WORKSHOP: At Northey Street City Farm (Windsor, Brisbane)
Worm Farming & Composting, Including Intro To Aerated Worm Castings Tea – Non Aerated Teas – Water Extracts
Upcoming Dates/Times/Locations/Ticket Costs:
Please check the Workshops Info Page for up-to-date dates, times, locations and ticketing links:
Overview:
Duration: Approx. 3 hours, From 9am – 12pm.
Resources: Students will be given access to the students portal, where all the written files are for each process we discuss; along with a contact-Brian form, so Brian answers your questions quickly.
This workshop will cover:
- Worm Farming At Home
- Composting At Home
And an introduction to: - Aerated Castings Tea
- Non Aerated Castings Tea
- Water Extracts Of Castings
Worm Farming & Composting At Home – Half Day Workshop
Are you sick of putting food and garden waste into landfill?
You may want to learn how to generate a beneficial soil conditioner for your garden from your waste ….
Worm Farming & Composting reduces household waste and helps gardens to thrive.
This course will be of interest to keen gardeners, who want to recycle their waste into a beneficial soil conditioner containing plant available nutrients and several naturally occurring plant rooting & growth hormones.
Join commercial worm farmer Brian Donaldson in this half day workshop, as he shares his practical knowledge, tips and tricks for setting up your own safe and efficient worm farm and compost heap at home, and shows you how to avoid some of the common mistakes people make.
This Workshop Includes:
- All students receive access to the Students Portal, including printable files with over 70 pages of information.
- Included is a tour of the composting & worm farming facilities at Northey Street.
- Brian teaches how to make several worm farm types with materials you may already have at home, or be able to gain for free from the waste stream and how to avoid common mistakes with them.
- We will also briefly study making aerated castings tea and easier liquid applications such as non-aerated castings tea, castings water extracts and weed teas (anaerobic teas.).
Add-Ons Available On The Day:
Limited stocks of several types of worm farms made from the waste stream, with worm packs will be available on the day.
Please pre-order and ask Brian for an online invoice to pay online, or bring cash on the day please.
Biography:
Brian is a local commercial Worm Farmer, educator & author, based at Collingwood Park, on the Ipswich side of Brisbane.
Brian has kept worms for over 25 years, turning it into a business in 2013.
He is now a full time worm farmer & educator.
Brian is the author of several E-books about Worm Farming and is well known in the Facebook community from running several large worm farming groups and helping with many more.
He is well known from the events and workshops he holds in many places.
Brian supplies worms, vermicast & worm farms locally and supplies worms throughout Australia via post.
As an Educator, he works with councils, gardening clubs and agricultural stake holders such as Landcare.
Brian is a trainer for several Brisbane Council programs such as Master Composters and conducts kid’s holiday educational activity programs through the council parks system and events such as the Brisbane Garden & Plant Expo.
He is qualified in two Horticulture disciplines (Cert.3 Horticulture & Rural Ops/Herbicides) and is also a qualified Horticulture Trainer, TAE40116.
Terms & Conditions:
Ø All prices listed are for pickup of materials from Collingwood Park – or picked up at a Workshop. Delivery is at extra charge.
Ø For a fixed price quote on delivery in addition to your ticket price, please contact me and I can work out my best price for you.
Ø Terms & Conditions for the business can be found at www.TheWormMan.com.au/T&C
Cancellation Due To COVID Lockdown:
In the case of a government mandated lockdown, where the event is not allowed to go ahead by law, students will be offered a refund or to transfer their ticket and complete the workshop on new date to be published afterwards.