A trip to Bishops Wood Environment Center

I spent a very enjoyable day last Sunday at a Master Composter course held at Bishops Wood Environment Center, near Kidderminster.

We had a morning of lectures on how to improve our composting advice giving skills, then a very scrummy lunch, then some practical "making up potting compost" from scratch and then finally a tour of the Center. It was a really good day, although I had an early start and I got home very late!

Below are a few pictures I took from my day out.

The Environment centre




The lake , which is rainwater runoff from the building, cleaned and used to flush the loos, and the waste water is cleaned by the reedbeds and used again.



One of the rain water run off funnels into the lake, The building is on legs to help with the passive ventilation system. In the summer hot air rises out through the glass cupola and cool air is drawn up into the building from under the floor via vents.


How many Master Composters does it take to mix up some potting compost??


Some of my fellow Master Composters in action!


Me with my planted up pot.

Our guide showing us the lovely Tree Bogs...!


An authenticly designed and hand made Saxon Hall...it was very cosy inside as well!


Anyone remember these?? Designed by Roger Dean ( of Yes album covers fame!) They were buried in the ground up to the bottom of the windows. Think they were called Eco Pods??

One of the many Living Willow structures on the site. Bishops Wood runs courses on all sorts of environmental themes.