Testimonials

SOME OF OUR SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

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“Trees were beautiful…customers buying just because they are Cool Springs Nursery’s Trees!!!” - Todd, Worrells Trees

“Trees were beautiful we had excellent sales and sold out!!!” - Beethovens Veranda

“Trees were beautiful…not a single bad one in the whole bunch.  My customers and my staff were once again thrilled with how easy it was to select a tree!” - Rich, LMS Greenhouse and Nursery

“Beautiful trees, sold like hot cakes everyone loved them.  Look forward to buying next year!” - Steve Ripley, Cannon United Methodist Church

“…very happy with sales this year count on us for an order next year!” - Wanczyk Evergreen Nursery

“Very nice trees” - Steve

“We paid for a premium tree and got it! We appreciate your quality and service. You’re a pleasure to work with.” - Nancy

“Kills Canada in Quality!”

“Beautiful trees….Sold all of them.” - Judy

“Easy Sell…Great trees EVERY year!”

“Very, Very, Very Nice! No Complaints” - Todd

“Service is most professional in the industry!” - David

“Everyone in our area say we have the best trees!”

“Great trees and service. I appreciate your company!” - Phil

“Extremely pleased! Everyone was happy.” - Michael

UNITED STATES ARMY - Fort Drum, NY

“…your website is awesome.  For an organization looking to get into this for the first time, your site provides outstanding information.”  - Major Barry Stewart, United States Army

About Us

Mark and Paul Smith are brothers who started growing Fraser Fir Christmas trees just out of college in 1980.   Mark was a chemist with Baxter Pharmaceutical International and Paul was a Presbyterian minister working full - time as an Associate Pastor in Hendersonville, N.C. He was there for almost eleven years. In 1991 he became tentmaker minister for 17 years, growing a congregation and growing trees at the same time.   Over the years, two acres of Fraser Fir in 1980 has grown to 600 acres in 2011.

Since 2008, Paul is the full- time President of Cool Springs Nursery but is still involved in ministry on a volunteer basis. Phil Hobart is the farm Field Manager and we have anywhere from ten to seventy employees working on the farm during the year.

Mark  is a director at Baxter International and is in charge of Global Logistics and distribution at the largest intravenous solutions manufacturing plant in the world. He has expertise in shipping that helps Cool Springs Nursery domestically and internationally. Mark is charge of shipping doing all of our logistics and shipping during November.

Cool Springs Nursery is known in the industry for its high quality trees. It is known by other Christmas tree growers for its cutting edge cultural practices and use of mechanization. We are a research cooperator with North Carolina State University and are currently working on several experiments on our farm which include the use of “deep phosphors trenching” to meet phosphorus requirements and also a project to use “clover” to supply the nitrogen requirements of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees.