Scottish Borders Council fund Christmas trees for a number of communities across the region; this year the order was the same as previous years.
Following installation our contractor was made aware of problems with some of the trees installed, this was due to a supplier issues. As a result, we have replaced a number of those trees. We have been advised that the supply nursery is now no longer on-site harvesting trees, so it is unable to source any further replacements, and the dressing of supplied trees with lights commenced earlier this week.
If communities wish to source their Christmas trees separately in future years, we would be very happy to support this, bearing in mind both the financial constraints facing local authorities at this time and the multiple other competing priorities for funding.