Buy locally grown produce and visit local shops and farmers’ markets for your Christmas food and provisions.
Buy locally brewed beer or organic wine:The Furleigh Estate in Dorset produces wines with wonderfully evocative names such as Sea Pink Rosé and Tyrannosaurus Red.
If cider is more to your taste; how about a bottle of Dorset Nectar Cider?Reuse last year’s wrapping paper, or use colourful pages from magazines, or even fabric pieces.
Make your own Christmas cards, and use last year’s cards for labels.Make your own Christmas decorations. Decorate your house with twigs, cuttings from the garden, ivy, fresh holly, nuts and dried fruit. Make garlands from pine cones, and dried oranges, lemons and limes.
Choose gifts that are organic, Fairtrade, handmade or second hand:The Dorset Coffee Company – part of the Fairtrade network.
The Purbeck Chocolate Company – award-winning, luxury, fresh handmade chocolates
Handmade traditional Windsor Chairs from Fivepenny ChairsHandmade dolls from Dorset
Bespoke knitwear, handmade in DorsetBuy antique jewellery, ornaments or furniture from a local auction.
Buy gifts from local artists. Try the Dorset Art and Craft Show, at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester, on Saturday 10th December.Make Christmas gifts in your kitchen, for example: cakes, biscuits, chutneys, and chocolates; or put together a hamper of local produce.
Buy your Christmas tree in a pot and then plant it outside when you have finished with it, or recycle it at your local recycling facility.Shop from your favourite charity, for example:
UNICEFDorset Wildlife Trust shop
Chesil Beach Lodge provides a range of beautiful and sustainable holiday accommodation in Dorset. We look forward to welcoming you and your family and friends for a happy and green Christmas holiday. Please contact us to book accommodation for Christmas in Dorset.
