The 6ft by 4 ft foot urban garden will provide the winning company the opportunity to work together as a team, sharing the responsibility for tending the garden between all employees throughout the year.
As well as acting as a valuable team-building exercise, gardening can have a whole host of social benefits including boosting physical and mental health, improving the environment, strengthening communities and growing fresh, healthy food.
A total of 21 small, urban gardens have already been snapped up by surrounding companies which say that the daily gardening has helped bring employees together at lunchtime and encouraged friendly competition between businesses, as well as reducing stress and proving to be a good source of exercise.
Wellington Place initially introduced 12 urban gardens in 2009 but has expanded the site to accommodate a further nine plots due to popular demand.
The urban gardens were developed as part of MEPC’s pledge to create a vibrant, business community during the downturn. While many of the UK’s developers opted to mothball paralysed sites, MEPC bucked the trend and invested £1 million turning part of its 22 acre Wellington Place site into an area that could be enjoyed by those who live and work in the surrounding area.
For your chance to become part of the Wellington Place city centre resource, email dsimcox@mepc.com before 28th February with the reason why your company should be the one to tend to the urban garden up for grabs.
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