Green!

Living and working in such a beautiful place makes us think about how we can treat our environment better and strive to be more careful with our wee spot on the planet.

Beautiful Glen Fyne

So, we buy as much of our stock from local nurseries such as the Ardkinglas Estate Nurseries. We 'shop local' for our cafe food - our famous Venison burgers come from Winston Churchill Venison (yes, seriously) at the Balagowan Deer Larder, our cakes, soups, quiches, sandwiches are all made in-house from local ingredients and by our wonderful cafe staff and other local cooks and bakers. This also gives us the opportunity to try out inspiring ideas on each other - usually a good thing!

Mmmm - gluten free Honey, Fruit & Nut slices

Even our plates, cutlery, napkins and cups are 'green' - they make look like ordinary disposable items to you, but these bad boys (see below) are 100% compostable! 

As green as it gets! Vegware plates & napkins

They come from a fantastic firm called Vegware and we were delighted to hear that they were named Best New Product in the Climate Week Awards - Vegware’s completely compostable packaging was the 'most inspiring and innovative entry with the greatest impact when it comes to tackling climate change'. In 2010 they helped their clients save over 110 tonnes of carbon, and are aiming to help save over 250 tonnes in 2011. Not bad, eh! And we are very proud to use them and do our bit at reducing our carbon footprint.

100% Compostable - Genius!!