Sponsored by
Waste not, want not for a homegrown family feast
SUPPORT came in spades for the Green Backyard garden project on Saturday when volunteers were faced with a potential recipe for disaster.
SUPPORT came in spades for the Green Backyard garden project on Saturday when volunteers were faced with a potential recipe for disaster.They had planned to host a wild food workshop at the Green Backyard on London Road, Peterborough, to help teach a group of children and their families about healthy eating.
The event was being run as part of Peterborough Primary Care Trust's healthy communities programme.
But when the group failed to turn up, quick thinking from the eco-volunteers ensured that the home-made bread, fish and salad and vegetables grown on the site did not go to waste.
Hungry office workers and members of the public soon dug in to ensure that an environmentally friendly 'waste not want not' ethos prevailed.
Sophie Antonelli, from the Green Backyard, said: "Although the first of our four wild food events didn't turn out exactly as we'd planned, we're treating it like a trial run so we can get it perfect next time.
"If the families and children had come along as planned they would have really enjoyed themselves.
But as it turned out we had a great time anyway and it was a good practice run."
The next wild food workshop is being held at the Green Backyard on Saturday between 10.30am and 2.30pm. All local people are welcome to attend this free event.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Peterborough
Sunday 12 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 6 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.