Garrett FitzGerald, Owner of Tree Gulls, Christmas Trees Now for Sale at 199 West Commercial Street, Portland. Sale Ends on December 24th or When the Trees are Sold Out.
Garrett FitzGerald Cuts a Tree Down to a Smaller Size for Customer.
A Display of Original Pottery By Two Instructors at Portland Pottery, Washington Avenue, for Sale Today. The Potters are: Teresa Pennington and Guenola Lefeuvre. “We are Water Proof,” as the Drizzle Turned to Downpour said Teresa. The Craft Fair is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Only.
Christmas Trees, Crafts and Hot Cider Drinks by Cocktail Mary for Sale at 199 West Commercial Street.
Portlanders need go no farther than 199 West Commercial Street to buy this year’s Christmas Tree – beautiful, full trees that were trucked down from a tree farm in Aroostook County the day before Thanksgiving on an 18-wheeler. “They don’t get much fresher than this,” said Garrett FitzGerald as he sold tree after tree to customers who pulled off Commercial Street at the sign on the west end of Portland.
Garrett, his wife Tegan Curry and her business partner Kirsty Mogensen, received shipment of 500 fragrant oh so fragrant balsam fur trees in two parts – the last shipment arriving from a Van Buren tree farm yesterday. The apartment size trees have sold out, but some 6′ – 9′ trees are still available. If you need an apartment size tree, Garrett will “cut to fit” your room requirements and adjust the cost accordingly. The cost is $50. and upwards of that.
The sale of real trees has been brisk this year. Perhaps its because people are looking for somewhere outdoor to buy this year because of the restrictions on indoor shopping the pandemic has put on shopping. People are not traveling home to family this year because of the pandemic either. So for the first time young couples are looking for their own tree offered Garrett, a native of Prince Edward Island, as explanation for the brisk sales on the west end.
Some are so tired of being cooped up at home and working remotely in such unwanted isolation. So a chance to enjoy a family outing is paramount these days. Even as the rain started falling around mid-afternoon, people were still pulling over and purchasing a real tree for the holidays.
Via word-of-mouth craft vendors were invited to participate in the outdoor sale at no cost to them – on weekends only. About a dozen showed up and displayed their goods. Handsomely made face masks, pottery and jewelry from local craftsmen and women were on sale.
Mhn.com first met Garrett FitzGerald in 2013 when he opened his handsomely restored Portland & Rochester Public House, 118 Preble Street, Portland. After several years he decided to shut it down in order to focus on his Lobster Pound business in Bar Harbor. Coals Pizza now occupies that Preble Street location and is using much of the original furnishings installed by Garrett. Now he’s ready to return to Portland with his second Bar Harbor Lobster Co. next summer on the same location – 199 West Commercial Street.
“Tree Gull” is open seven days a week from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm. It will remain open until December 24th or until the trees are sold out.
“We’ll be back next year selling Christmas trees here. It’s really been fun,” Garret said. For information on the Portland & Rochester Public House, please visit post herein dated August 20, 2013.
Please fast forward to a post herein dated Novemberf 27, 2021 for information on this year’s Christmas Tree Sale at 199 West Commercial Street.