Fantastic news! We won the Sustainable Business Award in the ‘Innovation and Technology’ section. This was sponsored by Business Link who visited our production site and ‘grilled’ us about our production methods and whether we were already selling the product and who to.
We were able to tell them the secret (!) ingredients and how sustainable they are and that the wild flower turf was already very much in the market place and available to all. It is being sold for landscaping projects and green roofs as well as more diverse projects such as the Harry Potter film sets, Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows and Theatre productions (eg Edinburgh and London).
We were given the award during a gala evening at the De Vere Hotel in Southampton where we were treated to a delicious meal made up entirely from local produce and the award itself was designed and created by a Hampshire artist who sculpted a wild flower meadow effect, in a glass pane and set in Holm Oak from a local estate.
For more information on the scheme please see www.the-sbp.co.uk
3rd from left holding the award!
I really enjoyed the evening and was not expceting us to do so well in view of all the other terrific enteries in our group. It was good to hear that so much effort is going into this scheme and it has made us realise how much more we can do to improve our sustainable credentials. There is a lot of interest in the Wild Flower Turf from people who are trying to improve the flora and fauna and biodiversity in their area. The recognition that winning the award has given us, reinforces the fact that we are aiming to keep the product environmentally friendly and encourages us to continue in this way!
The feedback on the night, and since the award gives us great confidence in our product and we look forward to developing it in these interesting times!