From Rothwell Record December 2010

Local School Receives Christmas Gift
A local farm is to donate over a hundred pounds worth of Christmas trees to Oulton Primary School this Christmas. Children from Oulton Primary School will be able to decorate and enjoy the three large trees which have been donated by nearby Swillington Organic Farm.
The headteacher Maria Townsend appreciates the farm’s generosity. “The trees from Swillington are magnificent every year, they really help our school look magical for the lead up to Christmas” she says.
Hundreds of different types of Christmas trees including spruces, firs and pines are sold on the farm every year to local residents and business. The grower Andy Cartwright is keen to help out local organisations and has been donating Christmas trees to local schools and churches for the past 20 years.
His trees are all freshly cut and he says the secret to making a real Christmas tree last and look perfect in your home is to keep it well watered. “I treat them like fresh flowers, as soon as it’s cut each tree goes in to its own bucket of water which allows the entire tree to stay fresh for longer” says Andy. |