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Learn the secrets of successful composting with Toni, “The Veggie Lady”.

🌱 This hands-on session for City of Ryde residents will show you the steps on how to set up and maintain a compost bin and create quality compost for your garden.

📅 Sat 29 Aug | 10am – 12pm | West Ryde Library

👉 Free. Register now > https://myryde.info/composting

USA update: New Census Shows Community Composting Scaling Up and Delivering Results

Originally published January 20, 2026 in BioCycle Above: 2024 Cultivating Community Composting Forum. Photos and Figures courtesy of ILSR Community composting continues to become a more established and resilient part of the organics recycling ecosystem. The 2026 Community Composter Mini-Census – based on 2024 data – from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) offers a data-rich update on how the sector is evolving since the first national census in 2022....

USA update: New Census Shows Community Composting Scaling Up and Delivering Results Originally published January 20, 2026 in BioCycle Above: 2024 Cultivating Community Composting Forum. Photos and Figures courtesy of ILSR Community composting continues to become a more established…

Watch: Braidwood farm to turn seven tonnes of National Folk Festival waste into fertiliser [ABC News]

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Watch: Braidwood farm to turn seven tonnes of National Folk Festival waste into fertiliser [ABC News]

2026 WA COMMUNITY GROWING CONFERENCE

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

Looking for practical ideas you can take straight back to your garden?
✔ Growing financial sustainability
✔ Volunteer engagement
✔ Community composting
✔ Managing local resources

Join us for a day of inspiration, practical learning and connection at the 2026 WA Community Growing Conference, bringing together community gardeners, volunteers, sustainability advocates and anyone passionate about growing food and building stronger communities.

Presented by Community Gardens Australia in partnership with Grow It Local and Permaculture Australia, this exciting event will be held at The Wetlands Centre, Bibra Lake on Saturday 15 August, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.

The full program can be found both here and on https://communitygarden.org.au/events/.

Thanks to our sponsors WaterUps, and PiP Magazine as well as City of Cockburn for their generous support.

Photo at left: AmbreVEGA on Pixabay.

Grow It Local
Permaculture Australia
Loccal
Sustainable Gardening Australia

The competition closing date has been extended https://www.loccal.org.au/stop-press-extended-deadline-loccals-logo-design-competition/

LOCCAL Newsletter August 2026

Winter’s almost done – get that compost on the garden! Volunteers at Addi Road Community Organisation have smothered bare lawn with cardboard and compost from the onsite food pantry – a new microforest is underway. Community raises $100,000 in Mount Alexander Shire telling council to recognise community-role in waste managementThe long running discussion with the Mount Alexander Shire Council on whether or not to roll out FOGO in the same manner as other Local Government Areas has taken a big step towards a community-driven or at least a co-designed approach....

LOCCAL Newsletter August 2026 Winter’s almost done – get that compost on the garden! Volunteers at Addi Road Community Organisation have smothered bare lawn with cardboard and compost from the onsite food pantry – a new microfo…

Come this Monday
🌱 Calling All Bellarine Food Scraps & Compost Warriors!
🌿It is time to close the loop and celebrate your hard work!
As a reminder, on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month, we hold our official Compost Give Back.
This is our way of thanking everyone who regularly drops off their kitchen waste. Your scraps have officially transformed into beautiful, nutrient-dense "black gold" ready for your garden!📍
Where: Artisans of Australia (Portarlington Rd, Curlewis)⏰
When: 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM♻️
The Exchange:Bring your food scraps along, and head home with a beautiful bucket of fully processed, rich compost.By trading your scraps, you are keeping waste out of landfills, building healthier regional soil, and growing a more sustainable Bellarine Peninsula

Let’s turn today’s kitchen waste into tomorrow’s garden harvest! See you all there, Warriors! 🌍
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