Nature Nights - Autumn Composting

Are you looking after your soil so it can look after you?

Healthy soil is the foundation of thriving gardens and nutritious food, yet soil health is declining worldwide. Join us at the Port Environment Centre for an evening of creativity, community conversation and hands-on learning with local experts.

Here’s what’s happening:

4:00 – 5:00 pm | Paint a Pot
Start the evening with a creative session led by Bugs n Slugs. Paint your own terracotta pot and take it home to grow something special, the perfect place to use the nutrient-rich compost you’ll learn about later in the evening. All materials are provided.

5:00 – 6:00 pm | Eco Discussion on Community Composting
Join a relaxed community conversation about local composting initiatives happening right here in Semaphore. Hear from volunteers in the Semaphore Compost Network who are collecting food scraps and coffee grounds from local cafés and transforming them into rich, living compost for the community.

Article: 5 top tips for the perfect compost – according to science
Video: What happens to coffee grounds and food waste in a cafe?

6:00 – 7:30 pm | Autumn Composting Workshop
with Peter Heidenreich from Australian Worm Firm

Learn how to prepare your compost and soil through autumn so it’s ready for a thriving spring garden.

In this interactive workshop, Peter will help you understand the condition of your backyard soil and simple ways to test its health. You can explore soil density, structure, drainage and how these affect plant growth with different samples that Peter will bring along.

**Attend the workshop and go into the draw to win a 🪱$60 voucher toward a worm farm 🪱 from Australian Worm Firm**

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FREE | ALL AGES | ALL WELCOME

Light supper provided (Please register for catering purposes)

Please note that

• numbers are limited and everyone must book to attend

• please let us know if you have booked and then are unable to attend

For event enquiries please contact the Port Environment Centre on 0493 253 482 or email janice@portenvironmentcentre.org.au

The Port Environment Centre is funded by Green Adelaide with additional support from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust.

Attendee information may be used for follow up evaluation, in order to assess the longer term impacts of our events. Follow up contact may be made (in the form of a survey) but participation in any evaluation is optional.

Marni ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna yartanga inparrinthi
It is good that we all acknowledge we are living on Kaurna Country.