A new compost demonstration site which aims to encourage home composting is opening in Kendal this weekend.

The second of three sites in Westmorland and Furness is set to open on Saturday, July 13, at Appleby Road Community Garden at The Queen Katherine School.

Thanks to funding from Westmorland and Furness Council, and additional funding from Cumbria Action for Sustainability’s Community Fund and the Frieda Scott Charitable Trust, the new composting site has been established to allow the public to learn how easy it is to compost at home.

The site will be used by volunteer master composters from organic gardening charity, Garden Organic, to explain various composting systems.

Garden groups and other organisations will be able to book visits to the site for talks and demonstrations, and a series of interpretation boards will also allow people to look around the site unassisted.

For several years, Garden Organic has been contracted by the council to train master composters to provide home composting advice to residents across the area. As part of this work, the volunteers give presentations and attend events to promote and encourage home composting.

For more information or to book a group visit to Appleby Road Community Garden compost demonstration site, please email [email protected]. 

Everyone is welcome to attend on Saturday between 10am and 3pm for a cup of tea and a wander around the garden, or have a go at some family friendly activities including outdoor mosaic, messy seed bombs and more.