Rather than purchasing a cut Christmas tree for Aycliffe Village green every year, the Council have taken the decision to purchase a Norway Spruce Fir which has now been planted on the green in a similar place to where the cut tree was erected in previous years.
Planting a tree is much more sustainable to the environment and will be trained each year to produce a perfect shaped tree. It would have been unlikely that a larger tree would survive, so the tree is currently approximately 5 to 6 feet tall, once the roots establish, it is hoped that it will soon develop and provide a pleasant tree for many years to come.
The main Christmas tree provided by the Town Council on Central Avenue, outside St. Clare’s Church, will remain a cut tree of a similar size to previous years. It will be erected in late November along with the Christmas lights along Central Avenue, St Cuthberts Way and into Stephenson Way.