Did you know?

Worms munch all the rotting organic material left on the soil and turn it into fertile topsoil. It goes in one end and comes out the other as worm casts.

What a lot of old rot!

Cut back on kitchen and garden waste by composting it and then dig it into the garden!

If you enjoy making the mini composter and wormery, why not ask if you can get full-sized ones for the garden?

Find out what things make great compost, take the great rubbish experiment and get your hands dirty by making mini wormeries in a jar.

Lots to do and lots of fun!

Don’t forget to ask a grown-up for help if you need it.

Compost quiz (ages 5-11)

Discover which things make great compost – and which things don’t! 

  • Circle the things you can add to the compost heap.
  • See what shape you create if you get the answers right.
  • Give the quiz to friends and family and see if they get it right!

Download quiz here

 

Make a wormery in a jar (ages 5-11)

Put the worms to work in this mini wormery.

  • Make a happy holiday home for some worms. 
  • Have fun catching your worms on a rainy day. 
  • Watch them hard at work and see how they make soil.

Download instructions here

 

The great rubbish experiment (ages 5-11)

Find out which types of rubbish turn into compost really quickly and which don’t change at all. 

  • Choose four everyday items of rubbish from your lunchbox, bin or recycling. 
  • Carry your experiment out over a few days. 
  • Ask friends and family which ones they think will turn into compost first.

Download instructions here

 

Make your own compost! (ages 11-14)

This mini rot pot can live on the windowsill and eat all of your fruit and vegetable peelings... you can then turn into a mini garden! 

  • Easy to make from a soft drinks bottle.
  • Create your own soil. 
  • Plant with seeds and grow your own flowers, herbs or plants!

Download instructions here

 

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