Real Christmas Tree

gmm30

There's a farm which sells real trees between Ballymena and Larne (on the main A36 road), at Glenwherry, between Glenwherry Presbyterian Church and Country Cars. The trees are Lodgepole Pine - lovely and bushy with very little needle drop. I've had them for the past few years and they're great.

Not sure about this year's prices, but last year was £10 up to 6ft, £15 up to 7ft and so on.

thetope

gmm30 wrote: »

There's a farm which sells real trees between Ballymena and Larne (on the main A36 road), at Glenwherry, between Glenwherry Presbyterian Church and Country Cars. The trees are Lodgepole Pine - lovely and bushy with very little needle drop. I've had them for the past few years and they're great.

Not sure about this year's prices, but last year was £10 up to 6ft, £15 up to 7ft and so on.

Thanks again for this, picked one up today - same prices this year and really nice trees (and so much cheaper than most of the other places I've seen)

Golden_Anemone

Chipman wrote: »

Got ours from Ikea and would recommend it. As Golden says, you get a £20 voucher but you also get £5 off tree decorations so it is technically free!

What to do is lift a leaflet in store, gather up your tree decorations (I just lifted a fiver's worth), take it to the till and pay for your tree there. Then go out to the carpark, pick your tree and you get your £20 voucher there (which is valid for use in January).

I'm telling you this as they don't really tell you what to do, it isn't clear so I ended up going backwards and forwards between the store and carpark before getting sorted out!

We got our tree yesterday and I am really pleased with it.

Couldn't find a £5 off decorations leaflet in store but asked the guy who was greeting people at the entrance when we were heading back out to get our tree and he produced one from a bundle hidden at the back of a table.

He said it would be honoured on a return visit between now and Christmas even though the leaflet says it is valid when you're purchasing a tree.

Not that bothered but if anyone wants a leaflet ask on your way in.

leithman1

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

Did anyone go to Ikea for a tree this weekend? They are advertising that you can buy real trees this weekend and next for £25 and get a £20 Ikea voucher that is valid after Christmas. If the trees are good that sounds like brilliant value.

We picked up a tree at ikea this weekend.

As nice a tree as we have had and paid more in the past.

In fact never had a tree for £5.00 before.

Already know what the voucher will be spent on.

Well done Ikea. Same again next year please.:T:T:T

TELREA

thetope wrote: »

Thanks again for this, picked one up today - same prices this year and really nice trees (and so much cheaper than most of the other places I've seen)

Gonna nip around tomorrow £10 for a xmas tree is a bargain!!!cheers

TEL.

dave76

Got a tree from Ikea on Wednesday this week, they still had loads left (at Ashton-Under-Lyne store)

Edit: Just realised this is a N.Ireland board - but might be useful to others who stumble on it through the search facility

TELREA

thetope wrote: »

Thanks again for this, picked one up today - same prices this year and really nice trees (and so much cheaper than most of the other places I've seen)

nipped through on the way home from work(probably not a good idea was pretty dark)Drove past the Nursery,then the church,half a mile down the road is Country cars..then a farm on the right...are they advertising them for sale?,oh and then there is Glenwherry hill farm further up the road...which one is it? lol:o

simple_but_sweet

a work colleague of mine bought one in asda yesterday for £15

thetope

TELREA wrote: »

nipped through on the way home from work(probably not a good idea was pretty dark)Drove past the Nursery,then the church,half a mile down the road is Country cars..then a farm on the right...are they advertising them for sale?,oh and then there is Glenwherry hill farm further up the road...which one is it? lol:o

if travelling in the direction of Larne from Ballymena, it's after the church and about 200m before country cars on opposite side of the road. There was a sign on a closed gate *opposite* the lane which leads to it which confused me. The lane is quite long and narrow, you start to doubt whether you're at the right place then finally there is another sign pointing into the yard

x12yhp

leithman1 wrote: »

Well done Ikea. Same again next year please.:T:T:T

Whilst, on the face of it, this is fab... but remember that Ikea will be buying in 10s of thousands of trees for next to nothing. They can afford to make almost nothing on the trees because they are big and have other things... but the local guys who sell trees cannot. It is all well and good to get a good deal but there is also a negative impact on local business.