Play Direct UK.com promote Growing Your Own

Jan. 19, 2012 - PRLog -- Play Direct are passionate about encouraging schools to develop learning outside the classroom and helping children to understand healthy eating and food nutrition.  The range of VegTrug products are the perfect tool for children to learn and understand about growing their own vegetables.  

The VegTrug comes in 3 sizes together with a range of accessories, such as frames and liners.  Full growing instructions are provided, showing you how to grow a variety of vegetables easily all year round. Seeing the process from start to finish will help each child gain a greater understanding of the basics of growing vegetables.  The VegTrugs are sourced from sustainable plantation grown fir and will last for many years.  They are delivered flat-packed in one box with easy to follow build instructions.

Gary Wallis, Sales and Marketing Manager, said “This product range offers us the perfect solution for promoting the education of a healthy lifestyle to children in schools.  Children from Early Years and upwards will enjoy the planting and digging activities VegTrug brings and can enjoy the complete process of growing vegetables from seed to table.”

Joe Denham, International Director for VegTrug, commented "We have been looking for some time for the right UK and European Schools supply partner and we are very excited to have Play Direct UK.com on board with us to promote the VegTrug into schools in 2012 and beyond. We already have some exciting ideas for new education specific products in 2012 and we are very much looking forward to an excellent relationship enabling more teachers and children to have access to the VegTrug throughout the UK and Europe."


Play Direct UK.com offer outdoor learning and school grounds equipment to make playtime active, challenging and above all fun! Their educational play and sports equipment creates outdoor learning environments to encourage a child's natural curiosity for active, social and imaginative development in the Early Years, KS1 and KS2. Their extensive range includes adventure trails, climbing towers, musical instruments, sand and water play, sports and fitness, outdoor classrooms, planters and much more.

Play Direct UK.Com is a trading name within the Playpower Group and is managed by SMP Playgrounds. SMP Playgrounds are members of both the API (Association of Play Industries) and RoSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents).

For more information on Play Direct UK.com please visit http://www.playdirectuk.com or contact us on 0800 840 9526.

For more information on VegTrug and their range of products, please visit http://www.vegtrug.com

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Play Direct UK.com has been formed under the Playpower group to enable us to supply playground equipment exclusively to schools at a more affordable price. Our range includes adventure trails, playhouses, climbing towers, outdoor classrooms and more.