Composting

Home Compost Education Project

The Home Compost Education Project is a partnership with the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency which seeks to educate the home gardener about composting. At the workshops throughout the county, Master Gardeners show gardeners how to compost and then use the resulting material in their gardens. In addition, Master Gardeners volunteers give presentations in local schools to teach children about worm composting. For more information, contact our office.

Composting Basics gives an overview of the process.

Several publications on composting are available here:

Composting Tips

Composting-general

Compost in a Hurry

Rapid Compost Method

Worm Composting

The Compost Pile

FY 2006-07 Annual Report
FY 2007-08 Annual Report
FY 2008-09 Annual Report
FY 2009-10 Annual Report
FY 2010 -11 Annual Report

To see how compost is made large-scale, check out the article on Sonoma Compost.

Sonoma County Waste Management Agency features home compost information.

Environmental Discovery Center of Sonoma County
Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa
Phone: (707) 539-2865
Composting information available for the public, hands on activities
for children, demonstration worm-boxes etc.
Hours are: Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat. & Sun. noon - 5 p.m.

The Master Gardeners would like to acknowledge support for the home compost education program from the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency.

Information Desks:
Santa Rosa: (707) 565-2608
M-F 9-12 1-4
Sonoma: (707) 938-0127 MWF 1-3
email: mgsonoma@ucdavis.edu
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