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Happy Birthday to the Stars and Stripes
Happy Birthday to our flying symbol of freedom! Flag Day or Flag Birthday was said to have originated in 1885 by a school teacher and his class observing June 14th as the anniversary of the official adoption of the Stars and Stripes. In 1889 another school teacher in New York City planned a celebration for his students and that [...]
Spring Is Here!
Spring Fundraiser Season is here and Tree In A Box is here to help. Spring officially showed up in the Northern Hemisphere at 9:15am (PDT) on Tuesday, March 20th. Like many of you, I have been waiting months to get outside and soak up some sun while working on my spring “To Do” list. Now that spring is here, [...]
Olympic Spirit
Olympic SpiritLike many of you I have been watching various events in this years Olympic Games. Now many of the “Big” events are great to watch, but I also like to dive into the more obscure events that people ask “Is this a real Olympic event?” While both Winter and Summer games have their respective obscure events, lets look [...]
Clean Air Purifier
Some take clean air for granted, while others perhaps have never seen clean air and blue sky as a daily occurrence. We have all heard the stories of how pollution has had massive impacts on China. A study published in The Lancet reported that in 2015 1.8 million people in China were killed due to air pollution related issues. [...]
Don't Fence Me In (Maybe do)
Recently, like many, I was traveling for the holidays and my travels took me through the Rocky Mountain Region. As we cruised along the highway I got a question from my daughter that caught me slightly off guard. To give a little background, I grew up in this area of the country so this particular [...]
Interesting Christmas Lore
Christmas traditions vary around the US but there are even more Christmas traditions that are fascinating to learn about. If you live in a certain region of Spain you may have the tradition of placing a Caganer figure in amongst the rest of your nativity scene. However, you may want to rethink that tradition since the [...]
What is a Tree Worth?
Many people quantify the worth of a tree by calculating how much lumber it will produce, how much paper it will make, or how warm it will keep us when we burn it. While others think outside of that wooden box when it comes to the value of trees.No matter which way you think about trees, we can [...]
Crater Lake and its Natural Beauty
Nothing quite compares to the wonder and awe of nature’s beauty. The Tree In A Box family was fortunate enough to recently take a trip to Oregon to visit Crate Lake. We were able to take in the stunning views of this National Park. It is truly amazing that we are lucky enough to have these natural wonders to [...]
Happy Father's Day and Graduation Season
Happy Father’s day and Congratulations Graduate two great milestones celebrated very close to each other. How do you memorialize an event in a way people will remember and one that won’t end up in the trash or recycle bin? Something unique that the recipient will not get duplicates of and even if they do, it is great to have more than one [...]
April Tree Promotion
All orders placed now through April 30th will receive a 10% discount on retail prices of standard and custom grow your own tree kits. It is not too late to get your Earth Day and Arbor Day orders in! Show friends, family. customers, and employees how much you care about the environment by giving them [...]
