The Thousand Trees · One of this year’s recipients

One thousand trees,
back into Miller’s Farm.

Order from anywhere in the U.S.

You don’t need to live in the Pacific Northwest. We plant the tree here, and your keepsake and Certificate of Honor ship free to your door, anywhere in the U.S.

Every wreath we bind begins on a family farm. Each year, our partner farms receive the Thousand Trees, and Miller’s Family Farm is one of this year’s recipients. Next spring, one thousand fir seedlings go into its ground in a single weekend, planted by our Founding Circle and local schoolchildren. Every one of the thousand is an honor tree, planted in one of two groves: the Veterans’ Grove, for those who served, and the Elders’ Grove, for those who have lived ninety years or more. Every tree already dedicated goes into the ground that weekend, exactly as promised.

Protect the land beneath us all.

Honor a Veteran Honor an Elder
A child pressing soil around a newly planted fir seedling

Two groves · One thousand honor trees

A name on every tree, and a life behind every name.

Sovereign Fir is co-founded by a 100% disabled veteran. These groves are our thanks to the people who came before us: those who served, and those who have carried their families for ninety years and more. Name someone living, or someone you have lost.

The Veterans’ Grove
For those who served

Each tree is tagged with the veteran’s name, branch and years of service. A father, a grandmother, a friend from the unit, a neighbor who never talks about it.

The Elders’ Grove
For those ninety and over

Each tree is tagged with their name and the year they were born. Ninety years, one tree, and a forest that will outlive us all.

Local schoolchildren read every name as they plant. Honorees and their families are welcome on planting Sunday. Every honor tree pays for its seedling, stake and tag, and three years of care on the farm. Nominate a veteran →

Why a thousand

The wreaths come from the land. The trees go back to it.

The land
Return what the wreaths take

Every season we cut boughs from family farms. A thousand seedlings replant more than a season of wreaths ever asks of Miller’s Farm, and they hold the hillside soil while they grow.

The names
A name on every tree

Every tree honors a veteran or an elder of ninety years or more, by name, in life or in memory, and you receive its row and tree number.

The trees
Douglas, noble and grand fir

Seedlings native to the Inland Northwest, planted at the farm’s spacing.

The people
Planted by hand, not by contract

No planting crew. The Founding Circle and local schoolchildren plant every tree, so the forest has a thousand people who remember putting it there.

Planting weekend · April

Two days, one hillside.

When the ground has thawed and the seedlings are still dormant. Saturday belongs to the schools; Sunday to the Founding Circle. Each planter is paired with a farm hand, given a tray of seedlings, and sent down a marked row.

Sat 9:00

Schools arrive. Welcome at the barn, how to plant a fir

Sat 9:30

Children plant and tag their trees, row by row

Sat 12:00

Lunch, hot cocoa, and a photograph with every tree

Sun 10:00

The Founding Circle plants its named rows

Sun 1:00

Long-table lunch in the barn; the last tree goes in

Rows of fir seedlings ready for planting

The Founding Circle

The first hundred names on the land.

The Founding Circle is the families, firms and patrons who stand behind Sovereign Fir from its first season. Each member plants their own row on Sunday, and each row carries their name for as long as the trees stand.

Ask about membership
i.
Your own named row

A row of firs on Miller’s Farm, marked with your family or firm name.

ii.
Planting Sunday

Plant beside the farm family, then a long-table lunch in the barn.

iii.
A yearly report

Photographs and the growth of your row, sent each autumn.

Three children planting a young fir together

Schools

A tree for every child.

On Saturday, classes from local schools come to the farm by bus. Every child plants a seedling, writes its tag, and leaves with a photograph of their tree. Each autumn the class returns to measure how far it has grown.

  • Free for every school; the bus and lunch are covered
  • Grades 2 through 8, up to 40 children per class
  • A short classroom lesson on forests and soil before the visit
  • A return visit each autumn to measure the trees
Bring your class

Honor a veteran or an elder

Put a name in the ground.

One tree
An honor tree
$35

One fir in the Veterans’ Grove or the Elders’ Grove, tagged with the name of the person you honor. Comes with an engraved wood ornament or magnet, a provenance card from the farm, and a Certificate of Honor, shipped free to your door anywhere in the U.S.

Dedicate
A family of service
Five honor trees
$100

Honor up to five people. Everything in the $35 gift, plus a personalized ornament or magnet engraved with the name you choose, and a Certificate of Honor for every tree. Shipped free to your door, anywhere in the U.S.

Dedicate five
A classroom
Trees for a class
$1,200

Thirty trees, the bus and the lunch for one school class on Saturday.

Sponsor
A row
A named row of honor
$2,500

Fifty honor trees for the veterans or elders of your community, in a row carrying your family or business name, planted on Founding Circle Sunday.

Dedicate

Every dedication pays for a seedling, its stake and tag, and three years of care on the farm. You receive the row and tree number, a printed honor certificate, and a photograph from planting weekend.

The Veterans’ Grove · Nominations

Nominate a veteran to be honored.

Tell us about a veteran who should have a tree in the Veterans’ Grove, living or in memory. Nominated veterans receive sponsored trees, in the order names arrive, as local businesses fund each row. Families may also dedicate a tree directly for $35.

Thank you. Your nomination has reached us, and a Sovereign Fir team member will be in touch to confirm the name on the tag.

Sponsor the planting weekend

Put your name behind the day.

Local businesses can sponsor the April planting weekend: the school buses, the lunches and the trees the children plant. Sponsors are named on the planting sign and in the yearly growth report sent each autumn.

Ask about sponsoring

Why it matters

The land is waiting to be replanted.

Forests across the West are not being replanted as fast as they are lost. Here is what we found, and where we found it.

Sources

  1. California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires, CalMatters, July 2026
  2. How New Mexico is building a forest by solving a seedling shortage, Source NM, April 2026
  3. Restoring a future for our forests through the REPLANT Act, American Forests

Stay in touch

Hear when the trees go in.

Planting day, holiday delivery dates and new partner farms. A few emails a year, never more.

No spam, and you can leave any time.

Miller’s Family Farm · One of this year’s recipients

The wreath on the door. The tree in the ground.

A portion of every wreath goes to the Thousand Trees, putting back more than our work takes from the land.

wendy@hellosovereignfir.com

Protect the land beneath us all.