At the heart of home these holidays needs to sit the perfect Christmas tree. Whether you want a gigantic Douglas fir, covered with bright lights and colourful baubles, to take up half your living room, or you’re after a small yet elegant Norway spruce to sit cutely in the kitchen corner, fill that tree-shaped hole in your life this winter. These are the very best places to buy real Christmas trees in Bristol. Now, where did I pack away last year’s decorations..?
1. Frenchay Forestry
Frenchay Forestry has been supplying Christmas trees to Bristol for over 30 years – and was even the first supplier to sell Nordman Fir. It owns a 30-acre Christmas tree plantation in the Mendips, offering customers freshly-cut, locally-grown Christmas trees throughout the festive season.
Select from characteristics like needle retention, bushiness and smell (such as pine, forest or sweet), as well as whether your tree will be based indoors or outdoors. Who knew a Christmas tree had so many options? Grab your tree online or from Bristol Christmas Tree Farm, Frenchay Cricket Club and Aerospace Bristol. To ‘Choose and Cut’ your own Christmas tree, you’ll need to visit Mendip Christmas Tree Farm near Shepton Mallet.
Bristol Christmas Tree Farm, Filton Road, Frenchay, Bristol BS16 1QG
Frenchay Cricket Club, Off Filton Road, BS16 1QQ
Aerospace Bristol, Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5BZ
Mendip Christmas Tree Farm, Opposite Serenity Beauty, Dean, Shepton Mallet BA4 4RZ
2. Ali and Joe’s
This small Bristol Christmas tree business has several pop-up locations including Victoria Park in Bedminster, The Tobacco Factory in Southville, as well as Beechen Cliff Methodist Church in Bath – or, get them home delivered for free! These Christmas trees are also sustainable and locally sourced, but not only are Ali and Joe’s trees kinder to the planet, but a proportion of Christmas tree sales go towards local Bristol charities.
Victoria Park, 12 Hill Ave, Bristol BS3 4LL
Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol BS3 1TF
Beechen Cliff Methodist Church, Bruton Ave, Bath BA2 4QJ
3. Frenchay Christmas Tree Farm
Not to be confused with Frenchay Forestry, Frenchay Christmas Tree Farm is open every day until Christmas Eve, as well as offering delivery and click and collect services. With six different varieties, walk among these Christmas trees and choose the perfect one for your Bristol home. Or, reserve a tree online and opt to have it delivered or collected from its site on Old Gloucester Road.
There is a huge range of prices, the trees are individually labelled, and they are offering some reasonably-priced pre-cut trees upwards of £40. You’ll find Christmas tree classics like Norway spruces, Fraser firs and pot-grown trees. As well, you’ll find more unusual varieties like the Blue Spruce. The farm describes it as having “a beautiful, silvery blue-green hue” and that “this very fragrant Christmas tree is unlike any other.”
Frenchay Christmas Tree Farm, Old Gloucester Road, Frenchay, BS16 1QW
4. Sheepway Christmas Trees
The award-winning Sheepway Christmas Trees site is located near Portbury. It is run by the Hardwick family who is passionate about the trees they grow. Family member, John Hardwick, is the former chairman of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association and has grown fresh Christmas trees covering over 50 acres for just over 30 years. So, Sheepway sure knows how to grow and take care of Christmas trees.
The farm grows three main varieties (Fraser Fir, Nordmann Fir and Norway Spruce) and all trees are cut down as late as possible to maximise needle retention. No one wants too many needles all over their presents, do they? The trees are delivered from their farm in the Quantock Hills to Sheepway and prices start from £20. There is also a click-and-collect service available.
Sheepway Christmas Trees, Springfield House, Sheepway, Portbury, BS20 7TE
5. Cleeve Nursery
Cleeve Nursery has a remarkable selection of fresh-cut real Christmas trees near Bristol. From the traditional Norway Spruce with its characteristic forest scent to the needlefast non-drop types such as Fraser and Nordmann fir. All are taken from renewable sources. ethically produced and locally grown. You can pre-order the tree of your dreams on the nursery’s website for collection or arrange for it to be delivered.
Cleeve Nursery, Main Road, Cleeve, BS49 4PW
6. Bristol Christmas Trees
Bristol Christmas Trees is back at The Dame on Dean Lane (from November 26). They’ll pick out the perfect Christmas tree for you, while you enjoy a mulled wine or cider. Sourcing high-quality Nordman non-needle drop trees, they sell only double-A graded trees that are freshly cut from local Christmas tree farms in Bristol, sold at £10 per foot.
Bristol Christmas Trees, The Dame, 43 Dean Ln, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1BS
7. Cadbury Garden Centre
You’ll find real, premium cut and pot-grown Christmas trees at Cadbury Garden Centre in Congresbury. The Christmas trees here are also sustainably sourced and there’s a wide range on offer to choose from guaranteed to last throughout the Christmas period. Their trees are grown on Christmas tree farms where each cut tree is replaced with at least one new tree – and you can even take your tree home in a compostable bio netting!
Cadbury Garden Centre, Smallway, Congresbury, BS49 5AA
8. Cotswold Christmas Trees
Based in Yate, Cotswold Christmas Trees has been selling quality real Christmas trees in Bristol for over 20 years. There are three varieties available, the Norway Spruce, Nordman Fir and Noble Fir. They also have sites outside Morrisons in Bath and Chippenham.
Yate Town Football Club, The Jelf Stadium, Lodge Road, Yate, BS37 7LE
Morrisons, London Road, Bath BA1 6AE
Morrisons, Cepen Park North, Chippenham SN14 6UZ
9. Almondsbury Garden Centre
You can grab fresh-cut, real Christmas trees such as Nordman and Fraser firs from Almondsbury Garden Centre. Prices start from £19.99 and they offer seven-day delivery also. If you fancy it, you can also buy artificial Christmas trees from here too.
Almondsbury Garden Centre, Over Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4BP
10. The Christmas Tree Shop
You can spot Sam Harper on Alma Road outside the Sainsbury’s by Clifton Down most days during December, selling Nordmann Firs, Fraser Firs and Norwegian Spruces from £30 to £100. The Christmas Tree Shop has also got some lovely handmade Christmas Tree stands crafted from real tree trunks for sale!
The Christmas Tree Shop, Alma Rd, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2DP