Friday, January 06, 2012
Last year vegetable production was in full swing at West Coast
Energy's eco-friendly office in Mold, North Wales.
A team of employees has been growing their own organic
vegetables in raised planters outside the company's sustainable
office building, including large marrows, onions and
potatoes. The green fingered staff who volunteer to cultivate
the crop have been offering other employees a bag of their
home-grown vegetables in return for a donation to charity.
Erlas Victorian Walled
Garden, a local charity which provides specialised training and
support for a group of adults with learning and mental health
disabilities, has benefitted from the funds raised. A total
of £50 was donated to the charity from the proceeds in 2011.
The vegetable patch comprises two large raised planters, which
were filled with topsoil kindly donated by Chester-based Dandy's Topsoil. A staff
team of seven volunteer gardeners has been drafted in to tend the
beds: ranging from complete novices to keen growers.
This latest donation is a continuation of West Coast Energy's
committment to the local community.
Vegetable planters outside West Coast Energy's sustainable office
