Can it ever be too early to start preparing for your family Christmas and central to any festivities is often a brightly decorated tree. Premium trees are now available at Ripon Walled Garden so for the pick of the bunch, why not pop along and make your selection. On payment of a small fee, it can be delivered.

By purchasing your tree from the Walled Garden, you are helping Ripon Community Link, a charity supporting local people with learning and physical disabilities.

And even better, you can make arrangements for your Christmas tree to be collected and disposed of environmentally after the festive season. To book your collection online for January 10th or 11th please click here. Bookings close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday January 7th.

Santa will also be putting in an appearance in his very own grotto at the Garden on Sunday November 30th and Saturday & Sunday December 6th & 7th. Booking is essential and costs £8.50 per child. To book, please click here. It is all part of a festive family experience which offers opportunities for gift shopping as well as sampling seasonal goodies.

The trees come with a personal recommendation from a member of our website team, as you can see from the attached picture, which shows villager, Cerys Gill, collecting last year's tree. “I certainly will be buying again” says Cerys.