Home Composting for Busy People

Hands in dirt

Turn your food scraps, yard trimmings and food-soiled paper into a nutrient-rich fertilizer.    This virtual workshop will provide the basics of composting organic material at home, from home! Learn about the tools and composting methods, resources available to you, and the product you’ll create to grow healthy food, plants and flowers – compost, compost, […]

Home Composting for Busy People

Hands in dirt

Turn your food scraps, yard trimmings and food-soiled paper into a nutrient-rich fertilizer.    This virtual workshop will provide the basics of composting organic material at home, from home! Learn about the tools and composting methods, resources available to you, and the product you’ll create to grow healthy food, plants and flowers – compost, compost, […]

Home Composting for Busy People

Hands in dirt

This in-person workshop will be hosted at the beautiful Contra Costa Master Gardeners “Our Garden” community garden and learning space in Walnut Creek. The workshop will cover the basics of home composting instructed by someone who isn’t so basic – Marian Woodard!   Date: Wednesday, June 26, 10-11:30 amLocation: Contra Costa Master Gardeners “Our Garden”City: Walnut CreekInstructor: […]

Comparing Composting Methods

Hands in dirt

We all know composting is good for the garden and our environment, but did you know there are numerous ways to compost? Join UC Master Gardener Marian Woodard as she explains advantages and disadvantages to various composting methods you can do at home. For information about the Contra Costa Master Gardener Program and the “Our […]

Vermicomposting (Worms!) and Bin Building

Hands in dirt

Learn to compost with worms! This is a hands-on workshop. You will assemble your bin, take it home with your worms and knowledge, and start composting right away! All supplies and worms included. Composting with worms is a compact, easy, and clean composting method for all lifestyles (useful for one person or a larger household), and is a […]