Gardening and composting

Build a garden

Create edible and native gardens with bees, composting and worm farming. Let the kids get their hands dirty and build your own veggie or flower garden. Attract native wildlife and pollinators and extend their learning in the classroom.

• Visit our food and garden page to find out more about the unique plants that surround our local areas.
• Create a Munch and Crunch Garden to teach kids while they nourish themselves.
• Find out what to plant for every month of the year.
• Find out what weeds to remove and avoid planting.
• Introduce Habitat Stepping Stones to your garden to provide food and shelter for native wildlife.
• Backyard Buddies will help you build a butterfly box, insect hotel or frog pond.
• How to build a Pollinator Garden to attract beneficial bugs and insects.

Compost and worm-farms

Visit Compost Revolution for up to 40% discount on a range of products, delivered free for Ku-ring-gai residents.

Composting is an easy, fun and an important way of reducing the volume of materials going to landfill, cutting down on greenhouse gases and returning nutrients back into the soil. Ku-ring-gai schools receive a 25% discount and free delivery of a compost bin or worm farm (including worms) by joining the Compost Revolution program.

Visit Net Zero Ku-ring-gai for more information on composting and worm-farming.

Fact sheets

Kimbriki House & Garden have the answers to all your questions with a range of information on composting, worms, no dig garden beds, starting an edible garden and lots more. Free for you to download now. They also run a range of workshops for schools and residents at their site in Terrey Hills.