Whether you buy fresh each year or have artificial, we all love a Christmas tree
There are pros and cons to live trees and artificial ones. All have a carbon impact, but there are ways of minimising the carbon footprint of your tree.
Artificial trees.
If you can reuse the same tree for a number of years the carbon footprint of its manufacture will reduce over time. However, you do need space to store it for the other 11 months of the year, and many trees can look worn after a few years.
Live trees
Try to buy local, the forestry commission have trees for sale, unfortunately no locations in Warwickshire. Your local garden centre will have trees, you can always ask where they came from.
Variety
There are increasing range of trees available, some hold their needles longer, others have more pine scent. The main thing is it fits in the your space.
Cut or rooted Christmas trees?
A pot grown Christmas tree is alive and can be planted out after Christmas, making a useful addition to your garden. However, these trees do grow, and can start to dominate your space after a number of years. If you choose to plant your Christmas tree Chopwell are here to help you manage and prune it!
A pot grown tree will not thrive if it is dug up each year to become your indoor Christmas tree. If you want to keep a pot grown tree to bring in each year it maybe better for the tree to be repotted in a slightly larger pot after Christmas and managed as an outside pot plant with plenty of watering and feeding.
Cut Christmas trees are most common. If you can keep the cut end moist, by standing it in water whilst in the house it will last longer. After Christmas how you get rid of your tree can impact your carbon footprint. Warwickshire refuse collections will collect your tree and compost it or you can take it to the tip. This is one of the most environmentally friendly ways to dispose of it.
Seasons Greetings from Chopwell Trees!
