Matt Bowman, the owner of Tradition Trees in Little Five Points, says Christmas trees grow about one foot a year and that there’s currently a shortage of trees taller than six feet.
“For a tree to get seven or eight feet tall, it usually takes about eight or nine years,” said Bowman, a guest on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
Bowman further explained that the tree shortage is due to a lack of trees being planted when the Great Recession hit.
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