Byrkley assists local Young Enterprise Team

Young Enterprise is the Uk’s leading business and enterprise education charity and provides teams of under 18’s in schools across the country an opportunity to start up and run their own business for 12 months before being judged in a competition on their entrepreneurial skills. 

In November 2008 the Young Enterprise team from John Taylor High School in Barton under Needwood contacted Byrkley Garden Centre for support and endorsement of their new business venture.   The team had been working hard to produce a set of ‘everything you need to grow you own vegetables’ which is aimed at young children.   The set comprised of compost, a trowel, seeds for a variety of vegetables and a step-by-step leaflet which included growing guides, recipes and ‘fun facts’ on living healthy. 

Their final product has been created with ‘healthy living’ in mind and everything will be recyclable and organically sources as far as is realistically possible – including the packaging and leaflet paper.

As an organisation, Byrkley Garden Centre is very keen to support and educate children in gardening and growing their own fruit and vegetables.  We were delighted to endorse this product as well as provide the team with free pots to help them on their way.

The Young Enterprise Team have said  “We are very grateful for the generous support of our local garden centre, Byrkley Garden Centre, with our school’s business project  ‘Green Machine’. From the start, they have encouraged the healthy-living and ‘green’ values that we try to promote through our eco-friendly gardening kit, and we consider the business relationship we have developed with Byrkley to be invaluable. We are appreciative of the materials they have kindly donated, and the opportunity they have given us – this insight into a successful and long-running business has been very educational and interesting. We continue to work hard, hoping to justify their faith in us and our company, and are proud to display their logo on our products. Thank you Byrkley Garden Centre for recognising that all entrepreneurs have to start somewhere!”

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