4. May, 2015

Composting at University of Leicester Botanic Garden

Part of the new composting demonstration site. Just waiting for the paths to be laid and a new fence.
We hope to open for Learn About Compost Day 29th May

4. May, 2015

Compost Awareness Week Posters

We have had over 100 entries this year which can be found at Compost Poster (1)  Compost Posters (2)

The results will be published shortly

17. Mar, 2015

Photographic competition

The first photographs submitted for the Compost Awareness Week Competition have now been published on the Competition page Photo Competition

4. Mar, 2015

New Compost demonstration site

We have dug a little more of the new site at University of Leicester Botanical Gardens and have provisional positioned the tumbler and rolling bins.

The old pallet compost bin has been removed. We have discovered that the tree stump and root system is bigger than we had anticipated meaning that the Mound will be larger than the one we had at Snibston. Quite fancy it for growing squashes. Any other ideas?

26. Feb, 2015

Botanic Garden Compost Demonstration Site

Now that we moved the first batch of compost bins from Snibston to the new site at the University of Leicester Botanic Gardens the long process of digging the site has begun with the removal of roots the main tasks while leveling the area. Not ideal as the ground is very wet.