Students create vegetable patch with Eco’s help   (posted 08/10/2009)

A big-hearted Christchurch company is helping students at Twynham School turn an overgrown old pond into a vegetable patch.

Eco Sustainable Solutions has donated four tonnes of its Super Soil product to the Sopers Lane school.

It is being used by Year 10 students who are undertaking the gardening project as part of their ASDAN Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) qualification.

Maxine Barry, Twynham School’s Speech and Language-based Manager, said: “Eco has been absolutely fantastic and we’re very grateful. Nothing has been too much trouble for the company.

“The garden project teaches our speech and language-based students the benefits of working together as a team as well as being environmentally aware. They are working incredibly hard.”

Justin Dampney, Eco’s Business Development Manager, said: “We’re delighted to be lending a helping hand to such a worthwhile scheme.”

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Picture caption: Digging for victory: Eco’s Justin Dampney (second right) joins Twynham’s Maxine Barry (fourth left) and Year 10 students working on the new vegetable patch.

Editor’s Note: Founded in 1994, Eco annually processes 150,000 tonnes of material on its 14-acre site at Parley, Dorset. End products include turf, enriched topsoil, compost and woodchip. The company, which employs 32 staff, was named KPMG Company of the Year in the 2008 Dorset Business Awards.

For more information please contact: Justin Dampney, Business Development Manager, Eco Sustainable Solutions, on 01202 593601 or Andrew Diprose, PR Account Director, Deep South Media on 01202 534487.