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Last Few Days To Recycle Your Christmas Tree

Weldmar Hospicecare’s Christmas Treecycle is almost over. You can book a collection for your real Christmas tree, in return for a suggested minimum donation of £10 per tree.

  • 🌲 Booking closes on Wednesday, 5th January
  • 🌲 Collection on Saturday, 8th January

Don’t sit and look at it – enrol in the Weldmar Hospicecare Tree recycle project and it will be collected from you on Saturday 8th. Its quick and easy….You can complete the form online HERE or you can telephone 01305 261800.
Most importantly, ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO DIRECTLY TO WELDMAR – so please support your local hospice.  THANK YOU.

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Weldmar’s Christmas Tree Recycle Plan Cancelled

STOP PRESS: Double Barrows from Frampton nr. Dorchester has just stepped in to replace the service offered by Weldmar Hospicecare. Details are TBC but they’re hoping to bring their green waste mulcher to Beaminster this Friday 8th Jan, where you can drop your tree off or they can collect from you.
A fee will be charged to cover their costs but a good donation will go to Weldmar Hospice.

On 30th of last month, Weldmar publicised their Christmas Tree Recycling campaign. On Monday 4th January the Prime Minister announced the immediate national lockdown that has come into force to help manage the Covid-19 pandemic.  Sadly, the lockdown means that Weldmar Hospicecare are simply no longer able to continue with the scheme as planned and are left with no other option than to cancel their plans.

They are devastated that they are unable to continue with the scheme this year after what was promising to be their most successful to date. This comes after an extremely challenging year for fundraising events and activities at Weldmar, with them not holding any events or fundraisers such as this since January last year. They are extremely sorry to everyone who supported the scheme and of course will be offering a full refund.

They can offer you two option:

  • Firstly, they would be extremely grateful if you felt that your donation could still be used by their dedicated team at Weldmar Hospicecare to continue providing vital end of life care with compassion, dignity and respect to those who need us right now. They promise to ensure that your support will be invested in the best possible way right here in Dorset. Without any fundraising events or activities and our shops closing once more, your donation truly will make a massive difference.
  • Alternatively, if you feel you are unable to still donate your fee, they completely understand. They will process your refund within the next 7 working days. Please do not contact them as they are currently contacting a large number of supporters and therefore ask that the easiest way for them to process your transaction is to click one of the following options:

Donate your Fee HERE.

Get your Refund HERE.

Contact Double Barrows – Telephone: 07748 350874

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Weldmar’s Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme

For a fourth year, Weldmar Hospicecare’s Christmas Tree-cycle project returns:

You can book a collection for your real Christmas tree. You must book your collection by the end of Monday. 4th January 2021. In return they suggest a minimum donation of £10.

With not being able to hold any fundraising events this year, Weldmar Hospicecare are hoping that their Christmas Tree-cycle will be bigger than ever, in partnership with Trinity Street Christmas Trees who are making the collections on their behalf and helping to dispose of the trees in an eco-friendly manner.

Local collections will be –

  • Beaminster – Saturday 9th January
  • Bridport – Sunday 10th January

All you need to do to secure a collection is complete the form at the bottom of the page HERE with all of your details and the donation.

Please remember:

  • Real Christmas trees only, no taller than 8ft
  • They could pick up your tree anytime between 8am and 7pm so have it ready to go!
  • Please take all the decorations off your tree and place it outside the front of your house (avoiding blocking any pavements or roads), and where it won’t be necessary for volunteers to need to open gates etc.
  • Place trees outside the day before collection to ‘air’ and reduce the risk of contamination
  • They cannot return to make a later collection if your tree is not ready for collection

Weldmar HospicecaWeldmar Hospicecarere is a charity that provides end of life care for people living in Dorset who need our specialist support. Their compassionate approach supports patients and their families, medically and in other ways, in the community, in their hospice and at home. All their services are provided free of charge and they are fully reliant on public donations.

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Christmas Bin Collections

Dorset Council does not collect real Christmas trees at the kerbside.

If you buy a real Christmas tree there are options for what to do once you’ve finished with it and removed all its decorations:

  • If you have a garden waste collection, you can cut your real tree into small pieces and put it in your garden waste bin
  • Real Christmas trees can be taken to your local Household Recycling Centre and placed in the garden waste container for composting, free of charge.

Dorset Council are also asking residents to consider more eco-friendly options such as home composting, or buying a rooted tree that can be kept in the garden until next year.

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There’s Lots On At Little Groves Nursery In Tunnel Road

Did you know Little Groves make over 100 wreaths for customer orders a year? The wreaths journeys start in May when the seeds are sown for the flowers that are later dried to decorate them. They’re now ready for your Christmas door!

Little Groves NurseryIn this last week of this second Lockdown, what Autumn garden activities are there to do?
You could:

🍂  Fill up your bird feeders.
🍂  Deadhead or plant your winter patio pots.
🍂  Plant up some winter herb pots.
🍂  Mulch your garden borders with horse compost.
🍂  Plant soft fruit bushes.
🍂  Pile up fallen leaves for wildlife in your garden.
🍂  Prune your roses.
🍂  Buy your Christmas Tree!
All the plants and tools you need for these activities can be found at Little Groves Nursery on Tunnel Road, Beaminster (next to Girling & Bowditch vets) as are their Christmas trees!
Little Groves - Noelle & Nina
Noelle & Nina Warren, Little Groves Nursery

It is Nina Battershell ‘s 12th year of selling Christmas trees at Little Groves Nursery, she is currently training a new recruit Sarah. Sarah joins the happy team led by Becky, another Nina, Sarah, Samantha, Natalie, Noelle & Hannah.
This year they have in stock four different types of potted Christmas trees (from £14.99) that you can keep & grow on each year as well as the traditional cut trees:

🌲 Cut traditional Norway Spruce (from £22 for 4-5ft).
🌲 Cut Nordmann Fir (low drop) (from £30 for 4-5ft).
🌲Potted Spruce
🌲Potted Nordmann
🌲Potted Fraser Fir
🌲Potted Blue Spruce
🌲 Non contact sales available if you telephone them on 01308 862030 they can organise delivery for you.
🌲 Free Delivery to Beaminster and surrounding villages if you order before 2pm.
🌲 Before 2pm, they’ll even choose a tree for you & deliver it to you if you’re isolating or shielding.

Bee Kind PotAs well as their plants and Christmas trees, one of their many gift ideas is a ‘Bee Kind’ pot which comes in three sizes at £8.99, £16.99 and £26.99.  Winter heathers are a brilliant nectar rich plant for any passing bees in the Winter & early Spring.

And if you’re looking for a bit of winter family magic they’ve been creating a Special Enchanted Winter Garden Trail to explore, with some special visitors this year when you visit in December!

They are also running a Christmas Tree Giveaway promotion through Facebook: You have to Like and comment on their Facebook post (from 22nd November) on who you’d like to nominate & why.  Choose any tree to suit your needs up to a 7ft Nordmann Fir. They will deliver the tree in the 1st week of December to the lucky winner in Beaminster or one of it’s surrounding villages.

Christmas Wreath by Little GrovesOwner Becky commented “And of course we’re jam packed with lots of fantastic gardening gift ideas for all you lovely new & experienced gardeners!”

Little Groves Nursery is open 7 days a week
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm.
Sunday, 10am – 4pm.

You can contact them on 01308 862030 or by email: littlegroves@grovesnurseries.co.uk.

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