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Gardening at Hewlett Packard!

Large businesses around the country are looking to go green. In the high-tech industry this has become very important. One of the leaders in the ‘green’ movement has been Hewlett Packard. This push for more environmentally friendly practices doesn’t stop at the door; it has moved out on to the grounds at many of the Hewlett Packard campuses.

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We stopped by the Vancouver campus to look at some of the flower and vegetable gardens the employees have put together. Hewlett Packard has supported employee gardens on their campuses for over 25 years and it must be popular, they have a waiting list for spaces.

The Vancouver site has 35 garden plots and 20 corn plots. If an employee grows more than they can use they can leave the extra for other employees at stations around the facility. It is a great example of a big company and employees working together to make a better world where they work.

(Original air date: 8/27/2008 on GardenTime TV. See the GardenTime web site for more videos and information about the show)

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