12/20/2025
We just finished up our last day of another great season at Mt. Anthony Tree Farms. Thanks to everyone who came down to grab a fresh cut Vermont Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!
Mt. Anthony Tree Farms
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Offering cut-your-own Balsam and Fraser fir, conveniently located on Vermont Route 346.
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3583 VT/346
North Pownal, VT
05261
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About Us
The history of Mt. Anthony Farms and the Horst family begins in 1891, when Fritz and Bena Horst arrived in the United States from southern Germany. With little savings, but lots of ambition, they saved enough to buy their first farm in 1897. It was an old, beat-up house, barns and 17 acres on Pleasant Valley Road in Bennington, Vermont. They named it Mt. Anthony Farms, and raised eight children there. Over the years, they purchased more land and generated income from sheep, dairy cows, vegetables and eggs.
Today, more than 120 years later, Mt. Anthony Tree Farms is still actively farmed by the Horst family. Jim and Julie, the third generation, are the current owners, and their children, Fritz and Jessica, are also becoming involved. The farm has evolved from animals and annual crops to Christmas trees, with over 60,000 trees – almost exclusively Fraser and Balsam fir -- in various stages of production.
In 2013, we added to that total by purchasing additional land in nearby Pownal, Vermont. Prime river bottom, sandy loam soil, this parcel is ideally suited for Christmas tree production. In fact, the Rudd family successfully grew and sold trees there for many years. Since this purchase, we have planted roughly 3000 trees there annually.
