MORE than 80 people gathered in Bisley to mark the 21st anniversary of the Bisley Community Composting Scheme.
Residents, volunteers, and allotment holders joined the celebration at Chestergate Allotments on Saturday, August 15, with composting demonstrations, allotment tours, wildlife activities and food grown at the site.
The scheme has accepted unwanted garden waste from the community since 2005, turning it into compost for gardens and allotments. It received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2012.
Visitors also saw the opening of a new pedestrian gate made by artist blacksmith Sam Pearce.
Guests included Eddie Bailey of RhizoPhyllia and Fiona Taylor, chief executive of Garden Organic, who helped cut a worm-shaped birthday cake.
A BioBlitz supported by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust recorded 171 moth species, including new finds, alongside bird and bat surveys.
The scheme supports the parish Local Nature Action Plan through wildlife areas, ponds, planting for pollinators and compost mulching.
The event was supported by Stroud District Council’s Climate and Nature Fund.
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