FAQs - What's the point of home composting?

Supercharges Garden Soil: Compost acts like a natural sponge for your soil, drastically improving its ability to retain moisture and essential nutrients, which means healthier plants and less watering needed.Built-In Carbon Sink: Adding finished compost back into your garden helps capture and store carbon dioxide right in the soil rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere.Chemical-Free Plant Food: Home composting turns everyday kitchen scraps and garden clippings into rich, dark "black gold," replacing the need for synthetic chemical fertilizers in your backyard.Massive Landfill Relief: Around 30% to 50% of what the average household throws in the red-lid bin is food and organic waste, which takes up enormous amounts of valuable landfill space.Methane Gas Prevention: When organic matter rots anaerobically buried deep in a landfill, it produces methane a greenhouse gas significantly more potent than carbon dioxide. Composting keeps it aerobic, preventing those harmful emissions.

FAQs - Do I need a garden to do home composting?

Not at all! You don't need a sprawling backyard to compost.A big part of the workshop covers systems specifically designed for apartments, balconies, and small courtyards including worm farms, bokashi bins, and compact benchtop or sub-surface systems that take up barely any space.

FAQs - Can't make this workshop but still keen to check out the composting systems at Urban revolution?

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Composting Made Easy: Bokashi, Worm Farm, Cold & Hot Composting Workshop

Name: Composting Made Easy: Bokashi, Worm Farm, Cold & Hot Composting Workshop
Start: 2026-09-19T09:30:00+0800
End: 2026-09-19T12:00:00+0800
Location: 134 Oats St

Sat, 19 Sep, 9:30am - 12pm AWST

134 Oats St

Carlisle WA, Australia

Town of Victoria Park

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Description

Discover how today's kitchen and garden scraps can become tomorrow's harvest. In this workshop, you will learn the basic principles of composting, how to minimise contamination from microplastics, and why this valuable resource is so vital to good gardening.

Join Jo as she explores different composting systems including worm farms, bokashi buckets, worm towers, pet waste systems, and hot and cold composting methods and learn how to run multiple systems together. Ask lots of questions in this hands-on workshop so you can choose the right system to suit your needs.

Town of Victoria Park residents (FREE)

This workshop is 100% free for Town residents.

Proof of address (e.g. driver's licence or rates notice) will be checked at the event

Non-residents ($50)

This council-subsidised program is funded exclusively for Town of Victoria Park ratepayers and residents. Non-residents are very welcome to join us but carry a standard workshop fee of $50, use this link to purchase your spot: Perth Composting Workshop | Urban Revolution - Urban Revolution Australia

Workshop highlights

120-minute session: Dive into practical, in-depth composting knowledge with plenty of time for your questions
Take-home guidebook: A beautifully illustrated, 32-page Urban Composting Guide full of detailed information and troubleshooting tips
Morning tea: Enjoy a homemade morning tea throughout your composting journey
Exclusive perks: Get a 10% discount on all composting, garden, and eco-friendly products in-store at The Carlisle Collective

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FAQs

What's the point of home composting?
- Supercharges Garden Soil: Compost acts like a natural sponge for your soil, drastically improving its ability to retain moisture and essential nutrients, which means healthier plants and less watering needed.
- Built-In Carbon Sink: Adding finished compost back into your garden helps capture and store carbon dioxide right in the soil rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere.
- Chemical-Free Plant Food: Home composting turns everyday kitchen scraps and garden clippings into rich, dark "black gold," replacing the need for synthetic chemical fertilizers in your backyard.
- Massive Landfill Relief: Around 30% to 50% of what the average household throws in the red-lid bin is food and organic waste, which takes up enormous amounts of valuable landfill space.
- Methane Gas Prevention: When organic matter rots anaerobically buried deep in a landfill, it produces methane a greenhouse gas significantly more potent than carbon dioxide. Composting keeps it aerobic, preventing those harmful emissions.
Do I need a garden to do home composting?

Not at all! You don't need a sprawling backyard to compost.
A big part of the workshop covers systems specifically designed for apartments, balconies, and small courtyards including worm farms, bokashi bins, and compact benchtop or sub-surface systems that take up barely any space.
How do I'm know if I'm a resident of Victoria park?

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Can't make this workshop but still keen to check out the composting systems at Urban revolution?

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
10 am–3 pm
Friday
10 am–3 pm
Saturday
10 am–3 pm
Sunday
10 am–3 pm

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Vic Park is a dynamic place for everyone!

Located 10 minutes from the Perth CBD and home to state and national-level sporting grounds, Curtin University, green spaces galore and thriving communities, all centred around Albany Highway – one of the longest main strips in the Southern Hemisphere, packed with all manner of restaurants, cafes and retail stores – the Town of Victoria Park is a cultural hub nestled on the southern banks of Derbarl Yerrigan (the Swan River).

Suburbs within the Town include Victoria Park, East Victoria Park, Lathlain, Carlisle and Burswood, as well as sections of Welshpool, Bentley and St James.