Present and Correct

Giving a tree as a gift may not seem like the most obvious choice for a prezzie for your loved ones but think about it. Flowers are nice but they die. Chocolates are also nice but then you eat them, they're gone but your post-christmas bulge isn't. A tree won't die (if you look after it) and although you can eat fruits from it, it will still be there afterwards with no New Year's resolutions broken.

Tree2mydoor is a Manchester based mail order gift company that offers a range of UK grown native trees as gifts along with wonderfully packaged wildflower seed bags. Every gift is packaged up and posted out directly with a greetings card that you can add your very own message into.

This present will certainly earn you some brownie points. Not only are you giving a gift that is actually going to last but it is good for the environment and you never know, you may end up with a little wildlife in your garden. How about planting a Crab Apple tree (or as the Celts called ‘Tree of Love’ which is a lovely little message for someone special) or the small deciduous Wild Cherry tree with round red fruit.

If you, like me, are a garden restricted Londoner then why not try a wildflower gift bag. There are two different gift bags on offer, the ‘Love In A Bag’ which is a mix of native Corncockle and Corn Poppy seeds, to give a love red bloom each summer time. The ‘Sunshine In A Bag’ is a mix of native Meadow Buttercup, Corn Marigold, St Johns Wort and Ladies Bedstraw seeds, to give a sunshine yellow bloom each summer season. Perfect for attracting birds and bees back into the local area you may find a small menagerie on your living room windowsill before too long.

There are 30 different UK grown saplings to choose from and they all come in a little draw string jute bag. Tree2mydoor is a delightful and thoughtful gift idea and you can help them and their global network of conservation partners to ensure that more trees are planted as part of ongoing conservation projects around the world by dedicating a tree (see the website for more information).