Purton Parish Council decorated a tree, for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, which ran from Sunday 3rd of December to Wednesday 27th of December.

The Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church Purton, welcomed local groups, clubs and societies to decorate a tree which showed the aims and activities of their organisations.

In line with the Churches eco aspirations, all the groups involved were asked to be environmentally friendly, by not using glitter dust or glitter spray.

For health and safety reasons, the   3-4ft trees were all lit with battery operated lights.

In all, 35 trees were included from organisations such as: the WI, Messy Church, Purton Tennis Club, White Lodge Care Home, Young Farmers, and the local schools.

All the Purton Parish Council Tree decorations were hand crafted by a collaboration of Council Officers and Councillors and were designed to reflect the local amenities and activities of the organisation.