#andilestake Podcast

Claire Reid is the ultimate over-achiever. She is a qualified architect who founded Reel Gardening at the age of 16, aiming to solve the problems she encountered when she tried to start her own vegetable garden in order to grow produce to sell to her parents for pocket-money.Today, Reel Gardening is multi-award-winning brand, and a thriving social enterprise that has recently raised several million rands in a recent funding drive (backed by Unilever and USAID)-- that will see the company scale up and go international. Claire is firmly at the helm of this incredible company, serving as its "Chief Impact Officer".Reel Gardening is a patented biodegradable colour-coded paper tape that encases organic fertiliser and seeds at the correct depth and distance apart. It only takes 5 minutes to plant, uses 80% less water and provides hours of joy and months of food.