Solicitors go green with wildflower initiative

As part of a second green initiative, the residential property team at Oldham-based Pearson Solicitors are sending wildflowers to clients when they move into their new home and supporting a local school at the same time.

On moving in day, every client is sent a ‘Welcome to your New Home’ card by their property solicitor.

The cards have been sourced from Garden Greetings; a company formed by sixth formers at the Oldham Hulme Grammar School as part of their Young Enterprise Competition.

Once used, they can then be planted in the garden as wildflower seeds are embedded in the biodegradable cards.

“We already have a future roots campaign offering sapling trees to new householders, but it’s not something everyone can accommodate, but the wildflowers can go anywhere, even in the smallest of gardens, the cards breakdown and the flowers are released,” said Head of Residential Property at Pearson, Victoria Marshall.

“Nationally, we’ve lost 97% of our wildflower meadows and they are so important as they provide pollinators and insects with food from leaves, pollen, nectar, shelter and places to breed.

"We all need to look after our environment and at Pearson we are just trying to do our bit,” she said.

“When we came across the scheme and were able to support the young pupils at Hulme Grammar School it was an easy decision to buy from them.

"Their business acumen has been great, they’ve delivered an impressive product to tight deadlines, communication has been straightforward, and I think many big businesses could learn a thing or two from them.

"I wish them well as they develop the business under its new name Foxglove Papers,” added Victoria.

Commenting on the order from Pearson, Hulme pupil Lloyd Coulter said: “We are beyond happy to have been asked to create such a big order for a well-known firm like Pearson Solicitors.

"The large order was challenging, as we had never provided so many cards before.

"However, after sourcing a local print shop that would print our cards for the price, we managed to find a way to make this possible.

"We also spent lots of time scoring the cards by hand, but as we all worked together, the skills we have learnt will be extremely helpful as we progress our business.

"We are so grateful to have been welcomed into the Pearson family and can’t wait to work with them more in the future.

"The group now plan to continue the company, another pupil, Katie Lee, said she had learned a lot about business as part of the group.

“We have recently gone through a rebranding process as the competition came to an end.”

“We felt that as we took the steps to create a real business, it was important to start on a clean slate and changing our name was an important part of this.

"We are now called ‘Foxglove Papers,’ a name that we feel combines sophistication with fun, just how we want our brand to be represented.

“We are very excited for the journey we have ahead and can’t wait to see where this can take us."

Acacia Seward, Joel Birtles, Spencer Froggatt, Lloyd Coulter and Katie Lee make up the team of five who run the business, which got to the national finals in the Young Enterprise Scheme.

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