Ok a MNer posted this link on a thread in the xmas topic. This guy is in Dorset, he delivers potted trees to you, then collects them after xmas is over, replants them, then they go through the same process next year! It is rent a tree!
They are a bit more expensive than buying a real tree but actually not astronomically so IIRC and you get delivery and collection so no hassle of how to dispose of the bugger afterwards. And it is really environmentally healthy which is his whole point in doing it.
I emailed him and asked him if he would deliver to Essex and he said he would, but as his objective is to be environmentally sound it would be too much a carbon footprint to come all this way to just deliver my tree. So he said if I can get 10 people in the area to place a tree order with him that he'd deliver in one fell swoop I could have my tree free! Which is a bit cheeky from me to you but I hasten to add it wasnt my plan it was just what he offered me, and otherwise I dont think I will be able to get my tree from him anyway due to said carbon footprint.
So, if anyone is interested let me know! senatorvass at gmail dot com The neat thing is you can even get a tag or something so you get the same tree year after year "hello tree, nice to see you again!"
I am a certified Christmas nut so there you go...