It’s spring, so it must be Kickstart Compost Month!
10/10/2018 9:55am
October is Kickstart Compost month which means that for this month only the Council composting subsidy is $30 rather than $20.
Use this subsidy to kickstart your composting and give your garden a real boost. The subsidy coupons are only available from participating retailers (conditions apply – ask for a coupon at your retailer). Council also has some great composting and food growing resources on its website, nelson.govt.nz/compost.
PARTICIPATING RETAILERS:
• Bunnings Warehouse, 76 Saxton Road West, Stoke
• Ecoland/Organic Coop, 31 Vanguard Street, Nelson
• Mitre 10 Mega Nelson, 99 Quarantine Road, Nelson
• Mitre 10 Mega Motueka, 235 High Street, Motueka
• Golden Bay Hammer Hardware, 4a Commercial Street, Takaka
• Bokashi Boost (Nelson market and other events)
• Victory Community Centre, 2 Totara Street, Nelson (worms only)
• Julie’s Compost Shop (compostshop.co.nz)
How to compost
As part of Kickstart Compost Month Nelson Environment Centre is running a free How to Compost Workshop with the team from Community Compost. The workshop will include a step by step how to do it, and maintain a healthy system, and will include standing and rotating bins, worm farms, Bokashi buckets and all things compost.
When:Thursday 25 October, 12 midday to 1pm
Where: Nelson Environment Centre 31 Vanguard Street, Nelson
To reserve a place, please register with your name and contact details to events@nec.org.nz
