THE AISSENS | Aissen Tree Farm | Luxemburg WI

ABOUT

Where your family's Christmas tradition begins

We (Jeff and Tammy Aissen) are 3rd generation Christmas tree growers that planted our first trees in the spring of 1989. We have 2 children, Skyla- 27 married to her husband Nathan Vanderbloemen - 29, Garrit - 23, his girlfriend Ashlyn - 21, & our 4 German Shepherds... its a dog zoo! Fraser (8) Fraser, Claus (3), Moses & Cane (2). Both of our children have become actively involved in the tree farm as they have grown.

For 11 years, we sold Christmas trees on a retail lot in Green Bay before moving our business out to our farm in 2000. This move allowed us to expand into the gift shop, choose and cut trees, and pre-cut trees. Every year our business has grown and has become a popular location for families to make memories while they find that perfect tree. It continues to be a rewarding journey as each year present its own challenges but even more fond memories.

We even had some Packer players come visit us during our Christmas season including Donald Driver, Mike McCarthy, AJ Hawk, and Matt Flynn.

Voted one of the top 10 Christmas Tree Farms in Wisconsin in 2018 and 2019.

Featured in:

-Living the Country Life Magazine - Dec. 2009

- Edible Door Magazine - Fall 2014

Tammy is 3rd generation Christmas tree farmer. Her grandfather, Claude Hess, sold Christmas trees in Milwaukee and purchased land in Wisconsin Rapids. His 2 sons, Donald and Ken Hess started Hess & Sons Tree Farm in Wisconsin Rapids. They sold 40,000 trees per year from their 500+ acres of land throughout the United States including Texas, Florida, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota and all the Stein's stores in Wisconsin. Tammy's parents, Don & Arlene Hess, and her brother Gary Hess are still selling Christmas trees after 60 years but have downscaled to a small retail lot harvesting off of their 9 acres. Tammy met Jeff in 1986 and were married in 1988 when they decided to move to Green Bay to start their own business.

Jeff grew up in Allouez, Green Bay and attended the University of Minnesota where he received his degree in Mechanical Engineering. Jeff was offered a job in Wisconsin Rapids at Consolidated Papers and met Tammy through a city intermural basketball league where Tammy's two brother's played.

In 2016 she purchased the property across the road from the tree farm at the age of 19 and has thousands of trees already planted for future generations. She graduated from UWGB with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Marketing. Skyla also works year round on the tree farm tending fields, making bows, helping with the gift shop, working with customers, and updating the website.

Skyla, 27, has entrepreneurship in her blood. It started back in 2009 at the age of 9 making the famous Kissingballs.

our customers and works all summer mowing, weed controlling, and tending to the trees. He is also in charge of managing our trees and helping customers during the Christmas season. He also works full time as a credit analyst at Bank of Luxemburg.

Ashlyn, 21, has been working on the tree farm since 8th grade helping with Kissingballs, field work, gift shop, & more!

Garrit, 23, graduated from Hillsdale Collage in Michigan pursuing a degree in mathematics and was the quarterback for the football team. He is now our field manager, keeping our property clean and presentable for

Nathan grew up as our neighbor and would come fishing in our pond from a young age. At the age of 11, he started helping us on our farm & helped Skyla with her kissing balls from the very beginning. Nathan and Skyla worked together for the past 13 years building the business and got married on February 22nd, 2020. Nathan has taken on several rolls on the farm including tree manager during the Christmas season.

They took their entrepreneurial skills to the next level and renovated the barn on their property to become a wedding venue! The Bloemen Barn is currently open for 2025-2026 weddings and runs May-October. For more information you can visit their website at bloemenbarn.com.