Orchard Training Homeschooled Garden Club - Avocados

The boarders are full of colour and the garden is at its best enjoyed the fruit of our labours. It seems a long time since we met in January to order our seeds and we had that convesation about food we cannot grow here in the United Kingdom, but eat all the time. We came up with 12 food and over the 12 months of 2025, we are looking at each one in turn.

1.     Tea

2.     Coffee

3.     Chocolate

4.     Pineapple

5.     Mango

6.     Avocado

7.     Vanilla

8.     Banana

9.     Oranges

10.  Black pepper

11.  Cinnamon

12.  Turmeric

We will be considering them from very different curriculum points of view for example from the environmental viewpoint - air miles, from geography – the original origin,  from a historic investigation what did we use before this food reached the UK shores. Finally, imaging in a Design and Technology perspective if we could we chose not to buy that food or if we could no-longer purchase that food: how can we replace it in recipes? We will then try out some well-loved recipes with a replacement that we could grow in the Orchard Training Homeschool Garden.

This month's featured food is the highly popular avocado. Unfortunately, avocados can negatively impact the environment because of their water consumption, cultivation methods, and carbon footprint. Therefore, we will be examining global crops like this.