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Here are some of Eden projects 3 top tips to Big Lunch growing: Cress / Sprouting Seeds – about 1 week Just soak some sprouting seeds overnight and lay them on a piece of damp tissue or cotton. Keep them moist and ‘hey presto!’ Wash and eat with salads and sandwiches. Leaf salad [...]
A Big Lunch can take as little or as much time and effort that you have to spare – all you really need is people, food and fun! With just over one month to go until the fifth annual Big Lunch, we are exited to be part of Start‘s national campaign `Be the Start`; which is finding [...]
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This year, The Big Lunch are teaming up with Waste Awareness Wales to encourage Big Lunchers in Wales to be waste aware by being creative in the ways they resource their Big Lunch and clear up after the party! Enter our competition now! We want to hear YOUR ideas on making The Big Lunch a waste aware [...]
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Growing your own veggies can feel like a daunting venture, especially if you’re not green fingered or have little or no outdoor space at home. But knowing how to grow vegetables can not only save you money, but it’s also a really fun activity that anyone can get involved in. To show just how easy [...]
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Judy Williams, chair of The St Nicholas Court Residence Association in Swansea, held their first Big Lunch last June to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee. Here she shares her top ten tips for getting your Big Lunch off the ground: “Our Big Lunch was a huge success with over 70 people attending; including friends, neighbours [...]
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In June 2011, Falcon Estate Residents Association was celebrating 50 years of its estate and decided to celebrate with a Big Lunch. Here Senia Dedic, Sandra Munoz and Hadas Hagos tell us all about it: “We were very lucky to have had help from our Resident Participation Officer Caryl Davies from Wandsworth Housing and the [...]
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In June 2012, Members of Canton Community Gardens worked with staff from Chapter Arts Centre to arrange their first Big Lunch in the new community garden at Chapter, in Cardiff. Here, Michael Goode, from Canton Community Gardens, tells us how their Big Lunch event allowed the local community to come along to taste some local food, whilst [...]
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The Big Lunch team have been busy over the winter months creating shiny new 2013 materials to help you organise your best Big Lunch yet! And so the time has come for us to show them off our Big Lunchers! Our free Big Lunch Packs are now available to order from the website. All you need to do is [...]
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Incredible Edible Cloughmills in Northern Ireland recently held a workshop inviting people from the local area to sign up to learn the skill of making Jam. Patrick Frew the group chairman collected the damsons from local hedgerow during a late autumn walk and freezed them. Liz Dowds is well known locally for her delicious cakes and jams, she delivered [...]
Murals and chalk drawings are a great way for people of all ages to get together and brighten up your community. All you need is a box of chalk and your imagination to create a wonderfully colourful Big Lunch! You could even get host a competition and give out prizes to the best community artist. [...]
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Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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