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Valentines Poetry Competition winner showcases her Top Tree Gifts.

The Tree2mydoor Valentines Poetry Competition is once again over and we have crowned a new winner of our love poems. We have had an amazing response this year and the competition has been very close. We would like to welcome everyone who entered and say a big thank you for brightening up our February. Do you want to know who won this year with her amazing poem? Then look no further, Tree2mydoor is going to spill the beans on this years amazing winners story.

Tree2mydoor has a proud new winner of the amazing Valentines Poetry Competition earning herself £100 in lovely tree gift vouchers.

Our lovely winner this year with the amazing poem titled The Food of Love is none other than….. Laura Newbould Jones!

You can see Laura wonderful poem here to brighten up your day.

We did ask Laura a few questions about what made her enter this years competition and what she will spending her winnings on this year. Laura clearly loves Tree Gifts and we are delighted to have her in the Tree2mydoor family!

The first question we had was what made Laura enter this years competition (apart from the amazing £100 Gift Voucher) and we couldn’t be more delighted with the response. Laura has been wanting to do some writing for awhile so she searched for competitions online and found ours… “I looked on your website and liked what you where about!”(Your to kind Laura!) Tree2mydoor might have encouraged Laura’s new career move as she told us in strict confidence that “You are friendly and you may have just kick started my career change!” So we may see a Poet Laureates debut right here on Tree2mydoor! (But… sshhhusshh… Don’t say anything)

Laura loved so many of our products and she even said she would like a Lemon Tree Gift so she can enjoy those lovely Gin and Tonics. What she really wanted was a Tree Gift that will look beautiful sat either side of her front door. Take a look at Laura’s Top Picks.

The Winning Tree Gifts:

Bay Tree Gift-

Bay tree Gift

The Medium Bay Tree Gift is a Mediterranean delight, gracing the front doors of many homes for hundreds of years. What is more classic than a majestic Bay Tree to welcome visitors to your lovely home.

We have a full range of sizes so you will find the perfect Bay Tree for your Bungalow, Terrace, Detached or Stately Home!

Remember a Man’s home is his Castle, a Woman’s home is her Palace.

We think Laura has excellent taste is selecting these beautiful Bay Trees as one of her “Hot Picks”. They really would look stunning sat side by side giving a warm welcome home at the end of the day.

Price- £19.99- £129.98

Olive Tree Gift-

Olive Tree Gift

Just like the beautiful Bay Trees we have, the Olive Tree Gift is another evergreen delight. Majestic and stunning this really will look beautiful pride of place beside the doors of any home. Do you want a splash of class to grace your door then look no further? Stunning yet simple, always the best combination.

The Olive Tree gift will of course give you Olives, these can be used for many things. You can eat them, make oil, or just have them as decoration to bring back those happy memories of holidays gone. While creating anticipation for ones yet to come.

We are sure Laura will find somewhere for these beautiful Trees to stand, who couldn’t! The beautiful Olive Tree Gifts should be atop everyone wish list!

Price- £23.99- £129.98

Lemon Tree Gift:

Lemon Tree Gift

The zesty Lemon Tree gift is the power house of our Citrus Trees Range. These are not ment to be kept outdoors so they wont be the best choice to welcome someone to Laura’s front door.

They do give you so many other thing, like Lemons for Gin and Tonic, a centre piece for a room like your conservatory and it is the gift that everyone talks about. How many other people do you know that can pick a Lemon off their very own tree? Saying that why not Grapefruit? Chinotto or Calamondin?

Remember those Lemons can also be made into Cakes and Tarts, squeezed into Tea or just as a snack for the more health conscious amongst us.

Price- £49.99

Trees really do make a difference.

Laura has been very kind to allow us to ask some questions about her experience with the Tree2mydoor Valentines Poetry Competition and she has given some wonderful advice to people who will enter next year.

“I’m soo pleased, its the first competition I’ve entered and it has given me confidence to write some more pieces. I’d never heard of tree2mydoor.com but now I know about you I will certainly be keeping you in mind for future gifts… I like your ideas and what
you stand for… You are friendly and you may have just kick started my career change!”

(Laura, your making us BLUSH!)

The final note is what advice would you give, and being the true writer she is she said it beautifully…

“Just to keep writing and the ideas will come, enjoy it, you never know, you could be lucky like me!”

So, you heard it here first, we have a newly crowned Queen of the Tree2mydoor Valentines Competition. Laura congratulations again, and many thanks to everyone that entered this year to make it so special.

Full details of all competitions can be found on our Facebook and Twitter Pages

Keep those pens at the ready as our Love Bug Valentines Competition will be back!

Valentines Love!

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Here's me with our apple tree

Autumn is well and truly on the way now; every day on the walk to work I notice the leaves getting redder, their grip loosening and succumbing to the changing weather. And every day I feel the nip of the cold that little more for the 6.30 am wake up. It’s at this time of year that something funny always happens to me; I get a weird and unexplained sort of feeling, it’s the sort of feeling where you can tell something is wrong but you’re not sure what it could be, so you just carry on about your normal day, yet with a cloud of puzzlement and slight fear. Then, after a sudden jolt, it finally clicks into place; THE APPLES! “Mum…. did you remember to collect the apples” I call her on the phone.

Back at my mum’s house we have a nice big apple tree that’s been there years and years, since before anyone can remember. My granddad, who was a baker, used to make apple pies and apple crumbles galore with its lovely fruit each year. It’s always been a big provider for us; apple crumbles for my sweet tooth and perfect apple stew for the Christmas dinner table. And so, this time of year has become ingrained in my brain as apple time, forever and always! I can sense deep down when it’s coming and I know that I need to remember to remind everyone to not let those beautiful apples go to waste. Yet I know, it is easily done; everyone is so busy at home now, it’s becoming increasingly easy to leave it too late…you leave it a week and the apples fall to the ground, becoming fodder for the bugs or the cold (which ever gets there first).

I can’t help but wonder about all those apples falling to the ground and being forgotten about everywhere. Thinking about my apple tree, I have been inspired to get in touch with family and friends, in a bid to share their tips and recipes for using up apples with you all. I hope I can get together a few really delicious old and new recipes for using up those beauties and I would love to hear from you if you have a recipe of your own that you would like to share with us all, join our Use Your Apples cooking series.

Just remember I will have to taste them all first.

If you’ve been inspired reading this post to plant your own apple tree or perhaps you fancy reaping the rewards of having apples growing right in your garden or patio, then please have a look at our selection of Apple Trees. Our Bramley Apple Trees are perfect for cooking with, great for crumbles . On the other hand, if its a sweet taste your after then I would recommend trying the Golden Delicious, they’re great and can be eaten straight off the tree. And then finally, for those of you who prefer a sharper taste; The Queen Cox, is still the king..ahem or queen I suppose!

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