Sow Your Own winner announced….

Posted by Siobhan, October 4th, 2010, Comments (4)
Thanks to everyone who got involved in our  Sow Your Own campaign this summer, especially those of you who have taken the time to contribute to our blog or share your pics with us. We’ve really enjoyed seeing all of the unusual places you’ve been growing your herbs, fruit and … Read more

Sow Your Own on the radio!

Posted by Siobhan, August 26th, 2010, Comments (0)
If you’ve been listening to the radio recently you may have heard Tim Maddams, Head Chef at River Cottage Canteen, and our friend Rocket Rob talking about our Sow Your Own campaign. Rob and Tim have been busy entertaining listeners around the country with their stories and useful hints … Read more

Cafedirect Coffee Sack Challenge for the Women's Institute

Posted by Alex, August 24th, 2010, Comments (5)
We’ve teamed up with the Women’s Institute once again to create The Cafédirect Coffee Sack Challenge! Cafédirect goes beyond just Fairtrade, and we care about being a leading sustainable business and are working hard to minimise our environmental footprint. This summer we’ve teamed up with Vintage guru and … Read more

Reaping our rewards from the roof-garden

Posted by Siobhan, July 21st, 2010, Comments (0)
We’ve been busy working in the garden today doing some much needed tending to the vegetables before we got to the best part: harvesting! We’ll be busy cooking some tasty meals tonight so stay tuned for the recipes! Here are some photos of the pick of our crop and you … Read more

Grow it, Eat it!

Posted by Alex, June 23rd, 2010, Comments (1)
June has been a great month for our balcony garden – the sunshine and rain have accelerated the growth of our fruit and vegetables – so this month we’ve mainly been eating rocket (when we could pick it before it flowered!), basil, spinach, various types of lettuce, strawberries!), and … Read more

Chilli in my teapot….

Posted by Siobhan, June 10th, 2010, Comments (1)
As you all know we’ve been growing our own fruit & veg here for the past couple of months.  We’ve got some interesting growing containers ranging from coffee sacks to footballs to wineboxes, all of which add some colour and creativity to the office… I planted some serrano chillies in … Read more

The Green Prints are out of the bag!!

Posted by Alex, May 25th, 2010, Comments (1)
You will have seen from our previous blogs that we’ve been getting excited here about our Sow Your Own campaign – and hopefully seen some of the coverage it’s been getting in the trends section of Evening Standard and Stylist Magazine (amongst others) So this is what Stella McCartney’s ‘upcycled’ … Read more

Get involved & grow your own!

Posted by Siobhan, May 19th, 2010, Comments (1)
You all know we’ve been busy growing our own fruit & veg here in the office recently and are really proud of our work so far. Did you now we’ve now teamed up with a host of green-fingered celebrities – from Stella McCartney to Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall – along with … Read more

Flying visit from Rocket Rob

Posted by Alex, May 12th, 2010, Comments (1)
So you’ve seen how we’ve nurtured our balcony garden from seeds to seedlings, and have grand plans for them in the form of tasty lunches in the summer as part of the RHS Grow Your Own campaign. Things are still growing strong despite the chilly nights we’ve had here.… Read more

We are the growers…..

Posted by Siobhan, May 4th, 2010, Comments (2)
A few weeks ago we told you about how we’re growing our own here in our office. It’s been great taking time out from the busy working day to get together to tend to our future meals! All the fruit & veg we’ve planted is doing really well so far … Read more

Growing our own

Posted by Siobhan, April 7th, 2010, Comments (1)
The RHS recently launched their ‘Grow Your Own’ campaign, asking people to pledge to grow their own food either at home or at work. So far, over 20,000 people have signed up ... including Cafédirect! We believe that the tastiest crops are home-grown and handpicked so this is the perfect opportunity to grow our own fruit and veg on the balcony at our London offices.
 
 
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