CARDIGAN TOWN MAYOR OPENS NEW RETAIL HQ FOR WELSH GREENHOUSE BUSINESS HARVST

19 April 2021: The Cardigan Town Mayor Cllr Clive Davies has officially opened the new HQ of Welsh green-tech company Harvst.

The Mayor said: “I’m delighted to welcome another local business into the heart of our thriving community. Harvst is a superb and brilliant example of a business within Cardigan succeeding and growing through innovation and ambition.”

The brainchild of two Cardigan-based entrepreneurs and garden enthusiasts – Rik Sellwood and Chris Tanner – Harvst, offers a range of smart, self-watering, climate controlled mini greenhouses. Since its inception just over a year ago, the green-tech business has outgrown its former premises.  The new Harvst HQ, located in Pwllhai in the centre of Cardigan offers a dedicated space to design, manufacture and sell its fully automated and app-connected gardening kit, as well as accommodate its growing team. The company also plans to open an on-site education centre to encourage school and community groups to get growing and be more self-sufficient.

About the move, Rik Sellwood commented: “We are fortunate to be based in a part of the country that is burgeoning start-ups.  There’s a real sense of energy about Cardigan and for us, being centrally located – and visible – within such a thriving community, is key to our business.  We’re looking forward to working with our fellow neighbours and to forging strong local networks enabling us to all grow together.”

Image left to right: on the ribbon-cutting photo: Billy Wright, (Harvst engineer); Chris Tanner (Harvst co-founder and director); Mayor, Cllr Clive Davies; Mayoress Myra Davies; Rik Sellwood (Harvst co-founder and director and Will Thomas (Harvst engineer).