Composting 101

If you want a healthy, thriving garden you must always start with soil.

Join Tamsin, our Head of Land and Learning, on this short but deep dive into soil and compost. Find out about soil texture and structure, why it matters to your plants and to you as a gardener to understand these. Discover the soil-food web and how to feed it without it costing your pocket or the planet. And of course learn the alchemy of composting to transform your kitchen and garden waste into a beneficial mulch to feed your ground!

This course covers

What is soil and why does it matter?

What are nutrients and what does my soil need?

How to test your soil (without any fancy equipment or spending money)

What is a mulch, and how and when to apply it.

Cold composting and hot composting, what they are and how they work

How to compost at home, including dos and don’ts

We will also discuss no dig systems and how these effect our soils to create better gardens with less pest and disease problems

Cost: £60

Friends of Vallis members get 10% off – become a member today.

Cost includes a tour of the farm, a good, practical, look at our different compost systems and refreshments throughout the morning.

And why not extend your experience by spending the night in one of our Shepherd’s Huts?