiful.

Fast forward to the fall of 2018, when Jeffrey and his grown son Matthew bought a tractor together. Matt toured the tree fields on said tractor and decided that they were on need of a lot of love and care. Much of the North Field had grown up into full sized trees, and many of the viable trees were in need of shearing. He convinced his father that it was time to take back the family fields, and Matt went to work starting a new business, The Cornville Christmas Tree Company, LLC which operates Quinn’s Tree Farm.

We sold 66 trees our first year, all choose and cut. In 2021 our operation expanded when we purchased The Forest Christmas Tree Farm. Today we plant 3000 trees a year, and manage 30 acres of trees for people to enjoy during the Maine Solstice.