Our big trees deserve a grand setting and we are privileged to have some of our finest playing a central role in magical Christmas celebrations. We are particularly thrilled to see one of our 28 foot beauties standing tall in the Great Hall at Castle Howard ready to...
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York Minster Tree Festival to light up Christmas again
We’re feeling incredibly proud that once again our beautiful Christmas trees are taking centre stage at this year’s York Minster Christmas Tree Festival – one of the city’s most magical Christmas traditions. Set inside the stunning medieval Minster, the festival...
A Partridge in a York Christmas Tree
We’re delighted to share the exciting news that the grey partridge, the charming bird believed to have inspired the famous “partridge in a pear tree”, has been spotted happily living among our Christmas tree plantations. With its distinctive orange face, the grey...
Pick Your Own to return in 2026
We know that many of our customers love the Pick Your Own Christmas Tree experience and we truly appreciate the enthusiasm and support it’s received over the years. This year, we won’t be running Pick Your Own as the Christmas trees selected for PYO are growing in a...
Gruffalo decorations make their Christmas debut
Kirstie has been busy sourcing a new collection of standout decorations this season, including a charming range of Gruffalo-themed pieces that are sure to raise a smile. Behind the scenes, her talented team has been crafting a beautiful selection of handmade and...
Grown with love
Out in the fields, our Christmas trees have been growing quietly all year shaped, tended and checked by a dedicated team who know them like old friends. Most of our team return season after season, bringing years of expertise and a real sense of pride to their work....
Sponsoring a Future Lioness
We are delighted to sponsor Flora Eckert, who plays for the York City under 12 girls football team. Flora who lives in York started playing football at 3-years-old with her brother in the garden and then joined the Haxby Town Juniors at the age of four. A...
Four legged mowers join York Christmas Trees sustainable growing team
We have added five sheep to the award winning team at Wiggington to help deliver the most ecologically and sustainable Christmas tree growing system. The Shropshire sheep are the latest innovation designed to enable York Christmas Trees to maximise benefits for the...
We have won another award!
We are delighted to announce that we won another award at the British Christmas Tree Growers Association national annual awards staged at Billingley Christmas Tree Farm in Barnsley with The Yorkshire Vet, Peter Wright, the guest judge. Olly was delighted to collect...
The Christmas Barn and Indoor Forest
Our Christmas Barn will again feature an ‘indoor forest’, showcasing the extensive range of freshly cut award winning Christmas trees grown on our farm. They include Nordmann Fir, Norway Spruce and Fraser Fir and we also sell pot grown trees too. The Christmas Barn is...
It’s our 25th Birthday!
York Christmas Trees is delighted to be celebrating its 25th year of helping our wonderful customers make the festive period extra special with our trees, bespoke wreaths and a whole barn full of decorations. The last 25 years have seen York Christmas Trees become a...
How good are our trees? Well, good enough for the Prime Minister!
As the Champion Christmas Tree Grower 2020 we were the proud growers of the 20ft award winning Nordmann Fir Christmas tree that stood proudly outside No 10 Downing Street last Christmas. We were also invited to visit No 10 last month and had the most amazing day...
Don’t Panic – Buy Local
With less than 50 days to Christmas and worries about the distribution of important festive staples like pigs in blankets, we are delighted to confirm that we have plenty of Christmas trees, grown by us in our own fields on the family farm. This means transportation...
How to keep your tree looking wonderful!
Many of our customers ask us for tips on how best to look after our Christmas trees once they get them how. We say – your Christmas tree should be watered and cared for, just as you would for any house plant – think of your Christmas Tree like a bunch of freshly...














