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Composting

 

2012 FREE Composting Workshops  

 

Presented by certified Thurston County Master Recycler Composter Volunteers.

No pre-registration needed.

 

Date

Garden

Topic

Time

5/19

Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County

Plant Sale at      Dirt Works Garden

 

Compost Bins and Supplies

Onsite for Sale

Worms &

Yard waste

Composting info available throughout the sale 

Workshop Schedule:

10am Yard Waste

11am Worms

1pm Yard Waste

2pm Worms

6/9

Closed Loop Park

 

Yard waste

10am

7/14

Dirt Works Garden

Worms

10am

8/9

Olympia Farmer's Market  Garden

Worms & Yard waste

for small spaces

10am

9/8

Dirt Works Garden

Yard waste

10am

10/13

Closed Loop Park

Worms

10am

 

Directions to Dirt Works Demonstration Garden:

From I-5 take HWY 101 towards Shelton. Get off at Black Lake Blvd. exit and at the bottom of the ramp turn right. Get in your left lane and make a left onto Cooper Point Road. Follow this until you reach Capital Mall Drive. Make a left onto Capital Mall Drive and follow it until you see the Yauger Park and Dirt Works sign on the corner of Alta Street. Turn right onto Alta Street. Follow this road into the park and drive through the parking lot until it ends. The garden entrance is located at the end of the parking lot.

If you use Google Maps or Map Quest place the words “Yauger Park, Olympia WA” into the search box to see an area map.

 

 

Directions to Closed Loop Park Demonstration Garden:

Located just inside the Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center entrance at

2418 Hogum Bay Road in Lacey (Hawk’s Prairie).

From downtown Olympia take I-5 North. Take exit 111, the ramp has two lanes. Stay in the left lane and follow it to the traffic light on Marvin Road. Turn left onto Marvin Road; make sure you are in the right lane. Once you go through the light turn right onto Hogum Bay Road (a Mexican restaurant on this corner).  Take the second road into the Waste and Recovery Center entrance. Look for a “Closed Loop Park” sign at that intersection. Follow the road in and the garden is located on the right, just past the dog park.

 

 

 

Directions to Olympia Farmers Market Gallacci Demonstration Garden:

 

700 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501
From I-5, take exit 105A, to City Center
After passing through the Capital Campus underpass, turn right on Capitol Way.
Proceed north through downtown Olympia, toward the waterfront.

Plenty of free parking behind the Market, at the end of Capitol Way.

The garden is located on the East side of the Market. For more information visit: http://www.olympiafarmersmarket.com/Gallacci-Gardens/

 

Reduced Price Compost Bins are Available to all Thurston County Residents

Compost bins are sold by volunteers who are part of the Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County and subsidized by Thurston County Solid Waste to reduce the price.  Bins are only available to Thurston County residents and are limited to a maximum of 3 bins per household per year.

Money raised goes to support community based educational outreach efforts provided by Thurston County Master Recycler Composter and Master Gardener volunteers.  

For more information including costs and to order visit:

www.compostbinsthurstoncounty.com  

 

 

 

 

 

Currently the rest of this site is under construction.  For more information please contact Cori Carlton call 360-867-2162, or e-mail carltoc@co.thurston.wa.us.

 

 

 

 

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