A hands-on practical course on how to build and look after a hot-compost heap. Over 3 hours you will help build a hot-compost heap that will increase garden fertility using low or no cost waste materials.
Hot-composting aims to decompose your garden and food scraps with minimal loss of nutrients whilst stimulating beneficial micro-organisms. When done right a hot-compost heap naturally builds up temperatures of around 60-70 degrees to kill off parthogens and weed seeds.
What will you learn:
- Types of heap structure
- Ingredients
- Placement
- Turning
- Problems & Monitoring
- Other Composting systems
- How to use the end product
Cost: Free
You will receive a discount voucher toward purchase of a composting system.
What to wear: Please wear clothes suitable for gardening and closed-toe shoes (eg. sneakers or gumboots), you may wish to bring your own gloves. We will provide all tools and will have gloves and gumboots you can use.
Proudly supported by Auckland Council & Compost Collective.
You will receive one discount coupon per household, per year.
Your coupon will be emailed to you 24 hours after you attend the compost course.
Your discount coupon expires after 3 months.
You can use your discount coupon to get 50% off one purchase - this can be a single system or a combo.
The email you use to register for a workshop will be the email your Discount Coupon is sent to. You can select multiple tickets under one registration however in this case one discount coupon will be sent to the registered email only. We recommend using different email addresses (provided you live in different households) for different participants so that you receive a Discount Coupon each.
Attend a Workshop.
Get 50% off.
All confirmed workshop attendees will receive a 50% off coupon to use towards the composting system of your choice (Bokashi, Worm farm, or traditional compost bin).
