The Maplewood Farm

On Behalf of our entire family we would like to thank everyone who visited our Christmas Tree Lot this year (2009). Congratulations to all the following winners this year! Colleen Barteax for winning the Christmas Surprise Basket which also included a gift certificate and a Christmas outdoor inflatable lawn ornament! Carolyn Nelson & Chris Woodburn for the gift certificates, maple butter, christmas ornaments! Hope to see you all again next year! Thanks to everyones support we will see you again next year! We would also love to thank all our friends and workers for there help to run the lot and provide great customer service to all our customers.

Thanks Again,

Rex & Bonnie Veinot,

Ryan Veinot and family, &

Venessa Lambert and family

If you have any questions or comments you would like to pass on to us please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear from you! All our contact information is listed under the "Contact Us" tab.

We are pleased to anounce that we will once again be setting up our Christmas Tree Lot in the parking lot of the Joseph Howe Superstore on December 1st 2009. On behalf of our entire family we look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Tree Lots. We would also like to wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

http://www.novascotia.ca/natr/woodlot/woya/2009.asp

Congratulations to Rex Veinot and family of Lunenburg County, the 2009 Provincial and Western Region Winners of the Woodlot Owner of the Year (WOYA). Rex and his family were chosen as regional winners in May 2009 and selected as provincial winners in June.

The Veinot family woodlot, Maplewood Maple Syrup and Christmas Tree Farm, is located in Maplewood, Lunenburg County. Rex says his favourite thing is the smell of maple sugar in the sugar shack, but the 350-acre (142-hectare) woodlot extends well beyond that shack and the home that his great-grandfather also lived in. The woodlot exhibits long-term sound forestry practices, including an emphasis on mixed species and uneven-aged stands management.

It's no surprise that the Veinot family won the provincial Woodlot Owner of the Year Award 13 years ago, that Rex has served as past president of the Lunenburg County Christmas Tree Producers' Association, and that many people have enjoyed wagon tours of his woodlot over the years. This beautiful property includes a large sugar bush and many varieties of Christmas trees, with interspersed apple trees for wildlife. Rex has installed several nest boxes for birds and bats around the woodlot and is hoping to work with local Boy Scouts to install even more boxes. He has also carefully maintained streams, ponds, and riparian areas for habitat, A hundred years ago, a neighbour claimed that a pristine natural spring on the woodlot had healing properties! All the activities on this woodlot contribute not only to the local economy, but also to the export market.

The Veinot family woodlot has been kept healthy through thoughtful management. Rex is a big advocate of management plans, and has been continually updating his since 1978. His vision is to ensure the woodlot is healthy and intact in the future. Rex is the fourth generation to run the woodlot, and is hoping to pass it onto the fifth and sixth generations, continuing the legacy.