Composting for beginners!

Curious about composting?

Join this beginner-level workshop which will cover the fundamentals of home composting, incorporating kitchen scraps and garden waste to create healthy, nutritious compost.

Learn about…

• different ways to compost at home.
• what you should and shouldn’t put in your compost.
• how to make compost that doesn’t smell or attract pests.
• the link between your scraps, soil health, and biodiversity in your local area.
• ways of composting at different scales to suit the size of garden you have.
• why home composting and a zero-waste approach to food and gardening are impactful individual steps to positive climate action!

Have a tour of the different composting methods used at Ravenscraig Walled Garden, explore the science of decomposition and discover how to create clean, nutritious compost that is rich in biodiversity and has a multitude of benefits for the garden and the wider environment.

Leave with everything you need to begin composting at home – information, support, and your very own food waste caddy and a 220L garden compost bin!

Please register if you would like to take composting equipment home with you. Registration is optional if you don’t need equipment and just want to come for the workshop.

This event is free thanks to FCCAN and the Fife Climate Festival! Donations to the ongoing development of the Fife Seed Library are welcome.