Saturday, 16 March 2013

Bananas Growing in Wales!


Fairtrade Banana Farmer Sandra Joseph has been travelling around schools in Wales spreading the message of Fairtrade during this year's Fairtrade Fortnight. While visiting Carmarthenshire schools, she was surprised and amused by the fact that most of the school children she spoke to said they had seen a banana tree, and most surprising of all was that they had not had to travel outside Carmarthenshire to see the tropical plant.

On hearing that the National Botanic Garden of Wales does indeed have banana trees, Sandra made a special visit to see them.
Most were wrapped up for winter, but one inside the tropical glass house was bearing fruit, and Sandra was delighted to pose for a photo she never thought she would see when she left her St Lucia home

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