Mark Hutcheon and Carol Stewart are based in Ardallie, Aberdeenshire in north east Scotland, where they both grew up.
They’re as passionate about Nature as they are about Christmas! They were horrified to learn that six million cut Christmas Trees go to landfill or are chipped every January.
So they set up a sustainable Christmas Tree business, in one of their fields. They offer Christmas Trees for adoption, either Nordmann Fir or Blue Spruce. The couple deliver potted Christmas trees in December and collect them in January. They feed, water and nurture the trees for the rest of the year. When Christmas comes around again, they deliver the same tree back to families and businesses.
Once the trees are too big for their pots, Mark and Carol plant them on their land, to live out the rest of their natural life.
As the ‘retired’ Christmas trees are planted out, they become The ACTA Woodland. The long term aim is for the land to become a biodiverse woodland, and a haven for local wildlife – including red squirrels!
We are offering a unique opportunity to buy carbon offsetting through these fast growing trees – which will ultimately support biodiversity in the North East of Scotland. Read more about it here.
