We are getting ready for the Compost Awareness Week events and have harvested our first batch of leafmould to use as seed compost in our Rot, Pot, Sow and Grow event. This and both of the competitions will now run until 1st July. 

If you have contacts with schools or young people attached to a smartphone get them to enter the poster of photo competitions

We have been unable to make  arrangements for the provision of friut and other "lunchbox"  food waste for the wormeries at the Botanic Garden so the wormeries are not fully operational at present. The worm compost can be seen in the lower layers of the stacking wormeries but  there are no worms in the top trays where they woud normally be feasting on the food waste.  

Our Compost awareness week events have been extended and will remain open until the 1st July. The Composting Poster, Composting Photograph and the Rot, Pot, Sow and Gown events have been extended so as to enable schools and colleges more time to participate.

These events to being organised by volunteer Master Composters . Please help us promote these events to encourage more people to take up composting and to make being use of their compost.

 We added some material  to our new  Mantis a few weeks ago just so that visitors could see how it works not  expecting much to happen over the winter. However it has started  breaking down the material already, despite the cold weather and the fact that it is only being turned at the weekend. 

We have a new leaflet of our composting sessions for local schools. To request a copy email carryoncomposting@ntlworld.com

Further details are on our school pages