Hold your breath and take a deep dive into compost in this issue of ‘Pleasant Place’. First and foremost, compost is about doing: about getting your hands dirty, experimenting with ingredients, and being creative in finding the method that works for you and your garden. Learn what, why, and how to compost, find out why worms are so great, consider how organic waste is handled at a city zoo, and get wired with digital composting in Minecraft. ‘Pleasant Place’ is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening that aims to inform and inspire by offering both practical and in-depth information as well as unexpected approaches to everyday garden tasks and garden design.

“I’m orange peels, I’m coffee grounds, I’m wisdom” – Marjory the Trash Heap tells the future
Compost: An introduction – what, why and how to compost, with illustrations by Noa Zuidervaart
Comfrey Cocktail – make your own Comfrey Feed
Worms are great and this is why – an ode to worms by Joline van Berkestijn with images by Jaap Scheeren
What to do with a whole lot of poo – Ton Hilhorst and Savitri Groag from Artis, the Amsterdam zoo, about their compost-system that thrives on elephant poo
Digital Compost – composting in Minecraft, the biggest videogame in the world
A set of garden miniatures by Hanna Something (훗한나)

The cover and inside cover are by Lou-Lou van Staaveren and Guus Kaandorp and graphic design is byfanfare

32 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, English