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An Edible Worm Hotel 

 As an extra feature we added a vertical garden to this design. As experiment part of the hollow space in the backwall of the worm hotel was filled with mushroom-inoculated straw that we got from Mycophilia.

 The Oyster mushrooms could be very happy under the hanging leaves of the strawberry plants and other hanging plants. The layer of soil inside the vertical garden adds to the insulation of the worm hotel. This helps to keep the temperature high enough in cold times, and cool enough in summer. When the leaves grow they will offer shade to the backwall, helping to retain moist inside the wormhotel when it is hot in summer.

 The plants used in the worm hotel each have a function. Some are helpfull for the composting process, such as Comfrey. Others are edible. We planted Strawberry, Blackberry and even some Saffron.





Some Lavender was planted since it is said that fruitflies dont like the smell of it. Some ground covering plants were added to protect the soil and give less space to weeds. We are looking forward to see the fully green Worm Hotel in Springtime!