Our Christmas Tree Harvest

1) We plant new saplings and young trees in our Christmas tree fields every year to replace the stock sold each festive season. The growing fields support a large ecology of wildlife by offering a fantastic, safe haven for birds, insects and small mammals that seek shelter and food amongst the growth.

We plant Christmas trees as ‘draw trees’ with native trees in between. As the Christmas trees are harvested, we leave the native species on some part of the Christmas tree growing area to develop into native English woodland.

2) Our trees are cut or dug fresh on a regular basis each year to ensure the tree you receive is fresh and healthy. Our Christmas tree growing fields sit at 250 metres (750ft) above sea level, producing strong, healthy trees.

3) We know that part of the fun of selecting your own tree is personally ensuring it is exactly what you are looking for. When you place an order with us, our experienced nursery staff will carefully select your tree making sure it is fresh, health and meets any requirement you've indicated in the notes to your order. We regularly replenish the stock on our garden centre so there are always plenty of fine specimens of all types, shapes and sizes for our internet pickers to choose from.

Ordering your Christmas tree online from Jackson's Nurseries

4) Place your order online through our secure website. We offer a wide selection of trees for delivery to anywhere in the UK within a 2 day delivery window of your choice (excludes Sundays). You can place your order in advance then relax with the piece of mind that we will take care of everything for you.

Our selection includes the low needle drop Nordmann Fir, traditional Norway Spruce, tantalising Blue Spruce, ever-popular Fraser Fir for needle retention as good as Nordmann trees but with pine fragrance, Noble Fir with its bi-coloured needles, slim shaped Nordman Fir ideal for smaller spaces and finally, for those looking for something more unusual, our luxurious Lodgepole Pine trees.

 With so many to choose from, we've put together a handy guide on different types of real Christmas trees to help you choose.

5) Our Christmas tree pickers will scour the wide range of freshly cut trees on our garden centre to find the perfect one for you.

6) We try to use as little packaging as possible to avoid suffocating the tree while making sure we do not compromise on the safety and quality of your tree while in transit. As the first stage in the packaging process we will carefully net your tree to hold the branches upwards and ensure it has a safe journey by courier on the way to your chosen address.

7) We run a thick cane through the centre of the tree to help keep the parcel secure.

8) Then secure the branches at the base and laterals at the top of your tree using strong garden twine

9) Your tree is carefully wrapped into a sleeve ready for its next-day delivery.

10) And secured at both ends using cable ties (we hope you have a good knife or scissors ready at home to open this when it arrives!)

11) Nearly ready to go...

12) Our web sales team will print the postage label for your tree using our preferred courier, DX

13) Useful information to be included with your Important Shipping documents is printed, for example advice on how to plant your root balled tree out after Christmas if you're buying a dug rather than a cut tree.

14) The shipping label and important information is appended to your tree parcel ready for dispatch

15) Last but not least, your tree is collected from our Staffordshire garden centre by our preferred courier, DX, shipped to you overnight and delivered to your door within the 2 day delivery window you've chosen.

Contact Us for Advice

• All types of Christmas trees mentioned in this article can be purchased from our Christmas trees page.

• We know choosing the right tree can be a bit confusing at times, so we're here to help. Feel free to contact us at sales@jacksonsnurseries.co.uk or on 01782 502741 Monday to Friday 8am to 4:30pm if you have any questions.

   

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