Superb Sustainability Project

Villa have continued to show yet more superb sustainability by working on an allotment for growing fruit and vegetables which will be used in our many restaurants.

Villa have worked alongside the St George’s Community Hub to clear the land and create an area which has raised beds for planting, a greenhouse facility for nurturing the plants as well as a shed.
It follows a successful grant handed out by Catch 22 in order to get the allotment – which lies a stone’s throw from Villa Park - up and running.

The club’s plan is now to grow our own fruit and vegetables which will then provide the produce for all our community kitchen projects – including VMF and Villa Vitality.

The team of volunteers working on the project have now harvested their first crop – potatoes – with 75kg of the red and white variety dug up and used in both VMF and on matchday against Wolves in McGregors and Directors.

This just adds another level to our reputation as the most sustainable football club in the country, having won the sustainability gold gong at the Football Hospitality Awards.
Alison Plant, head of hospitality, said: “We pride ourselves on being the most sustainable club and this project just adds to that.
“The allotment is still in its very early stages but we’re already reaping the benefits, with the potatoes used being very well received at the weekend during the derby clash.”

Get down to Villa Park to sample our VMF Restaurant, as well as produce from the allotment, our VMF Restaurant is open Friday and Saturday evenings and also for Sunday Lunch, call 0121 326 1570 to book.