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Pines and Needles Press Page

We're very keen to help the press with their Christmas features and would be delighted to be part of TV or radio programmes and offer our advice on tree care, selection and decoration. Please contact us on 0845 458 2788.

Photo Shoots

We can, in most cases, supply trees for photo shoots at short notice and out of season (before the last week of November when we usually operate our deliveries). Please contact us with your requirements and we'll endeavour to get back to you as soon as we can.

Press release

Pines and Needles' New Stores for 2011

This year families will be able to buy their Christmas trees and other Christmas goodies from Greenwich Park, Barnard Park, Pimlico, Normand Park, Turnham Green, Chiswick Bridge and Ladbroke Grove.

Our flagship site at the prestigious Westfield shopping centre where we are the "Official Westfield Christmas Tree Retailer" will have a new look.

Pines and Needles.com are hoping to expand their family business by selling their Scottish home grown trees again in locations at Battersea, Brick Lane, Bushy Park, Ealing, Richmond Park, Wimbledon Park in addition to the original site in Maida Vale. For those who are too busy to face the Christmas madness on the streets, Pines and Needles.com offers a convenient online service and can deliver, decorate and even remove and recycle trees after Christmas.

Trees are available to order now, stores across London will open on November 19th.

Lyle's Style Spreads to South Africa

From small beginnings pulling a horse-box full of trees grown on the Perthshire Estate of their father, Sir Gavin Lyle BT, to a thriving business selling trees from sites across London and a fully fledged e-commerce website, brothers Josh and Sam Lyle are reaching out this Christmas to an impoverished community in Embo Kwa Zulu Natal (KZN), South Africa.

Pinesandneedles.com, the online store of the Lyle brothers, is donating a portion of their profits to the Amathuba Community Upliftment Project which builds houses for the poorest of the poor and educates as many children as possible.

Their mother Lady Suzy Lyle (previously of Glendelvine, Perthshire and now living in KZN South Africa) was touched by the reality of extreme poverty in the area and responded by starting Amathuba in partnership with community leader Robert zuma.

So far Amathuba has completed 6 houses and sponsored the education and uniforms of 80 children.

Lady Lyle has travelled to the UK on numerous occasions, presenting the project and raising funds. Both Josh and Sam, having visited the people of Embo and experienced the reality of their situation first hand, were inspired to help.

Pinesandneedles.com is not just supporting local enterprise but also transforming lives in South Africa.

Supporting the Royal British Legion

This year Pines and Needles are also very pleased to introduce their charity promotion in support of the Royal British Legion. Continuing to champion the Legion into the festive season, together we can help serving and ex-Service personnel and their families at a time when so many are away from home on active service.

Pines and Needles are donating £5 for every tree purchased online, with a code, to the Royal British Legion with your help.

Useful Images

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Decorated Christmas Tree in Traditional Red/Gold Theme
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Videos

2005 Christmas Tree Installation at Crown Estates

Pines and Needles in the Press

BBC Working Lunch (Nov '09)

Our boys in kilts give BBC Working Lunch viewers the ultimate guide to buying their Christmas tree this season.

ViewLondon.co.uk: Where to buy Christmas trees London guide (Nov '08)

"For real Christmas trees, London doesn't offer much better than Pines and Needles where discount prices and locations in Maida Vale and Battersea make buying yours easy. Their range includes traditional Norway spruces and nondrop Nordmann firs, and they also have a selection of potted trees with roots. When the season is over, they'll even take care of the removal for you."

Telegraph: 12 sites to crack Christmas 2007 (Dec '07)

"It’s snowing, the street is icy, and single-handedly you are trying to lug a Christmas tree along a crowded street and into your faraway parked car. How festive. Why not, instead, sit at home eating mince pies and waiting for the doorbell to ring? Pines and needles deliver trees starting from £14.95. If you want, they’ll set up the lights too, and (London only) decorate the tree. Smell that pine."

Independent: Christmas decorations: Anything but tinsel (Published on Dec '07)

"Set up 10 years ago, the design team offers a range of services, from simply bringing the tree to your door, to installing and decorating it in the colours of your choice..." (Read the full article here)

SmartPlanet.com: We're dreaming of a green Christmas (tree) (Published on Dec '07)

"...you can try Pines and Needles who offer healthy Nordmann Fir and Norway Spruce trees in pots (and can recycle them afterwards too). This means that they will stay fresh all the way through Christmas, won't drop needles all over your floor and you can even plant them in the garden in January..."

4Homes Magazine (Channel4): The 4homes Christmas Shopping Guide (Published on Dec '07)

"...will deliver trees anywhere on the UK mainland. Although, if you’re lucky enough to live in and around London you can get additional services including installation and tree decoration (although that’s the fun bit, isn’t it?) and they will collect your tree after Christmas for recycling... ...They can do next day delivery and have even been known to deliver on Christmas Day!"

DailyCandy.com: Fir Richer or Fir Poorer (Published on Dec '06)

"...They stock a huge range of trees (nondrop, potted, Nordmann fir, Norway spruce) as well as lights, baubles, wreaths, holly and mistletoe — all at bargain prices. Delivered to your door, then assembled and decorated. And they’ll even collect the tree for recycling when Christmas is over. Leaving you with a little more time for the giving and the getting."

Independent on Sunday: Good Buys (Published Dec '05)

"Buying and decorating a tree isn't everyone's idea of fun, which is why Christmas-tree website,

LondonTown.com (Published date unknown)

"It’s an astoundingly accommodating service and they have a long loyal list of customers who faithfully return to them every year."