Wreaths are made with the tips of balsam fir trees, harvested by hand by snapping off about 1 to 2 feet from the end of a branch. If harvested too early in the season, the needles will fall off.
Will Sutton, who co-owns Balsam Acres Christmas Tree Farm in Worcester along with his wife Sue Sutton, said their farm lost 300 trees in the July 2024 flood, and 150 trees were lost in the 2023 flood.