Leicestershire tree growers crowned 2025 champions
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BCTGA Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2025 Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
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BCTGA Champion Festive Wreath winners 2025 Strawson Woodland, Lincolnshire
Cadeby Tree Trust from Leicestershire has won the accolade of providing the Christmas tree for display outside 10 Downing Street after being crowned Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2025.
The winner of Champion Festive Wreath of the Year 2025 is first-time competition entrants Strawson Woodland of Lincolnshire and they will provide the wreath for the door of the famous residence.
The runner up for Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2025 is Scottish Christmas Trees from Dumfries and Galloway.
Organised by the British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA), the annual competition has been running since 1999 and is open to its 300 members across the UK.
The competition, headline sponsored by Agrii, was held at Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees, near Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes (on Thursday 9th October). Agrii harnesses intelligence for farmers to give the best agronomic advice.
The winning tree and wreath were chosen by members of the BCTGA who attended the competition day.
South Yorkshire farmer and YouTuber Joe Seels was a special guest for this year’s competition and selected a Norway Spruce tree for the Celebrity Choice Award from Marldon Christmas Tree Farm, Devon for its “perfectly triangular shape, fullness from top to bottom and evocative festive scent”.
Joe’s Celebrity Choice Award for a wreath went to Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, East Sussex. Its design included reindeer decorations, which Joe picked for being “something that children would like, because Christmas is all about children”.
Oliver Coombe, Vice Chair of BCTGA, said: “The quality of entries continues to improve year after year as the industry strives to produce a better product for consumers. All of our growers can be proud of the results of their hard work year-round to produce excellent trees, not least our winners who will now supply the tree and wreath for Downing Street as gifts to the nation – showcasing to the public why they should buy local and buy real trees.”
The Photo of the Year award, with the theme of ‘Wildlife in Christmas Tree Plantations’, offered members the chance to highlight the natural beauty of real Christmas trees. The winning Christmas tree grower supplies the Christmas tree for the Foreign Office
The winner was from Infinity Christmas Trees, Herefordshire, while competition host Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees, Buckinghamshire was named runner up.
Awards included:
- Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year – supplier of 2025 tree for 10 Downing St Winner: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire (Norway Spruce)
- Runner Up: Scottish Christmas Trees, Dumfries and Galloway (Nordmann Fir)
Best Pine
- Winner: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
Best Norway Spruce, sponsored by Højgård Planteskole/Nursery
- Winner: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
- Runner Up: Newburgh Christmas Trees, North Yorkshire
Best Spruce Other
- Winner: Oakberry Trees, Leicestershire
- Runner Up: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
Best Nordmann Fir, sponsored by Bertie by Airflow
- Winner: Croft Christmas Trees, North Yorkshire
- Runner Up: Scottish Christmas Trees, Dumfries and Galloway
- Highly Commended: Gower Fresh Christmas Trees, Wales
Best Fir Other
- Winner: Dartmoor Christmas Trees, Devon
- Runner Up: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
Best Container Grown Tree, sponsored by ICL
- Winner: Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire
- Runner Up: Bishops Offley Christmas Trees, Staffordshire
Celebrity Choice Tree: Marldon Christmas Tree Farm, Devon
Celebrity Choice Wreath: Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, East Sussex
Photo of the Year Award, sponsored by Citation
- Winner: Infinity Christmas Trees, Herefordshire
- Runner Up: Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees, Buckinghamshire
Innovation Award, sponsored by The Professional Sprayers People
- Winner: ICL and their Fibagro Advance Pot Topper FT Runner Up: Hans Christmas Andersen, Surrey, with ‘The Christmas Tree Swap Shop’
Wreaths
Champion Festive Wreath: Strawson Woodland, Lincolnshire
Best Natural Wreath
- Winner: Dartmoor Christmas Trees, Devon
- Runner Up: Strawson Woodland, Lincolnshire
Best Decorated Wreath, sponsored by The Fruity Farmer
- Winner: Strawson Woodland, Lincolnshire
- Runner Up: Welford Christmas Tree Farm, Northamptonshire