Even with stretched budgets, households around the country will be pulling out all the stops to enjoy a traditional Christmas this year complete with a cut Christmas tree. It is estimated some eight million real trees – including Nordmann fir, Norway spruce and Scots pine – are sold through November and early December as we prepare for the big day.
For the third year running Buckingham Garden Centre is working with local UK charity, Ripple Africa, to help raise money and awareness of tree planting in Malawi. The garden centre will be pledging 50p to the charity for every Christmas tree sold. For every 50p donated, that is two trees planted in Malawi.
“We are very grateful to Buckingham Garden Centre for supporting our tree planting in Malawi again this year. This has been another successful year with farmers communities and schools planting trees. A total of over two million trees will be planted out in the coming rainy season in December and then we will be registering more farmers to plant trees for the next year," said Geoffrey Furber, Ripple Africa.
To donate to Ripple Africa’s plant a tree campaign, visit www.rippleafrica.org/xmastree or text one of the following numbers:
- To Donate £3 to plant 12 trees text: XMASTREE to 70331
- To Donate £5 to plant 20 trees text: XMASTREE to 70970
- To Donate £10 to plant 40 trees text: XMASTREE to 70191
Ripple Africa plants two million trees each year with tree planting farmers and their families in Malawi, and to date over 19 million trees have been planted.
To find out more about Ripple Africa visit www.rippleafrica.org or contact Chris Day, Plant Publicity Manager on 01280 827910 or Laura Massey, Ripple Africa 07882194830.
Pictured: Celebrating Ripple Africa: Laura Massey from the Ripple Africa charity and Chris Day, the publicity manager at Buckingham Garden Centre amidst a forest of Christmas trees. Each tree sold will help plant more trees in Malawi.
