The baubles are down, the tinsel and fairy lights packed away, and the empty Christmas tree stood in the corner looking bare and bereft. But instead of bundling it into the car and dropping it off at the local dump, there are plenty of eco-friendly options for what to do with your old Christmas tree that can help out local wildlife over the winter months.
Winter can be a lean time outdoors for wildlife, but by giving your tree a second life in the garden, it can provide wildlife with a place to shelter, roost or feed or can be shredded, mulched and used in garden borders to suppress weeds, enrich soil and give things a head start for the gardening year to come.
