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ABOUT
The Corkum Family Farm
Cultivating Memories Since 1995
For more than 35 years, the Corkum family has been growing plants, cultivating Christmas tree traditions, and helping customers bring their outdoor spaces to life. As a family-owned and operated business, Corkum’s Tree Farm & Landscape Design combines generations of horticultural knowledge with hands-on experience and a personal commitment to quality.
Alice, John, and James are involved in the day-to-day operations of both the farm and landscape business. From growing and caring for plants to designing and creating beautiful outdoor spaces, they take pride in offering knowledgeable service and quality work throughout the year.
Meet the Family
Alice
Plants have been a part of Alice’s life from the beginning. Having grown up on a nursery and Christmas tree farm, she is the third generation of her family to work in the nursery business. Her lifelong passion for plants and horticulture continues to shape her work at Corkum’s.
Alice is involved in all aspects of the business, with a particular focus on customer service, landscape design, and the care of the farm’s potted plants. She also oversees much of the farm’s administrative operations, helping ensure the farm is prepared for each growing season.
John
With more than 20 years of experience in plant growing, landscaping, and farm operations, John brings a wealth of practical knowledge to the business. Although he did not grow up on a farm, his rural upbringing and love of working outdoors made the transition a natural fit.
John handles much of the hands-on landscape work, including bed preparation, planting, mulching, and wall construction. He also plays an important role in the daily upkeep of the farm and its equipment, helping keep operations running smoothly throughout the year.
James
Having spent most of his life on the farm, James has developed a deep appreciation for plants, landscaping, and the natural world. He has taken on an increasingly important role in the landscape business, contributing to both design and installation.
James is also closely involved in maintaining the farm’s Christmas trees. Each spring, he plants thousands of young trees, helping cultivate future seasons of holiday tradition. Beyond Christmas trees, he has expanded the farm’s plantings to include fruit trees, berry bushes, and a large vegetable garden.
Preserving Our Agricultural Heritage
In 1998, the family enrolled their 40-acre farm in the Montgomery County Farmland Preservation Program, a partnership involving Montgomery County and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Through the program, the family sold the development rights to the property, permanently preserving the farm for agricultural use. Farmland preservation helps safeguard the agricultural heritage of the region, keeping working farms productive and protecting open space for the future. The Corkum family is proud to be part of this effort and to continue caring for the land that has been central to their business for decades. John further supports these efforts through his service as a farmer representative on the Montgomery County Agricultural Preservation Board.
To learn more about farmland preservation in Montgomery County, visit the Montgomery County Farmland Preservation Program.
