Rob Henderson’s holly orchard brings a little magic to the holidays written by Catie Joyce-Bulay Born and raised on Whidbey Island, Rob Henderson has been working on his family’s holly farm since he was a boy, when, he said, he first fell in love with the orchard. It takes up to sixty years before holly trees are large enough to harvest, said Henderson, whose 800-tree orchard was planted in the 1950s. Henderson bought the farm’s current site from avid amateur horticulturalist Virginia Morrel, who helped design Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum. The farm has seven types of holly trees, including some … Continue reading Love at First Blush: Tending a holly orchard on Whidbey Island