picking the right tree

Give your tree a drink! 

Cut Christmas trees are like cut flowers; to keep them fresh they need water. The best way of doing this is to place the tree in a water holding stand. If you replenish the water daily, the tree is likely to remain fresh all the way through the festive period. Most importantly it will then not drop its needles.

There is no real alternative

If you want the real feel and smell of Christmas you cannot beat a real Christmas tree. In fact if you care about the environmet then you need to buy a real tree. Each tree absorbs carbon dioxide from the air as it grows, and also provides a natural habitat for many birds and insects.

Longer than you think!

It takes 10 years to grow a tree 2 metres tall. The seed is grown in a nursery for 2 to 3 years, and then the Christmas tree sapling is dug up and planted out in the fields where it is cultivated for roughly another year per foot of additional growth.

Yes, the trees and the plantations are the home for thousands of insects and bird species.
Growing Christmas trees is a long term project. As soon as a trees is removed they are replaced by at least 2 or 3 new trees; These smaller trees harbour insects and birds and a completely new eco-system starts to grow within the trees. Although some animals are harmful to the trees they are good for the eco-system, therefore our growers divert the animals from the vulnerable trees without harming them. Even harvested and used Christmas trees can be used as natural cover for wildlife.

It is believed that the tradition of Christmas trees started in Central Europe.

Prince Albert is widely acknowledged as making Christmas trees fashionable in Great Britain, bringing the tradition from Europe. However the use of greenery for celebration arose much earlier than Christmas trees. It was widley believed in early times that if you brought a green tree into the house you brought in the good spirits! It was a sign of growth and light in the darkness of Winter.

Look at our Christmas tree calender on this page!

We have designed this to help you get the utmost enjoyment out of your tree! Links will take you to what type of tree is right for you, where the trees are grown, how to look after it when you get it home, and facts and advice on nearly every Christmas tree question you can think of! We have even developed a post code link which will enable you and your family to track down where you can buy the right type of Needlefresh tree nearest to your home. We hope you enjoy your Christmas tree and all the festive fun that it brings!