Home Composting Workshop at Johnston Square Farm and Garden

Interested in learning how to compost but not sure where to begin? Already composting but need a refresher? This Home Composting workshop will give you what you need to be a successful composter!

The hands-on workshop will cover the benefits of compost, the setup and steps to creating successful compost, and how to treat common problems that might arise.

Marvin Hayes, Director of Baltimore Compost Collective will be facilitating this workshop. The Baltimore Compost Collective is a local service that collects food scraps from residences in Baltimore neighborhoods and composts the material at local urban gardens, where it is used to grow fresh produce and build urban food security. It is also a youth entrepreneurship program that employs local teenagers and trains them in workforce skills, food access programming and community-scale composting. Youth workers are gaining guided, hands-on experience managing a small-scale composting operation and its expansion.

Johnson Square Garden and Farm is run by The 6th Branch--an environmental justice and community development organization that engages in land reclamation and restoration, urban forestry, and community farming for the benefit of the East Baltimore community. Through their Greenmount Compost Factory social enterprise, T6B diverts compostable material away from the traditional wastestream, enhances local soil quality, and generates steady income for their hosts, the Re-Build Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization.

All participants will have the option to take home a composting bin courtesy of DPW Bureau of Solid Waste. The bins are 33 inches tall and 24 inches wide (almost 3 feet by 2 feet) so please verify that your car can fit the bin.

If you register and are no longer able to attend, please email [email protected]; 443-934-7132

Host or Publisher Baltimore Department of Public Works' GROW Center