It's not just at home where we can make a difference.
Keeping track of the food we eat
At Calke Abbey, a special ‘Tracker Pack’ is available to help families explore the kitchen garden.
The Small Steps, Big Change project enabled the staff at Calke to put together the pack. This contains:
- What's Growing at Calke?- includes fruit and veg quiz, the bean concertina, the herb fan, explore the apple orchard.
- How did this garden grow? - Puzzling buildings, gardeners tales.
- Garden detectives, Curious curiosities (photos of unusual objects), Curious creatures bag and Talking tin.
From Plot to Plate
While you are out and about why not make the most of your visit to a National Trust Property. Small Steps, Big Change have supported a series of From Plot to Plate seasonal cookery workshops at Upton House.
The event includes:
- A tour of Upton’s kitchen garden.
- An introduction to the history of the gardens.
- Tips on the techniques and benefits of growing your own fruit and vegetables.
- A demonstration of cookery using produce fresh from the garden.
Working at being Green
Small Steps, Big Change has teamed up with the Trust's Working Holidays to ‘green’ their basecamps. This has provided:
- Leaflets for Trust wardens to promote the many ways we can be green.
- Leaflets for working holiday leaders about greening the basecamp.
- Posters for different areas in the basecamps on greening that space.
- A ‘Basecamp Bistro’ cookbook containing seasonal recipes.
- Recycling bins, compost bins, energy saving light bulbs, ‘AA’ energy rated appliances, heavy curtains, blankets and draught excluders.
Every basecamp is different, if check with your warden what facilities will be available for use during your stay.
Ask the warden about the opportunities for green travel. Where is the nearest bus or train station to the basecamp?
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