GREEN POLICIES AT THE PEND AND PRECINCT HOUSES
National Trust for Scotland holiday properties
We're going green !
We are shifting our purchasing and policies towards more environmentally-friendly products and practices. We can also suggest where you may buy local produce which has been produced while following environmentally sound policies.
OUR PURCHASING and RECYCLING :
Our welcome tray contains a choice of Fair Trade products, including Fair Trade tea, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, brown and white sugars.
We offer and use Ecover ( and other equivalent brand ) lavatory cleaner, washing up liquid, hand wash, dishwasher tablets, and surface sprays, washing powder and non-chlorine bleach.
We encourage nesting birds, using nest boxes and currently have two families of swallows which have chosen handy ledges in the beams under the Pend.
We are moving over to low energy lightbulbs and use underfloor heating and a combi boiler, which burns less fuel. We strive to have appliances all graded to energy efficiency level A.
We are currently able to recycle card and paper, bottles and glass, tins, batteries, light bulbs and compostable kitchen waste.
We are using bin bags which contain less plastic.
WHERE YOU MAY BUY ORGANIC AND GREEN PRODUCTS LOCALLY
“Cream of Galloway” icecream is a local brand of organic icecream, which may be purchased at Ravenstone Deli, just up hill and Galloway's grocery, next door. You may also visit the farm where the organic icecream is made, just near Gatehouse of Fleet and even try the “icecream experience” which tells you about the farm's produce which is used to make the icecream.
Ravenstone Deli, just near the houses, bakes its own bread on the premises, using organic flour. They also sell organic packaged goods, organic vegetables grown locally and specialist cheeses ( including organic Loch Arthur cheese ), Marrbury smokehouse salmon, the Deli's own honey, organic chocolate, and make home-made organic pizzas on the premises. You may be able to pre-order bread and other products by emailing in advance : info@ravenstonedeli.com
The butcher's, at the Ravenstone Deli, sells local meat, including salt-marsh lamb. At Christmas, they sell the Kelly's Bronze turkeys.
Daisy's, just close to Newton Stewart, about 25 minutes drive, open Thursday to Saturday, sells organic vegetables, cheeses, and Ecover products. They also have a covered children's play area.