Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright will host a prestigious competition to decide who supplies this year’s Christmas tree for Downing Street.
Yorkshire Vet to host competition for Downing Street Christmas tree Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright will host a prestigious competition to decide who supplies this year’s Christmas tree for Downing Street. Expert growers from across the UK will attempt to impress judges with their finest homegrown trees at Billingley Christmas Tree Farm, based at New Hall Farm in Barnsley on Thursday 19th October. One overall winner will take the title of Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2023 and will provide the Downing Street Christmas tree this December. The winner of the Champion Festive Wreath category will supply the wreath for the door of the Prime Minister’s residence. Heather Parry, Managing Agent for BCTGA said:
“The best Christmas trees in Britain will be brought together in Barnsley for this annual competition and it’s a spectacle to behold, with the judges given an especially tough task to pick a winner. “It is a wonderful occasion that celebrates the hard work and skill of growers across the UK ahead of their busiest time of the year, and it really does demonstrate the unrivalled quality of local sustainably grown Christmas trees.”This year, growers will be hosted at the competition day by special guest Peter Wright, star of Channel 5’s The Yorkshire Vet. Peter will be tasked with picking his own favourite tree as winner of the Celebrity Choice Award. Organised by the British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA), the annual competition has been running since 1999. Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.

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