Composted: A festival of biodegradable ideas
Cambo Gardens in Fife is excited to announce Composted – a festival of biodegradable ideas, a unique six-week event happening from 31 May to 26 July.
About Composted: A festival of biodegradable ideas
| 31st May 2025 to 26th Jul 2025 | |
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Cambo Country House and Estate Cambo Country House and Estate Kingsbarns, St Andrews KY16 8QD |
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This event is designed to connect gardeners, scientists, environmentalists, and everyone in the local community in celebration of the life in our compost.
The programme centres on a self-guided garden trail and compost studio area showcasing approaches to composting large and small, alongside creative and practical workshops, and a conference event with Michael Kennard of Compost Club. One exciting part of the festival is the chance to see the tiny, living creatures inside our compost under a microscope and the chance to take home a Cambo compost ‘mother’ to develop your own garden compost too.
Composted will highlight how composting and other waste management approaches help to create healthier soil, trap carbon, and support biodiversity, while connecting traditional gardening methods with new ideas in sustainability practices that anyone can try with the space they have available at home or in their garden.
Event programme 31st May – 27th July 2025:
Composted at Garden Futures: V&A Dundee – visit the Cambo composted beds outside V&A Dundee as we work to improve the soil health of the area using Cambo Compost with monitoring from Steading and Co to see how it develops over the run of the Garden Futures exhibition.
Daily from 31 May – Compost Studio and ‘Dead but Alive’ walking trail 10am – 5pm
Pick up a map to explore the nooks and crannies of Cambo on our interpretative trail to see all the ways we are trying to promote life around the garden using creative processes you can use at home to manage garden and kitchen waste.
From our dead hedges, standing dead wood sculptures, habitat piles to varied techniques in our compost studio and No Dig Edible Garden area we hope you will join us in our mission to create better life in our compost and support biodiversity in our garden and yours.
Saturday 31 May from 11am
Exhibition Launch Weekend with walking tours of the Composted trail
Sundays 1 June to 27 July 10.30am
Composted Stay and Play sessions – create and make compostable crafts, see the science in our soil and enjoy a composted campfire. Free, drop in for families.
Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 June 2-4pm
Comp-Posters Workshop - Come along for the afternoon to join designer & artist Seb Chaloner for a Com-Posters workshop!
You will be using using beetroot, natural materials & the sun to make compostable posters using a process called Anthotype. Your finished posters will be exhibited at Cambo for the entire festival and then ceremonially placed into the heap to biodegrade into nutritious compost. All ages welcome. Free with garden entry, booking essential.
Saturday 7 June
Build a Compost Cake with Head Gardener Callum. This innovative method layers carbon, nitrogen, and soil to create humus-rich compost in six months—no turning needed! Transform garden waste into a living, nutrient-dense soil conditioner for your garden.
Saturday 14 June
No Dig at Cambo - Join Katherine to explore the past few years of experience developing our 'No Dig' edible garden area with a walk and talk from the studio to the garden highlighting what we do and what we have learned so far inspired by ‘No Dig’ champion Charles Dowding.
Saturday 21st June
Biodegradable Ideas - Composted Conference
Celebrate regenerative practices with a range of insightful speakers including Michael Kennard of Compost Club and Head Gardener Callum Halstead. Learn how soil health and sustainable practices transform ecosystems, get under the microscope with soil analysis from Steading & Co, network and create with local environmental organisations culminating with some live music and home-grown cooking to enjoy the beautiful grounds on midsummer's evening.
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