Business Manager Clair Skinner has been with Fannin Tree Farm for six years. (Lindsey Juarez Moncivais / Community Impact Newspaper)
As a child, Michael Fannin’s grandmother introduced him to the art of harvesting
young trees. She pointed to the saplings in her garden where squirrels had buried acorns. Using a spade, she carefully dug up the seedlings to replant them.
Fannin’s passion for nature continued into adulthood. He and his wife Cindy started a lawn care business where they discovered a market for growing and planting trees. So they founded the Fannin Tree Farm in Frisco in the 1970s.
Based in Frisco for more than 40 years, Fannin Tree Farm is the largest tree company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Although the founders are now retired, two of their sons are still running the day-to-day business, said business manager Clair Skinner.
The tree farm offers up to 20 tree species for sale and for display. The company only sells trees that are native to Texas or can thrive in the state’s climate, Skinner said.
“We stick to what we know and what is best for our area,” she said. “We’re not branching out.”
All of Fannin Tree Farm’s trees are sourced from the company’s growing ranch in Howe, Texas. There the trees are tended for a few years before they are transported to the 15 hectare farm in Frisco for sale.
“These trees are treated with great care,” Skinner said. “You are our heart and soul.”
Most of Fannin Tree Farm’s customers are residents looking for shade or ornamental trees for their home. Some of the most popular trees for homeowners are Vitex trees, which bloom in summer; live oak trees that are evergreen; and Chinese pistachio, the leaves of which turn red in autumn.
The tree farm also works with businesses and municipalities. Fannin Tree Farm has contracts with the towns of Frisco, McKinney and Irving, Skinner said.
Trees comes with a one-year warranty, but Skinner said the relationship between Fannin Tree Farm and its customers doesn’t end at this point. She said the company takes pride in helping its customers take care of the trees when they go “home forever” in it.
“The Fannin difference is that our customer service is as important on the back as it is on the front,” Skinner said. “We work really hard to help our customers with everything. … We don’t just sell you your tree and say goodbye after a year. We have lifelong customers. “
Fannin Tree Farm
15700 SH 121, Frisco
972-747-9233
www.fannintreefarm.com
Opening times: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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