Tree Recycling Begins the Day After Christmas

The county will have five locations where residents may recycle their trees through Jan. 17.

While residents who receive curbside trash service can simply contact homeowners associations, town offices or recycling service provides about recycling Christmas trees, other residents may need to take advantage five sites around the county where residents can recycle trees from Dec. 26 through Jan. 17: Remove all ornaments, lights, tinsel, wire and stand from trees before dropping them off or setting them out for recycling. Anyone using a bag to transport a tree should dispose of the bag before dropping it off or setting it out. The Christmas Tree Recycling Program is for Loudoun residents only. Christmas tree vendors and other entities with multiple trees should contact the Loudoun County Solid Waste Management at 703-777-0187 for …

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Your Guide to Tree Shopping in Loudoun

Local farms offer cut-your-own or pre-cut Christmas trees for a fun family outing.

Within just a few miles of Ashburn there are many home-grown tree farms for a cut-your-own tree experience. Or if you are tight for time, many farms also offer trees that are already cut, as well as garlands, wreaths and other decorating accessories.  Patch has put together a list of places for tree shopping this holiday season.  You can also visit Loudounfarms.org for more information. LAYNG’S FLOWER FARM 23520 Evergreen Mill Rd, Aldie, 703-327-0872 Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m - 5 p.m. Sunday.  Layng’s offers 4-foot to 12-foot pre-cut trees, priced $50 and up; a huge selection of poinsettias (this is their main crop and there are 16 greenhouses full of them); wreaths, mixed greens and noble fir (16”-48” …

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Take The Patch Christmas Tree Poll

Do readers in Ashburn use real or fake trees, and do they cut their own?

For readers who put up Christmas trees this year, do you go articificial or au naturale. Cut your own? Do you have a story to share about your tree hunt this year? And while you're at it, how about sharing a picture of your tree.

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Dusty Smith

11:06 am on Thursday, December 15, 2011

I grew up with real trees and my wife grew up with artificial. Because we have artificial trees, we use them, but there's nothing like the smell of a fresh tree. I definitely miss that. I don't miss the watering and the mess.   more ›

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It Looks Like Christmas Everywhere

Ashburn begins to decorate for the holidays; send us your photos.

Wherever you look, holiday decorations are starting to pop up around Ashburn. We would love for you to share pictures of your favorite decorations here on Ashburn Patch.

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'Tis the Season … to Find the Perfect Christmas Tree

Ashburn residents who want to cut down their own traditional holiday symbol need not travel far to find one of several farms.

After surviving turkey day and the Black Friday frenzy, now it’s time to start thinking about the Christmas tree. While most Ashburn residents can see the Christmas tree stands popping up in parking lots across Ashburn, multiple Loudoun farms offer the opportunity for residents to pick and cut their own firs, spruces and pine trees for the holidays. Many of the farms also offer wreaths, roping, decorating greens, homemade ornaments and holiday cheer. Tree shoppers – and choppers – will find everything from tiny tabletop trees to 40-foot behemoths (the Russian Embassy comes to Loudoun each December to shop for a tree big enough to tower in the Embassy ballroom). Cut-your-own farms can be found all over the county, from north in Lovettsville…

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Karen Graham

1:17 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Thank you for this great list - we have enjoyed the Milltown Creek Farm in Lovettsville for several years, but it is always fun to try a new place!   more ›

Loudoun County Offers Holiday Recycling Tips

How to stay green while giving back to the Earth.

The Loudoun County Department of Construction and Waste Management encourages everyone to give the Earth a gift this holiday season by recycling and reducing waste. From Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste in the U.S. increases by 25 percent, or 1 million tons per week. Here are some suggestions to cut down on during the holidays:   For more information about waste reduction and recycling call 703-777-0187 or visit www.loudoun.gov/oswm.

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Getting Out of the House

Still looking for the perfect Christmas tree?

No need to settle on a Charlie Brown dud, Ticonderoga Farms still has ample choose-and-cut trees available.

With the ground still covered with a thin blanket of snow, the landscape at Ticonderoga Farms is a visual illustration of the term 'winter wonderland'. Through Christmas Eve, Ticonderoga Farms is hosting its annual holiday festival. This South Riding farm is located near the intersection of Loudoun County Parkway and Braddock Road. Ticonderoga is eastern Loudoun's last operating family farm. The 5th generation farm is situated on over 1,000 acres of rolling forest and fields. For those of you who like to wait up until right before the big day to cut down your Christmas tree, Ticonderoga still has choose-and-cut trees available. These beautiful sheared trees ranging in height from 4 feet to 25 feet.  There are seven kinds of trees available…

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