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WildGuernsey Wild food foraging workshops in winter & spring 2012
January 30th, 2012 by Events
WildGuernsey guests sharing wild food at Pouquelaie Vinery (click image to expand - image courtesy of WildGuernsey)
12 February 2012
WildGuernsey at Pouquelaie Vinery, Rocquaine Road, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey offers an ‘Introduction to WildFood Foraging‘ on Sunday 12 February 2012 from 1 pm to 4 pm. The £30 course includes tapas.
11 March 2012 Continue reading
RG Falla begins construction on 24 energy efficient apartments for GHA
January 22nd, 2012 by Guernsey Housing Association
Guernsey Housing Association has signed a building contract with RG Falla for just under £4 million and work has started on the construction of 24 apartments, all for social rent, at a new clos to be called Clos Barbier off Rue Jehannet in St Martin.
Clos Barbier estate layout (please click map to expand - courtesy of Guernsey Housing Assocation)
This is the first Rural Area site to be developed under planning policy ‘RH2’, which is there to support new social housing in the Rural Area where it ”rounds off” existing social housing. Continue reading
Gorgeous Guernsey food and cook book by Tony Leck
December 13th, 2011 by Richard Lord
Tony Leck has a produced a delicious book, Pavilion on a Plate – Fresh Flavours of Guernsey, lavishly illustrated with food and farm photography by Ally Clark.
The book encapsulates Guernsey’s food culture with gorgeous recipes and lovely vignettes of island life.
(click book cover to go to Tony Leck's Pavillion on a plate website)
Power shower use quickly uses more water and energy than baths
November 30th, 2011 by Unilever UK and Ireland
A study by Unilever UK and Ireland is the first to reveal what British families really get up to in the shower. The findings will enable scientists to help consumers to save energy, water and money.
Using innovative new technology, developed at Unilever’s Port Sunlight R&D laboratory, researchers are now able to monitor actual showering behaviour, rather than relying on self-report which, until now, has been the only way of understanding consumers’ shower antics. Continue reading
Guernsey Water encourages wise water use
November 24th, 2011 by Guernsey Water
Guernsey Water encourages Islanders to think carefully about their water consumption and consider simple but effective ways to reduce water wastage.
The utility recently carried out an online survey to gather information about the Guernsey public’s water usage habits and to ascertain whether there were any examples of water wastage which could be addressed. Continue reading
Blue Diamond’s Le Friquet Garden Centre donates plants for garden at Les Bourgs Hospice
November 19th, 2011 by Les Bourgs Hospice
THE gardens at the new Les Bourgs Hospice will soon be filled with £12,000 worth of plants.
Blue Diamond, which owns Le Friquet Garden Centre, has donated the plants to the hospice as part of its support for the island where the company has its roots.
‘Blue Diamond started as the Fruit Export Company and has been a proud part of the Guernsey community for 107 years. We are always delighted to be involved in projects that will make a very real difference to islanders and there is no doubt that the new Les Bourgs Hospice will do exactly that,’ said Blue Diamond managing director Alan Roper. Continue reading
A Handmade Christmas indoor market filled with locally made gifts at The Venue on 30 November 2011
November 10th, 2011 by Stephanie Le Cheminant
(please click on the image to download the PDF file of this flyer to your computer)
An indoor market and grand raffle takes place at The Venue, Fermain Valley, St Peter Port, Guernsey beginning at 5 pm on 30 November 2011. Continue reading
Resolution Ltd provides funding for Floral Guernsey
October 28th, 2011 by Floral Guernsey
A MAJOR sponsorship deal has been struck to secure the future of Floral Guernsey.
Resolution Limited, the FTSE 100 listed company which owns the Friends Life insurance group, is Guernsey incorporated, and has agreed to help the local charity, as part of its corporate social responsibility policy, and to ensure its involvement in the local Guernsey community. Continue reading
November 4 deadline to enter Guernsey primary and infant schools gardening competition
October 21st, 2011 by Bedell Group
THE Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project – sponsored by Bedell in association with Floral Guernsey – aims to help Bailiwick children to understand environmental issues and experience gardening at school.
BBC Gardener Alys Fowler joins Forest Primary School children and teachers and Ann Wragg of Floral Guernsey to launch Guernsey school gardening competition (click image to expand - Image courtesy of Bedell Group)
The school gardening competition runs for a year and winners will be announced in July 2012.
The first prize winner will be offered the choice of one of the following: either the David Hunt bushcraft workshop or £1,000 cash. Continue reading
Ethnobotanist James Wong visits Amherst Primary School Gardening Club to share his knowledge
October 9th, 2011 by Bedell Group
Ethnobotanist and TV gardener James Wong visited the Amherst Primary School Gardening Club as part of the Bedell Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project.
Amherst Primary School gardening club with James Wong (centre) and Mark Helyar (right) (click image to expand - ©Chris George)
Mr Wong visited Guernsey for Floral Guernsey’s Autumn Festival Week, sponsored by Skipton International. Continue reading
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