Give a gift to nature too with the Woodland Trust’s
Dreaming of a green Christmas? Give a gift to nature too with the Woodland Trust’s top-six eco-friendly festive gifts for 2023
The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity has compiled a guide to its top six eco-friendly Christmas gifts so we can all fight for a greener, healthier world this festive season.
Christmas is traditionally a time for excess – but your presents needn’t reflect that! Plus, every single purchase from the Woodland Trust shop – including Christmas cards and gift wrap – supports the Trust’s work with woods and trees, meaning you can help create healthy habitats for people and wildlife, while also ticking off items from your to-buy list.
Every product in the Trust’s Christmas range is eco-friendly, whether it’s a toy fox or a bee house made from recycled saris.
And if you’d rather move away from giving traditional gifts completely, the Woodland Trust has a selection of green ‘virtual’ gifts and unique tree and woodland dedications in woods across the UK.
Kelly Tanner, products and retail manager for the Woodland Trust said: “You can have a green Christmas this year while still giving friends and family something they’ll love.
“Our range of eco-friendly products really has something for everyone. Younger children will adore our new eco-fox – he’s so soft and cuddly and made from recycled plastics! Older kids can escape to the woods with our exciting den building kit and there’s a wide range of beautiful Woodland Trust home and garden gifts too.
“Supporting the work of the Woodland Trust as you shop is a fantastic and easy way to help fight the effects of climate change and nature loss.
“We have so many gorgeous gift ideas to inspire you and every single purchase is a gift for nature too because it helps us create thriving woods for wildlife.”
Here are the Woodland Trust’s top-five eco gifts for Christmas 2023:
- 1 Eco-nation Fox
Introducing our gorgeous cuddly fox, made completely from recycled plastic. Standing proud at 23cm tall, even his eyes are embroidered instead of plastic making him as eco-friendly as possible. He’s so soft and huggable, children and adults of all ages are bound to fall in love with him.
https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/eco-nation-fox
- 2 Grow your own bouquet
Imagine filling a vase with your own beautiful bouquet of home-grown blooms year after year! Our grow your own bouquet kit promises to be a source of colourful cut flowers next summer and beyond. Sow your selection of British-grown seeds, including ox-eye daisy, night-flowering catchfly, yarrow and corn camomile into the rustic natural brown bio-degradable pot using the peat-free coir compost disks and wooden marker included. Not only will your blooms look and smell gorgeous but they’ll be a nectar source for butterflies and bees.
https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/seedlings-grow-your-own-bouquet-set
- 3 Woodland Trust Artisan Bee nester
Every bee nester made from recycled saris is unique and individual in colour. Not only do they make a colourful statement in any garden, they provide a safe habitat for solitary garden bees.
https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/woodland-trust-artisan-bee-nester
- 4 Den building kit
Let youngsters enjoy some free-range fun in true Swallows and Amazons style. This original gift for adventurous children promises hours of fun both indoors and outdoors. The den building kit contains a haversack with tough camouflage tarpaulin, waterproof groundsheet, natural jute rope, drawstring bag of tent pegs and wooden mallet. An enamel mug and washable khaki and brown face paint are also included along with a handy guide of den building tips!
https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/the-original-den-kit
- 5 Ditch the glitz
Buy eco-friendly cards and gift wrap. The Woodland Trust’s range of Christmas cards and wrapping paper is FSC-certified and guaranteed to be plastic and glitter-free. New for this year is fabric gift wrap, in a delightful mistletoe design, made to be re-used year after year. You won’t even need sticky tape!
https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/christmas-cards
- 6 Choose a ‘virtual’ gift
Virtual gifts are the ultimate environmentally friendly present for anyone who really wants to go green. Your donation to the Woodland Trust will directly help trees, woods and wildlife and could be used to plant trees, create a hedgerow or keep bluebells blooming.
