Green entrepreneurs show business is blooming
May 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Callum Davis, 19, created a successful business selling ethical gardening products. His friends have nicknamed him “the slug man”, because he has become an expert in the habits of the slimy creatures. But teenager Callum Davis’s quest to develop an eco-friendly way of fending off unwelcome slugs and snails also led to him deferring a university place in order to develop the product at the core of his fledgling – but already successful – business.
Davis is still a month shy of his 20th birthday but his company, EcoCharlie, employs five full-time staff and is set to turn over £150,000 this year in sales of a fast-expanding range of “natural” garden products, including a garden watering system – which can be used with most mineral water bottles – sold through Oxfam.
The aim is simple, he says: “To manufacture products which are natural, ethical, recycled, eco-friendly, sustainable or support a good cause.”
As gardening enthusiasts turn their attention to the Chelsea Flower Show next week, many will doubtless do so dreaming of new, green-fingered careers. Davis is one of a wave of British entrepreneurs who are achieving commercial success after developing innovative, niche gardening products – often to meet consumer demand for environmentally friendly and ethically produced items not available from mainstream manufacturers…
Read the original article at Guardian
great job,ethical gardening is a nature friendly and an innovative buisness i suppose,,,
Natural gardening is definitely the way to go. I hate to hear stories about harmful pesticides going into our soils and poisoning out earth. I’m very happy that I came across this story. Things like this need much more publicity.
Very good information. Wish i could locate more knowledge like this by others! Many thanks!