Compost Courses to Attend Are you looking for ways to reduce the volume of waste you are paying to be collected at your door? Are you conscious of the environmental impacts of both sending waste to landfill sites and using peat-based products in the garden? Would you like to learn about how to attract wildlife into your garden? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then sign up now to partake in a composting and wildlife gardening workshop in your area. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council are giving Composting and Wildlife Gardening Workshops around the country in association with various local authorities. The workshops raise awareness of the positive impacts on the environment home composting can have and demonstrate how to recycle organic waste from the kitchen and garden to make compost. The workshops are also for people who have already begun composting, but would like some tips and advice. If you have started composting at home, then come along, share your experiences and find a solution to any difficulties you may be having. The concept of gardening for wildlife is also discussed, with tips on the numerous, practical ways you can make your garden more attractive and safe for wildlife. The workshops are being run as part of IPCC's Peat-free Garden Campaign which aims to keep peat in the bog and encourage home composting. All courses are free unless otherwise stated. Sign up now for a workshop near you: Contact Nuala Madigan at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre today on 045-860133 or e-mail: bogs@ipcc.ie for information on courses near you   Workshop Programme A half day workshop (3 hours) which aims to provide members of the public with the skills needed to recycle green waste and organic kitchen waste to make compost. The course will demonstrate three commonly used methods of composting including (1) composting cones and heaps (2) vermi composting and (3) leaf mould. Each participant will be provided with a copy of "Rotters Guide to Composting". Further information will also be provided on IPCC's website at www.ipcc.ie. Experienced IPCC tutors will deliver the workshop and the programme will include: (1) Video presentation on composting and the environmental benefits of reducing waste, with a questions and answers session. (2) Wildlife gardening & composting audit questionnaire. (3) Workshop on how to set up, operate, harvest and handle problems encountered with a compost cone/heap; a wormery and leaf mould. Questions and answers session. (4) Resource distribution. Course Organiser: Nuala Madigan, Irish Peatland Conservation Council To book your place on one of these courses contact the appropriate person in your Local Authority.

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