Posts Tagged: Christmas

Get out there!

The Christmas break is a ideal time to get out there and enjoy local countryside.  After recent storms the forecast is reasonable and with decent shoes or wellies the outdoors awaits! In town Local parks and green spaces provide a welcome breather from shopping and eating.  We love strolling in Jephson Gardens, Leamington, St Nicholas… Read more »

It is time to talk Christmas Trees

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… Read more »

Last minute gifts

With just over a week to go to Christmas are you searching for last minute gifts? Here at Chopwell, this time of year is so busy with tidying up after storms and our scheduled work, that Christmas present shopping can be very last minute.  Here is our last minute gift guide! Green Virtual Presents With… Read more »

Christmas is almost here and like us you may have some gifts still buy, and perhaps be short of ideas too.  Let us help with our suggestions for last minute garden gifts! Practical Garden Gifts These may not be the most original, but they can be the most useful Compost bins – available online, in… Read more »

Green Christmas

Merry (Green) Christmas from all of us at Chopwell!! We hope you have a lovely break and are able to enjoy it, even though it may be a very different Christmas to other years. We are hoping for a Green Christmas, with the environment getting higher on the agenda, Christmas is a great time to… Read more »

Green Christmas?

We tend to link colour to Christmas – will it be a white Christmas or the muddy green brown shades of winter?  Whatever the weather, this year we are being encouraged to have a ‘green’, environmentally aware Christmas. We can all contribute to reducing the waste generated at Christmas.  It is easy to over cater… Read more »

White Christmas!

With the recent snow, like us at Chopwell, you may be dreaming of a White Christmas.  We will have to wait and see whether the cold continues or if more snow arrives later in the month.  At the moment, the view from my window is the perfect White Christmas scene. Look a bit closer and… Read more »

Christmas Present?

What do you want as your Christmas Present?  It’s the question that fills us with dread as we never know what to say. Christmas Presents are not traditionally plants for the garden, yet some winter flowering shrubs and small trees can add focus and interest to the otherwise dormant outside space. There are a number… Read more »

Creating an outdoor Christmas tree.

Originally Christmas trees were outdoor living specimens, decorated for Christmas, it is only relatively recently we have had the space and desire to have an indoor tree. If you have a tree, large shrub or hedge in your garden, you could decide to decorate it for Christmas. If you do, here are some handy hints… Read more »

Christmas tree with decorations

Christmas Trees; Caring for a Real Tree

If you prefer an artificial tree, and I admit there are some lovely ones about, then this blog post is not for you. However if, like us, you love to have a real tree, with its scent of pine in your home for Christmas, read on as we share our top 5 tips to keep… Read more »

Christmas tree with lights