We have now started composting food waste and coffee grounds  from the cafe at University of Leicester Botanic Gardens. Yesterday we collected the first batches of waste sandwiches  which were not sold on Friday and Saturday and are have started composting them at the Garden Composting Demonstration site.

So that the process is kept as near to Home Composting as possible we are using compost bins sold for use at home:

2 Hotbins  http://www.hotbincomposting.com/

1 Jora 125  http://www.smartsoil.co.uk/

Green Johanna and a Green Cone Food Digester  http://www.greatgreensystems.com/

Entry to the Garden is free ( with a couple of exceptions ) and a Master composter will be on site Saturday afternoons to provide help and advice. Why not pay a visit?

Master Composters Ted Boyd and Rod Weston will be available on Saturday afternoons during the summer  to provide information on the range of compost bins and methods demonstrated at the Composting site at University of Leicester Botanic Gardens.

These include traditional methods, wormeries, cooked food composters  and a wide range of plastics bins as well as a range of compost, comfrey and nettle liquid fertilisers.

The composting demonstration site will not be open to the public for Learning About Compost day as the new paths will not be ready. However it will be ready for the Garden

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