11/06/2026
Renewed compost bays baby! 🥳🌱
Tucked into a reserve in Heidelberg West, Buna Reserve Community Garden has recently had our compost bays renewed. Before we had three sets of two bays in separate parts of the garden. We now have 6 bays in a row. We have a hot compost system and volunteers, groups and individuals who visit the garden add into the open bay at the end. Our volunteer compost coordinator turns the compost with a fork each week into the bay beside it - for example bay 2 into 3.
Loosely based on the Berkeley Hot Composting method we use all garden waste and turn it into compost material to nurture the soil.
Wood and other parts of the old system were reused into the new structure.
Jen, our compost coordinator, is very pleased that Holstep Health supported the work and we appreciated Humberto for his building skills.
Our video shows the heat coming out while it is being turned.
Buna is open twice a week and welcomes visitors so if you are keen to come for a look please drop in.
[text creation credit Jen ☺️]
