Through a brilliant collaboration, Somerset’s leading peat-free compost producer, RocketGro, is on board as headline sponsor of the first-ever Yeo Valley Organic Garden Festival this September – a celebration of sustainability, soil and spectacular gardening.
The theme of the event strikes a chord with RocketGro, as the festival – also in Somerset – is geared towards inspiring people to ‘get greener in the garden’, with a focus on topics, such as soil health, biodiversity and sustainability.
A stellar line up of speakers has already garnered attention, with Arit Anderson set to hold a talk themed on gardening for the climate, whilst Alys Fowler will discuss perennial vegetables that promote a healthy ecosystem, and many more.
Keen to support a fellow Somerset business and always on a mission to get people gardening in a more environmentally-friendly way, RocketGro relished the opportunity to be the headline sponsor of this brand-new event.
With the two companies a natural fit, thanks to their commitment to organic gardening and sustainable practises, Yeo Valley Organic expressed its pleasure at garnering support from a like-minded local brand.
Sarah Mead, Head Gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Garden said: “Yeo Valley Organic is delighted that we have the support of local brand, RocketGro, a brand with brilliant sustainable products that we already use in the garden. Their ethos for environment-first products aligns with that of the Yeo Valley Organic Garden, and it’s a pleasure to have them on this journey with us. A big thank you to RocketGro for supporting our first ever Garden Festival. May the relationship grow from strength to strength!”
Toby Thomas, Managing Director at RocketGro commented: “We are really excited about the first-ever Yeo Valley Organic Gardening Festival and are absolutely thrilled to be a part of it. We had already forged a connection between our two organisations, as Yeo Valley Organic uses our peat-free, organic products on their garden in Blagdon. So, when they approached us about supporting this fantastic event, we jumped at the chance.”
Announcing the launch of the garden Festival in February, Head Gardener, Sarah Mead also set out Yeo Valley Organic’s intention to “ditch the formalities and the ‘one size fits all’ approach to organic gardening” with this event and, instead, provide visitors with “myth-busting, jargon-breaking, real-life practical solutions,” designed to suit every garden and every budget.
This aspect of the show is another reason RocketGro was keen to show its support, as Toby Thomas explains: “RocketGro is very much about making gardening accessible and we love that, not only is this exciting new horticultural festival set to take place in a region we are extremely proud of, but also that Yeo Valley Organic is seeking to cut through the jargon that can put some gardeners off. Events like this are the lifeblood of our industry and are an important way to support and inspire gardeners of all skillsets.”
The news comes hot on the heels of RocketGro’s recent appearance in the first of the Peat-free Partnership’s brand-new ‘Hort Shorts’ series, which puts the spotlight on peat-free success stories from within the industry.
The Yeo Valley Organic Garden Festival will take place on 18th-20th September at Blagdon. All ages are welcome, with ticket prices starting from £10 for a one-day pass. For more information or to book your tickets, visit the website.
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Notes to editors:
RocketGro was founded in early 2021, born out of a meeting of minds of two friends, Tim and Toby. Tim’s family has been successfully farming on their 5000-acre farm in the heart of Somerset for over 100 years. The farm produces an amazingly rich soil nourishing organic by-product from their biogas plant. The biogas powers thousands of homes, and until RocketGro was born, this by-product was only spread over the farmland, meaning the farm could avoid using chemical fertilisers.
Tim wanted to share this wonder product with gardeners all over the UK and he approached Toby to help him make this dream come true. RocketGro was born.
The RocketGro mission is to help gardeners move away from peat and therefore do our bit to help the environment. Our fabulous range of products is a near-total solution to any gardeners’ needs and the range is expanding even further. RocketGro puts a great deal of care and effort into producing our premium growing media products and aims to produce the finest compost products in a sustainable and nature loving eco-friendly way. Gardeners who become ‘RocketGrowers’ will see the difference.
