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glenviewlantern.com life & arts<br />
the glenview lantern | December 6, 2018 | 25<br />
Winter Sale underway at Wagner Farm<br />
Chris Pullam<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
In just a matter of days,<br />
Wagner Farm’s main<br />
lawn transformed from an<br />
open field to a miniature<br />
evergreen forest.<br />
The occasion, the farm’s<br />
annual Winter Sale, draws<br />
Christmas-goers from<br />
across the North Shore to<br />
stroll among about 150<br />
pines, with another 200<br />
stored away, in search of<br />
their holiday centerpiece<br />
on the grounds of one of<br />
the last fully functioning<br />
dairy farms in Cook<br />
County.<br />
“Every purchase benefits<br />
Wagner Farm, and<br />
we’re a community park,<br />
so in the end, every sale<br />
benefits the community,”<br />
said Chris Just, the farm’s<br />
assistant manager. “We<br />
tie them to posts so you<br />
can get a 360-degree view<br />
of the tree without actually<br />
turning our touching<br />
them. We’re one of the<br />
only places around that<br />
does that.”<br />
The sale includes balsam<br />
and fraser fir trees<br />
ranging from four to 11<br />
feet tall; wreaths made<br />
with noble fir, fraser firs<br />
and boxwood, and decorated<br />
with pine cones<br />
and holly berries; roping<br />
to adorn railings; mantel<br />
pieces; and dogwood<br />
branches and spruce tips<br />
for decorative flair.<br />
Wagner Farm partners<br />
with a several small farms<br />
in northern Wisconsin for<br />
the trees and a distributor<br />
Wagner Farm Assistant Manager Chris Just (front)<br />
measures a tree for David Warner using a wooden<br />
plank Sunday, Dec. 2. Chris Pullam/22nd Century Media<br />
from Oregon for the rest.<br />
After choosing and<br />
purchasing a tree, Wagner<br />
Farm staff takes<br />
care of the rest.<br />
On Sunday, Dec. 2, Just<br />
and several part-time employees<br />
spent the day carrying<br />
chosen trees to the<br />
barn, removing loose pine<br />
needles with an electric<br />
“tree shaker,” sawing the<br />
bottoms of their stumps,<br />
bundling them in nets and<br />
securing them to their new<br />
owners’ vehicles.<br />
“We offer basically<br />
a full service with our<br />
Christmas trees,” Just<br />
said. “Basically, a customer<br />
points it out and we<br />
haul it around, give it a<br />
fresh cut, bag it and load it<br />
on the vehicle. They don’t<br />
have to do a thing.”<br />
According to Just,<br />
North Shore residents<br />
even pay professional<br />
photographers to take<br />
family pictures among the<br />
trees for the holidays.<br />
Proceeds from the<br />
event support Wagner<br />
Farm’s day-to-day operations,<br />
including feeding<br />
Artistica<br />
Italian Ceramics - Tuscan Pottery - Deruta Dinnerware<br />
Everyone Welcome to<br />
the animals and providing<br />
educational programs.<br />
Wagner Farm is one of<br />
the last operating dairy<br />
farms in Cook County<br />
and is open to the public<br />
for recreation and<br />
learning.<br />
Many local school districts<br />
partner with the<br />
farm to teach students,<br />
grades K-12, about modern<br />
agricultural and where<br />
food comes from.<br />
“The Heritage Center<br />
has plenty of interactive<br />
exhibits and is always<br />
open during the sale, so<br />
we encourage guests to<br />
stick around a little while<br />
and learn,” Just said.<br />
During the sale, families<br />
often took a break<br />
Please see farm, 26<br />
Friday & Saturday, 7 & 8 December 2018 (10 AM-5 PM)<br />
SAVE<br />
20%<br />
STORE WIDE<br />
Enter to win a Arte Italica vase<br />
+ +Juliska gift with purchase.<br />
1874 Johns Dr. Glenview, IL 60025<br />
www.artistica.com (847) 730-3783<br />
Refreshments<br />
and Hors<br />
d'oeuvre will<br />
be served.
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