School Gardening Support in Bristol
Generation Soil provides school gardening and soil education support in Bristol, combining composting, food growing, and hands-on learning. We help pupils reconnect with soil, food, and nature through practical, curriculum-linked experiences rooted in real systems.
Our workshops bring soil to life. Pupils explore how food waste, compost, soil health, biodiversity, and climate are connected through tangible processes they can see, touch, and take part in.
This is learning rooted in place, practice, and participation.
Composting Workshops: From Food Waste to Living Soil
What we offer schools
We support primary and secondary schools across Bristol through outdoor, hands-on learning experiences, tailored to each school’s space, age group, and curriculum needs.
Our school gardening and soil workshops can include:
• Introduction to soil as a living ecosystem
• Composting and food waste education
• Building and maintaining school compost systems
• Growing food in raised beds, containers, or school grounds
• Exploring links between soil, food, health, biodiversity, and climate
• Age-appropriate systems thinking and environmental responsibility
Workshops are interactive, sensory, and curiosity-led. We prioritise doing, observing, and experimenting over abstract theory or worksheets.
Who our school gardening support is for
Our school gardening and soil education support is suitable for:
• Primary and secondary schools
• SEND settings and alternative provision
• Eco councils and gardening clubs
• Teachers embedding sustainability across subjects
• Schools developing outdoor learning or wellbeing programmes
No prior gardening or composting experience is needed.
We meet schools where they are, physically and educationally.
Curriculum links (UK)
Our school gardening and soil workshops can support learning across:
Science
• Living things and habitats
• Plants, nutrients, and ecosystems
• Decomposition and microorganisms
Geography
• Human impact on environments
• Climate change and resource cycles
• Sustainable food systems
Design and Technology
• Growing, preparing, and understanding food
• Materials, systems, and processes
PSHE / Citizenship
• Environmental responsibility
• Community action and wellbeing
• Systems thinking and collective impact
Sessions are adapted to age, ability, and curriculum focus.
Why soil education matters in schools
Soil underpins:
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Food production
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Biodiversity
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Climate resilience
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Human health
Yet it’s rarely taught as a living system.
By learning through composting and soil, pupils develop:
• A practical understanding of food systems
• Environmental responsibility grounded in action
• Systems thinking that links everyday behaviour to wider impacts
• Confidence working with nature, not just learning about it
These are life skills that extend far beyond the classroom.
How our approach is different
Generation Soil is not a classroom-based education provider.
We are a working community composting and soil regeneration project operating across Bristol.
This means pupils learn from:
• Real food waste systems
• Living compost processes
• Local examples of circular food systems in action
• Projects that actively regenerate soil and grow food in the city
Learning is grounded in lived practice, not simulations.
Book school gardening support in Bristol
If your school would like support with gardening, composting, or soil education, we’d love to hear from you.
Workshops and programmes can be tailored to:
• Curriculum goals
• Space constraints
• Age groups and abilities
• One-off sessions or longer-term engagement
Many school workshops also act as a first step into the Bristol Living Compost Project, helping pupils and staff understand how local food waste composting supports soil health across the city.
👉 Enquire now to discuss school gardening support in Bristol
These workshops often act as a first step into the Bristol Living Compost Project, helping people understand how local food waste composting supports soil health across the city.
Related Generation Soil projects
The Bristol Living Compost Project
Learn how households and organisations compost food waste locally
Community composting, soil health, and regenerative growing workshops
How We Make Living Compost (future page)
From food waste to soil, step by step
who we've worked with
Trusted by Educators and Community Groups
Kate, Garden Organic
“What a wonderful community enterprise. Everyone left inspired and full of ideas to get more composting going in our communities.”
Andy, Young Bristol
“Generation Soil were brilliant at engaging young people and educating them about sustainable growing and food production.”
John White, Hazelnut Community Farm
“Alex helped our community garden think through a new composting project. Huge thanks for all the wisdom.”