Captain Jack's Christmas Tree Farm

(515) 964-8500
Located 5 miles North of Des Moines, Iowa

(Captain Jack's Christmas Tree Farm - Featured in USA Today Nov 18, 1996 issue)

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Now With Real Reindeer !!!

Hay Rides - Gift Shop - Home Made Wreaths - Poinsettias

Free Popcorn - Free Candy Canes - Free Pencils

Fun ! Fun ! Fun ! - For the Whole Family including the pets!


Trees up to 14 ft available:
Scotch Pine, White Pine, Fraser Fir, Balsam Fir, Concolor Fir, Douglas Fir and Blue Spruce

Living Trees and Flocked Christmas Trees Available

Watch While Experts Make Wreaths Daily

Free shaking and wrapping of all trees

 


Christmas Trees

Reindeer
Better Homes and Gardens Photo
Successful Farming Magazine Photo
Wreaths
Gift Shop
Radko Ornaments
David Frykman
Christmas Collector Lines
Christmas Stories
Stands - $20 for a great stand
Directions to Farm
Christmas Tree Care
Why use a Real Christmas Tree?
Time Until Christmas

How long should a Christmas Tree Last? (Valentine's Day)
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History

The Captain Jack name began in 1977 when Bill Dennis started doing aerial traffic reports for WHO radio. Later WHO-TV and its FM station KLYF were added to the stations using Captain Jack traffic reports. Captain Jack has over 17,000 hours of flying time and over 2,000,000 miles of flying. (Prior to 1977, Bill was a flight instructor for private and commercial pilots and still holds current commercial airplane and commercial helicopter licenses). In addition to aerial traffic reports, Bill added aerial photography to the operation. Several thousand aerial photos are shot each year. Bill also started programming computers in the early 1980's when "home" computers first came out. Bill now enjoys Internet programming "HTML" and all of these pages were written by him. Bill also purchased his own Internet server in 1996 and now provides a direct connection to the Internet for business and personal sites using a fiber-optic line.

The Captain Jack Tree Farm was started in the Spring of 1984 when Bill and his wife Cicily purchased 40 acres of land for a Christmas tree farm near Saylorville Lake, just north of Des Moines, IA. That year 1,500 seedlings were planted. Today, the tree farm has grown to 75 acres and has approximately 50,000 evergreen trees and seedlings. Captain Jack's Tree Farm is a nursery as well as a "choose and cut" Christmas tree farm and specializes in evergreen species such as Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine and Blue Spruce.

The Christmas season is very special at Captain Jack's Tree Farm. Fresh cut trees can be flocked to create a snow covered appearance. Besides being able to choose and cut your own tree, the farm also offers Living Christmas Trees as an alternative to a freshly cut tree. These potted trees can be wintered and planted in your yard in the spring. Fresh roping and wreaths are made daily from fraser fir, balsam, and white pine and can be shipped anywhere in the U.S.

The Captain Jack Christmas Tree Farm operation includes a large heated showroom in which trees, wreaths, pointsettias, and merchandise are displayed. This Christmas showroom is now open year round displaying European hand blown glass ornaments and other Christmas collectibles which are available for sale.


 

In 1996, real reindeer were added including (2 ) 2 1/2 year old females and (1) 1/2 year old male.

The Captain Jack Tree Farm conducts guided tours of the farm and the operation. Groups such as garden clubs, student class field trips- from pre-school through college, county extension groups, senior citizens, scouts and curious individuals! Please call ahead to make a tour appointment (515) 964-8500.

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