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A metal cage with an open top that has piles of leaves next to it. Next to the cage are 3 wooden pallets stacked on top of each other and a Green Johanna compost bin

Appleby Road Community Garden

The Appleby Road Community Garden in Kendal is a well well-established and well used community garden associated with the adjoining secondary school The Queen Katherine School.
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The compost demonstration area is part of a new section of the garden that was developed and officially opened in 2024, which also incorporates water saving and no dig beds with wide paths making it accessible to all.

This Compost Demonstration Site hosts a comprehensive range of composting systems, from the existing compost bays and basic dalek bins to newly introduced specialist compost bins such as a HOTBIN, Green Johanna and a tumbler as well as a Green Cone sited in the rhubarb bed which enables the nutrient rich food waste added to the bin to fertilise the surrounding crops.

  • A metal cage with an open top that has piles of leaves next to it. Next to the cage are 3 wooden pallets stacked on top of each other and a Green Johanna compost bin
  • A boy holding a green jake tumbler
  • A green cone compost bin sat in a vegetable bed
Appleby Road Community Garden Demonstrates
Organic principles ✔
Compost Demonstration Site ✔
Using peat free compost ✔