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Nov 2020

Last Updated: 26/11/2020

Business

Stockeld Park opens Christmas tree site in heart of Harrogate

by Ami Miller Lifestyle Reporter

| 27 Nov, 2020

WATCH: Stockeld Park Christmas trees are now available from Harrogate Borough Council's Horticultural Nursery as part of a new collaboration, in which 10 per cent of taking goes back to the community.

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From today, Stockeld Park will be selling a selection of its Christmas trees from Harrogate Borough Council's Horticultural Nursery in the Pinewoods.

It's part of a collaboration in which 10 per cent of takings will go back to HBC. .

George Grant, who is the estate manager said:

'We are going to be selling Stockeld Christmas trees in the heart of Harrogate for the first time. Basically doing it this way means we can sell our trees to the people in Harrogate and then 10 per cent of the sales goes straight back to the council to spend on the community. After the year we've had I think it's really important to try and give something back and it's just a nice thing to be able to do.'

Stockeld Park, based in Wetherby plants 60,000 trees each year, cutting 35,000 each time and has over half a million growing.

Trees both big and small will be able to be purchased from today, 27th Nov until 23rd December between the hours of 9.30 am and 3.30 pm.