Christmas Tree Sustainability

Sustainability and Environmental Benefits 

Blue Diamond Garden Centres only sell trees from growers who use sustainable methods of Christmas tree growing. For every tree cut down, our growers plant another 3 saplings, in effect creating a man-made Christmas tree forest. These forests provide habitats for local wildlife, local jobs and help the environment too.

Storing Carbon Dioxide

Release of carbon dioxide into the air can contribute to air pollution climate change. Real Christmas trees have the ability to store carbon dioxide.

Real Christmas trees capture and store carbon dioxide as they grow and release oxygen. In a 9-year life cycle, a Nordmann Fir Christmas tree stores about 16 kg of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

On a Christmas tree farm, this works out at 13 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare, per year, which is twice as much as traditional deciduous forests.

The reason for the high Carbon Dioxide capture rate by Christmas trees is that they are grown close together as an agricultural crop. Each tree has several generations of needles – every year when a Christmas tree grows, a new generation of needles is added to the tree increasing the tree’s Carbon Dioxide capture.

Trees that are fed with fertiliser are generally healthier and grow faster than non-fertilised or organic Christmas Trees. The speed of the growth of fertilised trees increases the Carbon Dioxide capture to approximately double that of non-fertilised and organic trees.

By capturing Carbon Dioxide, Christmas trees help to eliminate Greenhouse Effects. 

Transport

Our growers deliver Christmas trees to Blue Diamond Garden Centres direct from their Christmas tree farms so ensuring less miles are travelled and trees spend a minimum amount of time in transit which guarantees all trees in our centres are fresh and eco-friendly.

Chipping & composting

Chipping and composting are the best method of disposing of a Christmas tree. It means that a Christmas tree serves another useful purpose in parks and gardens and has negligible or even negative Carbon Dioxide emissions. It is much better than sending it to landfill.