Vicky Nuttall of GIMA (far left) and Vernon Kay (far right) with (from left to right) Arabella Barker Bland (daughter of Dalefoot founders Professor Jane Barker and Simon Bland), sales manager Pauline Lewington and production manager Lizzi Meth-Cohn of
A compost company has won an award.
The Lake District-based company, Dalefoot Compost, which makes peat-free composts and restores damaged peatlands, has scooped the Sustainability Award at the GIMA (Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association) Awards for helping to promote and encourage sustainable gardening.
The firm’s co-founder, Professor Jane Barker, said: “We’ve always employed environmental best practice, from the sourcing and harvesting of renewable, carbon-fixing ingredients through to the innovative blends, packaging and delivery.
"To be recognised by the industry, our peers, is wonderful and credit has to go to our team.”
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