A Simple Way to Replant Your Christmas Tree in Sydney

A Simple Way to Replant Your Christmas Tree in Sydney this January

Every Christmas, hundreds of living, potted trees are brought into homes across Sydney. Some come from garden centres, some from supermarkets, some from local florists – chosen carefully, decorated with love, and enjoyed through the festive season.

Then January arrives, the decorations come down, and a very practical question arises: what happens to the tree now?

If you bought your Christmas tree from Little Flowers as part of our  Christmas collection, you’re already covered through our own replanting program. But over the past few years, we’ve had more and more people get in touch asking the same thing: whether we could help replant a tree they didn’t buy from us. A living tree still sitting in its pot, very much alive, and deserving of a future beyond Christmas.

This Tree Return Service is our answer to that question.

 

The Post-Christmas Question No One Talks About

Every year, thousands of living Christmas trees are brought into homes across Sydney. They brighten rooms, become the backdrop for family photos, hold memories of late nights and early mornings, laughter and quiet moments.

And then Christmas ends.

Suddenly, the tree that felt so essential a few weeks earlier becomes a question mark. Too big to keep. Too good to waste. Not quite sure where it’s meant to go.

Many people genuinely want to do the right thing – they just don’t know what that looks like. And while there’s plenty of debate about what kind of Christmas tree is “best” for the environment, one thing is increasingly clear: what happens to a tree after Christmas matters just as much as how it came into your home.

And any living tree still has life in it. What it needs is the chance to keep growing.

 

A Thoughtful Alternative: Returning Your Tree to Mother Nature

This year, we’re offering a simple, practical way to give living, potted Christmas trees a future beyond the festive season.

Our Tree Return Service offers scheduled Christmas tree collection across Sydney, followed by careful transport and replanting at either Jamberoo Mountain Farm or Rosewood Farm in the Southern Highlands.

This is the first year we’ve opened the service beyond our own customers, extending what we already do for Little Flowers trees to others who’ve been asking for the same kind of care. It’s a practical, considered way to make sure more living trees are looked after properly once the festive season ends.

 

How the Tree Return Service Works

 

Here’s how the Tree Return Service works:

Step 1: Book your tree return

Let us know you’d like your tree collected and replanted –  just fill in the form here.

Step 2: Receive your payment link

You’ll receive a payment link to secure your booking. Once payment has been processed your tree will be officially booked in for collection. (This is a pilot program, hence no automated check out yet) 

Step 3: Prepare your tree for collection

Place your tree outside your home the night before collection. 

Step 4: Collection day

Our team will collect your tree on Saturday 9 January, as part of our scheduled Sydney-wide pickup.

Step 5: Replanting

Your tree is transported to one of two beautiful regenerative farms, south of Sydney – either Jamberoo Mountain Farm or Rosewood Farm, where it’s replanted and given the space and care to settle back into the land. We’ll be keeping an eye on Mother Nature and taking advice from farmer Lachy, but we’re expecting to carry out the planting in March when the weather has cooled down a little. Planting in cooler temperatures gives your tree the best chance of thriving into the future.

That’s it. One decision, one pickup, and a tree that gets to keep growing.

 

Two Ways to Return Your Tree

We offer two options, depending on how involved you’d like to be in the next chapter of your tree’s story.

Standard Tree Return – $45

– Scheduled Christmas tree pickup on Saturday 9 January
– Transportation from Sydney to the Southern Highlands
– Replanting on a regenerative farm

A simple, responsible way to ensure your tree has a future beyond Christmas.

Premium Tree Return – $75 (Strictly limited to 50 trees)

Everything included in the Standard option, plus:

– Your tree is tagged at collection, so it can be identified
– A short personalised video message from the farm, showing your actual tree being replanted and settling into its new home

This option is limited to just 50 trees and is designed for those who love the idea of seeing the story come full circle – especially families, kids, and anyone who finds meaning in watching something cared for properly.

 

Where Your Tree Goes: Regenerative Farms in the Southern Highlands

Your tree’s next home is a family-run, regenerative farm in New South Wales. We currently have two farms on board, both in the Southern Highlands.

The farms are actively worked and cared for year-round, with a focus on soil health, regeneration and long-term land stewardship. Trees are planted into the ground with care, given time to establish, and looked after as part of the broader landscape – not treated as temporary or ornamental.

This is a place where young trees can settle in, grow slowly, and become part of something ongoing. 

 

 

 

What You Need to Know Before Booking

To ensure trees can be safely collected and replanted, there are a few important requirements:

– Your tree must be alive and healthy (not brown / dropping) and in its original pot
– Maximum height: 1 metre
– Trees must be placed outside the night before collection
– Collection date is Saturday 9 January
– Sydney metro collection only

If your tree meets these criteria, we’d love to help give it a future beyond the festive season.

 

Who This Service Is Perfect For

This service is ideal for:

– People who bought a potted Christmas tree from Harris Farm, Woolworths, Coles, garden centres or other online or local florists.
– Eco-conscious households wanting to make thoughtful choices after Christmas
– Families teaching kids that sustainability is something you do, not just talk about
– Anyone searching for a responsible way to return a living Christmas tree to the earth in Sydney

 

A Note on Sustainability 

There’s no single “perfect” Christmas tree choice – and sustainability experts are increasingly open about how complex the issue really is.

What is becoming clearer, though, is that systems which prioritise reuse, replanting and keeping living things out of landfill are an important part of the solution. Giving trees a genuine second life helps reduce waste, reduces carbon and shifts the story from short-term use to long-term care.

Our Tree Return Service offers a practical option for people who want to look after a living tree properly once Christmas is over. It reflects the same approach that guides the flowers we prioritise and how we deliver them across Sydney – working with nature where we can, and taking care at each step.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I return a Christmas tree I bought from Little Flowers?

This service is designed for people who bought their Christmas tree elsewhere. Little Flowers Christmas trees already include replanting as part of the standard offering.

What suburbs do you collect from?

We collect across Sydney metro, including the Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, North Shore and surrounding areas.

Is replanting your Christmas tree better for the environment?

There’s no single answer that fits every situation. What experts increasingly agree on is that what happens to a tree after Christmas plays a major role in its overall impact. Replanting keeps living trees gives them the opportunity to continue growing, reducing carbon and avoiding waste.If you’d like a deeper look at the broader debate, the Guardian has a thoughtful overview of the environmental impact of Christmas trees – you can read it here.

What if my tree doesn’t survive?

Your tree will be treated carefully and given the best possible chance to settle and grow. Trees are planted with long-term survival in mind, but like all living things, survival can’t be guaranteed.

Can I visit my tree?

The farm isn’t open for public visits, but premium customers will receive a video showing their tree being replanted.

 

Let Your Christmas Tree Keep Growing

Christmas is full of small rituals that mean a lot. Bringing a tree inside. Decorating it together. Sitting beside it at night when the house finally goes quiet.

Returning it to the earth can be part of that story too.

Our Tree Return Service is a way to close the season gently – with care, intention, and the knowledge that something living has been given a chance to keep growing.

Because sometimes, the best ending is really just a beginning.