From Soil to Soul - The Reciprocity of Compost: A hands-on workshop

Learn how to transform scraps into soil and explore how compost can connect us with the cycles of life.

Maddy Cull will lay the foundations of composting, exploring different composting styles for different settings, materials and ingredients. She’ll share practical ways to use finished compost in your garden, as well as how to make compost teas.

From these foundations, we’ll open the conversation to share your own experiences with composting - what has worked, what hasn’t, why we’re here, and what we want to create. Through sharing, we can organically exchange knowledge, stories and practices. Maddy will then guide the group in building a static compost pile together -a monument to reciprocity!

Maddy encourages you to bring organic material from your garden to contribute to the shared pile; call it anoffering.

And, in return, everyone will leave with a bag of Kelmarna’s microbially rich compost, and hopefully a big grin, from soil to soul.

You’ll leave with…

• A theoretical kete full of new knowledge and practical understanding of composting.
• A real kete full of Kelmarna’s microbially rich, living compost.
• A deeper understanding of compost as a practice of reciprocity, connection and care.
• An opportunity to share your own experiences and learn from others.

This workshop is for all levels of composters. Whether you’re just starting out or have been composting for years, the hope is that we can share, glean from one another, get our hands dirty and have an enjoyable day together.

Prepare to get dirty, and even better … embrace it! Rejoice in it!

Tickets for this workshop use a pay-what you can model. Please select your desired ticket price, your support funds continued Connect to Your Kai work with people of all ages at Kelmarna.