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With the Rainford family farming vegetables and cereals at Catchdale Moss Farm for more than 150 years, Richard Rainford started to utilise the land to sell a handful of Christmas trees after leaving school in the 1970s. Although this idea began as a way to make a bit of extra cash at Christmastime, it has since taken on a life of its own with 'Rainford's Christmas Trees' going on to sell tens of thousands of trees to families, businesses, and councils over the years - while many now visit the farm for an "experience of Christmas". READ > Which baby names are the most popular in St Helens? Rainford's Christmas Tree Land also sells a wide selection of lights, decorations, wreaths, and gifts (Image: St Helens Star) Known as one of Merseyside's only home-grown Christmas Tree farms, there is a huge selection of trees on offer at Catchdale Moss Farm, from the Nordmann, Balsam, Noble, and Fraser Firs, as well as the Blue and Norway Spruces.
Selling a few thousand trees each year, Rainford's Christmas Trees has been a festive favourite for countless families across St Helens, with generations of families returning to the farm every year. And with Richard claiming that the farm was the first Christmas Tree business to..
. Conal Cunningham.
