Schools are in a privileged category of having the perfect waste stream to make compost: lots of grass clippings, green materials, and the space to store them for a few months to make beautiful compost.

Come and see the results of the hot composting used out at Green Bay Primary School 2018-2019, and learn how to apply this method in your school or workplace.

Note: this is green waste composting. Food scraps are all managed in worm farms.

Key learnings to making this method work:

- build a cubic metre in one day to get the thermophilic compost process working optimally.

- plant a range of beneficial herbs to include in the compost (comfrey, borage, clover, plantain, chamomile, yarrow and others)

- bring in fresh cow manure and sea weed to make the compost.

- add biodynamic compost preparations on a regular basis.

What this session will cover:

- how lessons with the children were structured, the tasks that were part of the composting lessons.

- tips on tools to use (eg compost thermometer, biodynamic preparations)

- hands on learning of the companion plants used in the compost, analysis of each stage of the composting process.