2022 & Previous Years' Recognitions & Awards

Rifton Farm Nursery was featured in the 2022 issue of the Blue Ridge Mountains Travel in "The 10 Best Christmas Tree Farms in Virginia!" Read full story here

Rifton Farm & Nursery's Tree at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond in 2019. 1st place winner in the Virginia Christmas Tree Association's contest!

One our our premium trees featured on the cover and article in the Virginia Living Magazine!

2019 1st Place Winner, White Pine, in
the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association
Annual Tree Contest!

2018 2nd Place Winner, White Pine, in
the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association's
Annual Tree Contest!

We were featured in the Roanoke Times, Virginia section front page on Sunday, November 27, 2016!

Robert O'Keeffe, owner of Rifton Farm & Nursery, made the front page of the VIRGINIA section of the The Roanoke Times on Sunday, November 27, above the fold!

PILOT — Will Gaynor knew exactly what his family was hunting Saturday morning.
By Travis Williams, travis.williams@roanoke.com, 381-1643

2016 - Roanoke WDBJ 7 and Channel 27 interviewed Robert O'Keeffe at Rifton Farm & Nursery in Pilot today about caring for fresh cut trees and his award winning trees going to the Governor's Mansion on November 30.

Again 2015, at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association, we won a Blue Ribbon for the 3rd time, with a Colorado Blue Spruce, and were the overall Grand Champion! We presented the Official Christmas Tree to the Governor's Mansion on November 30