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Seed Pantry creates city food garden..

Seed Pantry joins forces with Delphis Eco to create office food garden

Delphis Eco is developing an inspired community food garden in the disused spaces around the Delphis Eco offices with the help of Seed Pantry and Transition Town Wandsworth.  With many acres of office garden space around the country they hope to raise awareness and lead the way for other companies to make their garden spaces more accessible, healthy and sustainable for those who work there.

To encourage people to grow more of their own food Delphis Eco have collaborated with Seed Pantry, Transition Town Wandsworth and Capital Growth (a London initiative by Mayor Boris Johnson) to get the local community involved in developing an otherwise fruitless garden space into a vibrant healthy community growing space where passers by can help themselves to produce.

Seed Pantry founder Neil Whitehead comments, “I’m very excited to be working with Delphis Eco and the London food growing initiatives, it’s great to see businesses encouraging people to grow food wherever possible. Our aim is to get everyone to have a go at growing your own food and as people spend a great deal of time at work this is a perfect place to encourage this. With this collaboration we’re demonstrating the simple steps for businesses to provide healthy working environments that involve local communities and support sustainable living”. 

Delphis Eco Managing Director Mark Jankovich said, “I read in a local newspaper that there was a huge waiting list for an allotment in the area.  I knew I wanted fruit and vegetables grown in our little garden but this was certainly beyond my ability.  I am delighted to have Transition Town Wandsworth (a community based organisation) on board as the green fingers of the project and Seed Pantry offers the perfect approach to growing food in urban environments and we’re really pleased to be working with them on this.”

To keep up to date with the progress of the garden you can follow the blog:

www.delphiseco.blogspot.com

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Cono Sur teams up with Seed Pantry..

Cono Sur teams up with the Seed Pantry at the Edible Garden Show

In line with its green credentials, award-winning Chilean winery Cono Sur is linking up with urban gardening company Seed Pantry to exhibit at this year’s Edible Garden Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from 18th – 20th March.

Continuing their joint efforts to encourage people to grow, cook and eat their own produce, Cono Sur and Seed Pantry are inviting visitors to their ‘Urban Garden’ stand at the Edible Garden Show, where they will demonstrate innovative ways to grow fruit and vegetables in the smallest of spaces, from window boxes to balconies, using household items such as newspapers and even bikes!

Visitors to the stand will have the opportunity to taste the delicious, sustainably-produced wines within the award-winning Cono Sur range including the highly-acclaimed Pinot Noir, as well as learn how to plant vegetable seeds, make a plant pot out of old newspaper and find out about how to match their home-grown produce to Cono Sur wines.

Cono Sur is renowned for its sustainable production, becoming the first winery in South America to gain the ISO 14 064 certification, widely regarded as the most reliable measure of efficiency in measuring greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainability is at the heart of Cono Sur’s philosophy and the team goes to great lengths to produce perfect wines with the minimum environmental impact.

Cono Sur and the Seed Pantry’s Urban garden stand will be at the Edible Garden Show from the 18th – 20th March so come along and learn how to eat, cook and drink sustainably! For further information on sustainable living and seasonal recipe ideas, visit the website www.conosurgreencooks.com

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Seed Pantry makes the one pot pledge…

Seed Pantry and Garden Organic urge for more urban veg growers

Seed Pantry and Garden Organic’s One Pot Pledge are working together to help people grow their own organic food in whatever space is spare.  With a target of 30,000 new organic growers for Britain by 2011.

To encourage people to get started Seed Pantry and Garden Organic have created a new, special edition One Pot Pledge Autumn Salads pack with seeds, equipment and essential advice to grow food throughout autumn and winter months – proving that food can be grown all year round in urban spaces.

The One Pot Pledge Autumn Salads pack has a wonderful collection of vegetable seeds that can be used in meals throughout the year.  The colourful, spicy and oriental varieties including: Pak Choi, Rainbow Chard and Spicy Leaf Mustards are easy to grow with a fast turnaround, ensuring fresh tasty ingredients for the kitchen.

As well as supporting the nation’s new grow your own enthusiasts by offering an exclusive 5% discount on the One Pot Pledge Autumn Salads pack, the collaboration will also support Garden Organic’s wider charitable work, as with every pack sold Seed Pantry will donate 5% of the sale to Garden Organic – the UK’s leading organic growing charity.

Seed Pantry founder Neil Whitehead comments, “I’m very excited to be working with Garden Organic, it’s a great charity that has been encouraging people to grow food at home for over 50 years with Britain’s most famous organic advocate, Prince Charles, as Patron. We want everyone to have a go, even if you’re a novice, and enjoy the satisfaction of growing great tasting organic food in whatever space is spare. With this partnership we’re offering simple steps for people to get involved with food growing and to enjoy the wonders of nature.”

One Pot Pledge manager, Charlotte Corner, said, “The aim of our campaign is to turn non-growers into enthusiastic, successful ‘grow your owners’. To do this we need to show people that getting started isn’t scary and that a pot, a selection of appropriate seeds and simple advice are all they need to get started. Seed Pantry offers the perfect approach to growing on a small scale and we’re thrilled to be working with them on this venture.”

To access the special discount code for the One Pot Pledge Autumn Salads pack visit www.onepotpledge.org and buy online at www.seedpantry.co.uk