christmas

All our trees for indoor use are Nordman Fir (Abies Nordmaniana) which grow more slowly than the traditional Christmas tree (Norway Spruce) and are well known for their needle retention properties and rich, glossy foliage.

There is a popular misconception that cutting down millions of trees each year is environmentally unfriendly and that we should use artificial trees. Christmas trees are specially grown as crops, often on poor soil that wouldn't support anything else, harvested and then replaced each year to sustain numbers. Plantations act as nature reserves supporting a wide range of wildlife and birds. Every tree converts up to 12kg of carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon collectively removing about 5m tones of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere throughout Europe. After Christmas all our trees are recycled as mulch. Artificial tree manufacture uses fossil fuels and releases harmful gases into the environment both in production and disposal. We do not supply artificial trees!