Workshop: Backyard Composting and Worm Composting

Join the Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Wake County for a workshop covering backyard and worm composting! This is a hands-on experience that will give you the opportunity to practice building and harvesting a compost pile.

This is an outdoor workshop. Plan to wear clothes suitable for gardening, including close-toed shoes. Please bring water, as there is not potable drinking water on site.

You will Learn:

• The fundamentals of backyard & worm composting
• The necessary materials for composting
• How to start a bin and obtain worms for it
• Techniques for creating healthy compost
• Monitoring you compost & bin
• Harvesting your compost
• Utilizing your compost

Date: 9/26/26

Time: 9am - 12pm

Location: NCSU’s Compost Training Facility

Address: 4051 Chi Road, Raleigh NC

If you would like to build your own bin during the workshop to take home, contact us for a list of supplies you should bring to build it.

Contact Us:

• [email protected]
• (919) 250-1084

Each attendee must sign-up using their own e-mail address in order to recieve updates and messages about the event.