Padraig and Una met in 1998 while studying organic horticulture at The Organic College, Dromcollogher. In 2001, they started growing vegetables on Padraig's parents farm. The following year, Beechlawn Organic Farm was established.
The business grew year-on-year, and the couple gradually gave up teaching horticulture to work full-time alongside other staff members, growing and selling organic vegetables.
Starting with a box scheme, the business moved into farmers' markets. In 2009 it started selling to supermarkets. Over the following years, Beechlawn Organic Farm gradually gave up the markets and now focuses on supplying wholesale to shops, restaurants, supermarkets veg box schemes and larger wholesalers countrywide.
The company grows 50acres of mixed organic vegetable crops and runs a paid farm apprenticeship programme with the Organic Growers Of Ireland every year.
