The UK’s most northern plant nursery is set to benefit from Loganair’s GreenSkies Community Fund, as the airline donates £4,500 to help take their office off the grid. Based in Hillswick, Da Barn is a small nursery growing ornamental plants and vegetables.
The business has already taken huge steps to minimize its carbon footprint, installing solar panels to operate irrigation pumps, making deliveries around the island in an electric van, and using an innovative pot return scheme to reduce plastic waste.
The GreenSkies Community Fund is an initiative that sees charities, community groups, and small businesses across the UK supported in reaching their sustainability goals.
Loganair received nearly 250 applications for the latest round of funding and revealed it will distribute funds to seven successful projects – one being Da Barn.
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