Compost 101: Let’s get down and dirty

Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
Babylonstoren
TIME:    10h00
COST:    R1500 pp
VENUE:    Babylonstoren, R45 Simondium Road, Klapmuts
Franschhoek
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Join us on 18 June for this hands-on workshop is led by our vegetable gardener, York Steyn, who will share all his secrets on how to make several types of compost by selecting different materials and ingredients.

We dig dirt – every garden lover’s dream starts with this miraculous dark material. If you love soil as much as we do and you’re passionate to learn about regenerative soil efforts, this compost class is just the thing for you.

This hands-on workshop is led by our vegetable gardener, York Steyn, who will share all his secrets on how to make several types of compost by selecting different materials and ingredients. The aim of the class is to better understand different soils and where to apply the different types of compost between the annual and perennial plants in your garden. By the end of the day, you’ll better understand the use of compost as a tool to support the fertility of your soil and how carbon is cycled by nature.

The cost is R1500 per person and only 15 places are available.

Please meet us at the Farm Shop at 10h00 for steaming coffee on arrival. 

Lunch at the Greenhouse Restaurant is included.

Click HERE to make a booking!