For Sale3 Bedroom Commercial Property in Creetown, Dumfries & Galloway, DG8£2,000,000

A first-class and well-established Christmas tree farm in southwest Scotland with excellent income forecast, well-equipped handling facilities and three-bedroom farmhouse. History Garrocher Christmas Tree Farm is owned and operated by the wider James Craig Group that has agricultural roots stretching back to 1889. Garrocher Farm has been an established, well-respected, and well run business specialising in growing premium quality Christmas trees in sustainable plantations across southwest Scotland for over 25 years. Prestigious awards including the best Traditional Christmas Tree in the UK’s ‘tree Oscars’ in 2020 and impressive accolades including supplying Downing Street and the Ritz in London with their outdoor Christmas centrepiece trees highlight the excellent business and crop quality produced by the current owners. Land Description – 135.53 Ha (334.91 Acres) Garrocher Farm extends to over 300 acres of fertile and productive Solway coast farmland separated into three main blocks. The quality of the land varies across the site ranging from Grade 3(2) in the western parcel, known as Burns South, to 4(1), 4(2), 5(3) and 6(2) across the remainder of the holding. The land is predominantly flat or gently undulating, which combined with the favourable climate and free-draining soils create ideal growing conditions for Nordmann fir, with growth rates on the better land exceeding those seen in many other areas of Scotland and Europe. The planted area extends to about 245 acres in total and is split among 26 enclosures that all benefit from good quality perimeter deer fencing and are either accessed directly off the public road or via well-maintained farm tracks. Approximately 38 acres of land is currently down to fallow and bare land following harvesting of the first rotation and purchasers have the opportunity to replant this with Christmas trees or revert to an agricultural crop. Small bands and parcels of commercial conifers that were planted in 1993 and broadleaves scattered across the property add diversity and amenity value to a well-located, productive, and well-managed Christmas tree farm. Growing Crop Planting of the existing crop has taken place between 2009 and 2023 with Nordmann fir being the predominant species. Additional species including Norway spruce, Fraser fir, Abies lasiocarpa, Korean fir and Lodgepole pine are also planted in smaller numbers across the property adding diversity to a well-balanced crop. The Christmas tree crop included within the sale extends to over 300,000 trees of varying ages and size. Nordmann firs account for 87% of the planted area with over 262,000 trees across the site. The average age profile of this crop is heavily weighted to younger trees with approximately 220,000 being planted from 2019 onwards. This provides prospective purchasers with a first-class Christmas Tree farm approaching its highest income generating lifecycle that will produce an excellent income stream in the next four years with income of over £1.7 million forecasted. The remaining Nordmanns and additional species provide a mixture of larger and smaller trees that allow purchasers to target a wide selection of Christmas tree markets across Scotland and England. A summary of the crop composition and age can be seen below. As a result of the very experienced management team, from the outset, emphasis has been placed on producing the best quality trees for the right markets. A carefully managed and rigorous programme of pruning, weeding, spraying, fertilising, sheering and soil sampling has been employed from planting right through to harvesting in order to optimise growth rates and tree shapes to satisfy the demands of the market and maximise returns. Annual harvesting and crop selection is shortly about to get under way with a number of wholesale orders currently being placed for 2024. Estimated forecast tree numbers and sales to be harvested across the site can be seen opposite. Garrocher Farm offers a purchaser the potential of a significant income stream over the next four years. Trees identified to form part of the current year’s harvest (2024) which total 8,829 will be specifically excluded from the sale and harvested and sold by the seller. Since ownership, the property has been continuously managed as a commercial Christmas tree farm for the purpose of wholesale tree sales with an excellent client base all over Scotland and England. A prospective purchaser has the opportunity to continue to run and utilise this successful business model or may look to revert the land back to its original agricultural form to create a well located and extremely attractive farming enterprise This property has 334.89463 acres of land.