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 8
th 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