We're Sponsoring Durrell's Tortoise Takeover
We're delighted to be taking part in Durrell's Tortoise Takeover, and here's your chance to get to know our sponsored artist, Katherine Cadin.
The iconic quirky puffins are part of Jersey’s natural heritage. They’re sadly now Critically Endangered due to climate change and overfishing, which has reduced their main food source, sand eels. With only four breeding pairs remaining in Jersey in 2022, artist Katherine wanted to highlight their plight by featuring Jersey’s entire puffin population on this tortoise, a total of only eight birds. Each puffin painted has its own unique character. Katherine is a painter inspired by the coast and marine life, and has a passion for colour, pattern and texture. Her work is influenced by Aboriginal art and her Greek heritage.
Like these giant tortoises, Le Gallais has also withstood the test of time as we approach our 200 year anniversary during 2025. We take great pleasure in sponsoring Durrell as environmental responsibility is deeply engrained in our company ethos.
Our newest Self Storage facility located in the Le Gallais Trade Park at Five Oaks has been built with superb green credentials to be entirely energy efficient with wild flower areas and wildlife habitation zones. We are one of the original members of Durrell’s Rewild Carbon programme, so we jumped at the opportunity to get involved with the Tortoise Takeover.