Farm History
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Roth’s Hillside Tree Farm
182 N. Main Street
Holland, NY 14080
The history of the farm dates back to 1903 when Phillip Roth
bought the farm. The farm had a gas well (and still has one
today) that furnished gas for the village of Holland for a
number of years. Throughout the ownership of the farm,
Phillip operated it as a dairy farm for a number of years until
his death. The farm was then passed along to his son Millard
Roth and his siblings.
Millard continued the dairy farm along with his wife Grace
from the 1940’s to the late 80’s. The farm grew over time
including the construction of the main cow barn (1957) which
still stands today serving as storage for the equipment, farm
shop, and displaying of our pre-cut trees in the hayloft.
Millard and Grace raised three children Millard (Moe), Robert
(Bob), and Sandy who did what they could around the farm,
especially at haying time. When Millard passed in 1992 the
farm was taken over by his wife Grace and they’re three
children.
Upon Millard’s passing in ‘92, the dairy business of the farm had ended.
In 1992 Bob along with his son Rob and Moe began to plant Christmas
trees on roughly 55 of the 290+ acre farm. This was the beginning of the
tree farm at this point. Bob along with his wife Laurie and their three
children Jeremy, Rob, and Kathy continue to work on the farm.
Since the planting of the trees in ‘92, more and more acres of the farm
quickly transitioned from cow pastures and hay fields to Christmas tree
fields and Bob’s vision of a Christmas tree farm was becoming a reality.
After many years of growing the trees, in 2001 Roth’s Hillside Tree Farm
officially opened for business! The Christmas Shop located across from
the barn was built in 1999. As the farm expanded the need for a second
and a third barn was constructed in 2005 and 2019.
One of the U-Cut fields located along the Cazenovia Creek.
The waterfalls up on the farm, measuring about
40 feet high nestled in between one of the
farms many ravines. At the deepest point, this
ravine measures just over 100 feet deep.
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182 N. Main Street Holland, NY 14080
Phone:
(716) 860-7012 or (716) 697-5251