About Us

Defeet was launched in May 2008 by Camilla and Chris Swash. We came up with the idea for Defeet one summer evening; sitting in the garden we saw a huge slug slither past half fallen off copper tape, into a pot of herbs. We started talking about how much damage they had done to our potted plants and what else we could do to stop them, when Chris had a flash of inspiration. He came up with the idea of some kind of copper pot feet. We made some prototypes and were delighted with the results. For the first time we realised what hostas were meant to look like!

Encouraged by programmes like ‘Dragons Den’ we decided to patent the idea and start producing Defeet. We are really excited by this venture and believe Defeet are the best organic way of keeping pots slug and snail free.

We live in London with our two young children and are lucky enough to have a biggish garden. The gardens behind us are of an equal size, so we look out onto a sizeable green oasis in the middle of the city. When we moved into our flat, in 2001 the garden was a pretty barren patch with nothing but a ropey lawn, huge privet hedge and a massive diseased and dying poplar tree.

Over the years we have slowly transformed it. We have never had a master plan; it has just evolved over the years. We now have a large patio, home to many potted plants (and slugs and snails that inspired 'Defeet'), a lawn, borders, a pond, vegetable patch, shed, cold frames and two compost bins. It's not a show garden, but it is a great place to relax and be a bit closer to nature.

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