Adopt a Christmas tree scheme

Those looking to be eco friendly this festive season can turn to a new scheme.

Todmorden-based Rooted will be hiring out Christmas trees in a bid to cut waste and global warming.

“A tree is not just for Christmas when adopted,” said Rooted founder Sara Tomkins who started her new venture after loosing her job at the start of the Corona Virus impact.

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“Our pot grown trees will support the Calder Valley by reducing waste and slowing the flow of our water ways.

“Our trees are green for life not just for Christmas. We also deliver to your door and collect ensuring all Covid-19 safety precautions are met during these difficult times.”

People can choose their tree, which will then be delivered in a recycled eco friendly pot with water reservoir for easy watering.

It will be collected after Christmas where it can carrying on growing in a pot in the ground during the year, ready to be used again in next

year’s celebrations.

Households can even adopt the same tree for further years.

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“Our trees are forever Christmas trees – you take December and I’ll do the rest,” added Sara.

She explained: “Pot-grown trees drink up the rain, slowing the flow for our rivers and absorbing CO2 so cleaning our air all year round, they also don’t add to our waste and help lower our carbon footprint.

“Growing Christmas trees in pots also reduce transport costs, is less land intensive and provides a constant supply of spruces.

“And once Rooted trees out grow their pots and homes, large trees will live forever as they are being donated to the charity Slow the Flow who support tree planting across the Calder Valley as part of natural flood management.”

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Sara has already committed to plant 500 trees on her land as part of Slow the Flow.

Sara is renting 150 three foot to five foot trees with an ambition to eventually offer 1000 trees a year to local residents and a pledge to plant 2030 trees by

2030.

Sara added: “The response to my new venture has been phenomenal.

“Pre-orders for our pot grown Norway Spruce Christmas trees in all sizes have gone through the roof and the positivity for our idea has been overwhelming.

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“Our trees are sourced in Yorkshire and then nurtured from 1 foot up to 8 foot tall in Todmorden.

“They smell like Christmas, have that perfect Christmas tree shape and because they are living they don’t shed their needles like cut trees when well watered.”

Calderdale Council make a tremendous effort to recycle dying trees after Christmas but the waste is still a problem.