• URBAN COMPOSTING
  Saturday, May 3rd | 10AM – 12NOON
  
  Jump-start your spring garden with some homemade compost! Composting encourages beneficial organisms in the soil and can help break the life cycle of plant pests and disease. This fun, hands-on class teaches methods for backyard and worm composting. Come learn what you can do to improve your garden without chemical fertilizers or pesticides!
  
  
• EARTHEN OVEN BUILDING
  Saturday, May 10th | 10AM – 12NOON
  
  In this workshop we will learn the basics of natural building by constructing a cob oven. This one-day workshop will cover material choices, design options, and build the main chamber of a cob oven. We will use locally sourced materials. For more detailed information about this workshop, please visit our website at www.gardenfortheenvironment.org. This workshop is $15, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Pre-registration required.
  
  
• ADVANCED COMPOSTING
  Saturday, May 17th | 10AM – 12NOON
  
  You’ve set up your compost bin and made some of that delicious Gardener’s Gold… Join us for this Advanced Composting workshop to learn about DIY compost bin designs, we’ll discuss urban sources for the greens and browns your compost pile needs and learn the science behind Carbon / Nitrogen ratios, both in the pile and of individual materials. This workshop is $5, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Pre-registration required.