2012 Members News Articles

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 2011 Members News Articles
Original Seeds take Pride of Place in Spanish Garden of Eden   

Seeds and beans have been supplied this year to the Eden Project in Cornwall by Lincoln based company Original Touch Ltd and representatives of the company have just returned from a visit to see the crops being grown.  
 
The company produces a mail order catalogue of garden seeds from producers around the world and was a natural source of unusual crops for the Eden Project, a global garden transformed from a disused clay mine to teach people about nature for inspiration about the world around them.  
 
The beans and carrots supplied by Original Touch are part of a display in the Mediterranean Biome portraying a Spanish huerta, a fertile area for cultivating vegetables and fruit, rather like a market garden.   Common in those parts of Spain once occupied by the Moors, who brought many agricultural techniques to Europe in the 8th century, huertas typically belong to different people and are located in groups around a water source.
 
The varieties grown from Original Touch include a climbing bean Garrafal Oro Velez, a broad bean Histal and purple carrots Anthonina which originated from the area of present day Afghanistan! 
 
Managing Director Samantha Ford commented “We are very proud to have been chosen to supply these specialist seeds to such a worthy charity as the Eden Project.  The growers have been very pleased with the results in yield and taste, so we are already choosing seeds that will take part in displays next year”.   The same seeds can be purchased at www.originaltouch.co.uk
      
 
College success in Going for Gold
 
Lincoln College has become the first and only college in Lincolnshire to achieve the prestigious new Gold Status by Investors in People - the national quality standard awarded to organisations which demonstrate best practice people management and development.
 
 
 
Original Touch - Runner Up for Commitment to the Community
 
Original Touch Ltd is the only Lincolnshire based business to have received an award in the Midlands Family Business Awards 2010 as Runner Up for Commitment to the Community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
BWL treasurer Jo Richardson is taking part in this years Great North run, which takes place on Sunday 19th October. 
 
BWL attend Langleys Annual Charity Quiz 
 
A number of BWL members fielded teams for the Langleys Annual Charity Quiz which took place on 8th September 2010.  
 
 
 
 
 
Wright Vigar's new office 
Wright Vigar Chartered Accountants are very pleased to announce that their new office in Newark is open for business; the office will complement the locations of their existing offices in Lincoln, Gainsborough, Retford, Sleaford and London.   
 
 
 
The Old Station Nursery Ltd, who operate 6 nurseries in Lincolnshire, have just opened their 14th nursery at a military headquarters in Gloucestershire.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Original Touch Ltd has been selected as a finalist in the Midlands Family Business Awards for Commitment to the Community.  
 
 
 
 
BWL Raise over £1400 for Charity! 
Our team walk for 24 hours to support Cancer Research UK in the Relay for Life
 
 
 
 
 
BWL Members Growing Together 
Original Touch, The Pelican Trust and Working Gardens Share Garden Seeds to Help the Community
 
 
 
 
Trekking the Great Wall of China
 BWL members Charity Trek
 

 
 

 
 
College Wins Top Award For Working With Employers