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28
Oct 2020
Downing Street Christmas tree chosen in Harrogate today
A competition to find a Christmas tree for Downing Street was held in Harrogate today.
Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen, from Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm, and Peter Wright from The Yorkshire Vet were joined by last year's winners from Devon and Leicestershire to judge the entries.
The competition has been running since 1999 but this is the first time it has been held in Harrogate. It is also the first time celebrity judges have been invited.
Due to covid, the participants were unable to attend in person.
They sent their trees to the Great Yorkshire Showground where the judges selected the winners in various categories, including the prestigious 'champion Christmas tree grower of the year'.
York Christmas Trees was crowned the winner of that category and one of its trees will have the distinction of standing outside 10 Downing Street over the festive period.
The winner of champion festive wreath category was Welford Christmas tree farm from Northampton. Its wreath will hang on the door of the Prime Minister’s residence.
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Oliver Combe of York Christmas Trees said:
The competition is run by the The British Christmas Tree Growers Association.
Heather Parry, who is the managing agent for BCTGA as well as the managing director of Yorkshire Event Centre said:
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