The NCTA Board of Directors approved updates to the National Tree and Wreath Contest rules for 2021; the updated rules have been sent to the state and regional associations are posted in the Member Center on the NCTA website. To be eligible to enter the national contest, growers must have been selected as a top two winner at their state or regional affiliated chartered association contest and been a member in good standing of NCTA and their respective state or regional association at the time of their contest. Entry forms are available from the state and regional associations, who must certify the grower as a winner of their contest and an official entrant from their association into the national contest.

The 2021 National Tree and Wreath Contest will be held August 6, 2021 in West Jefferson, North Carolina in conjunction with the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association meeting at Shatley Farms. Entry deadline for the 2021 contest is July 22, 2021.

Go to the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association for more information on the meeting.