Demand for Plantscape’s solar-powered Christmas trees soars

A company which rents out the UK’s only solar-powered civic Christmas trees says it expects to run out of stock by the end of this month because of high demand.

Plantscape says that due unprecedented levels of interest in the eco-friendly products, it expects to have none left within a matter of weeks, despite more than doubling its stock of the trees this year.

Introduced to offer councils a way of decorating their streets for Christmas without incurring the cost of erecting wires and electricity - which can run into tens of thousands of pounds each year - the solar-powered trees come in two varieties.

One design slots into a bracket mounted on the side of lampposts while the other can be hung from a standard hanging basket bracket, meaning that they can be installed almost anywhere.

Last year Plantscape, which is better known for supplying floral features including hanging baskets and street planters and is based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, ran out of both varieties of trees in the run up to Christmas and so invested thousands of pounds in more stock during the summer.

However, it has only 400 left of its 2,000-strong stock of bracket-mounted trees - which are supplied in half units, one either side of a lamppost to form a whole “tree” – while just 300 of its hanging trees remain.

So far, orders have come in from all over the country, including Chorleywood in Hertfordshire, Langley Mill in Derbyshire, Featherstone in West Yorkshire and Fife in Scotland.

Mark Stone, managing director of Plantscape, said: “This will be the tenth year that we have supplied our solar-powered trees and the tenth year running that we have had to considerably increase our stock to meet demand.

“The interest in the trees has been incredible. We got our first order way back in January but now that autumn is well and truly underway we are receiving orders from existing and new customers on a daily basis.”

Plantscape made history when it originally launched its solar-powered Christmas trees in 2007. They are the only product of their type on the market and last year they brightened up the winter nights as far afield as Oban in Scotland – where the sun rises for just seven hours a day - and East Grinstead in Sussex.

Each tree – the tree itself is artificial - is covered in around 80 LED lights, which give a twinkling display powered by a battery. This is re-charged every day by a solar power panel mounted above the tree or, in the case of the hanging tree, positioned beneath the tree’s red planter.

Last year Plantscape invested £50,000 to expand its premises to accommodate the ever-growing stock of Christmas trees, including the new hanging trees, which took two years to develop before they were introduced to the market.

For more information about Plantscape ring 01335 372785 or visit www.plantscapeuk.com


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