Thurston County
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Worm Composting at Dirt Works Demonstration Garden (in-person)
September 9, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
From 10am to 11am will be a workshop on food and yard waste composting and preparing your compost bins for the winter and from 11am to noon will be a workshop on worm composting and preparing your worm bins for the winter. Come for one or both workshops.
The workshops will be held rain or shine.
Workshops are free and open to the public. No advance registration is required for in-person workshops.
Directions to Dirt Works Demonstration Garden: (open for events only and by appointment)
From I-5 take HWY 101 towards Shelton. Take the Black Lake Blvd exit and at the bottom of the ramp turn right. Get in the 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 Alta Street. Turn right onto Alta Street. Follow this road to Yauger 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, search for “dirt works demonstration garden”.
From I-5 take HWY 101 towards Shelton. Take the Black Lake Blvd exit and at the bottom of the ramp turn right. Get in the 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 Alta Street. Turn right onto Alta Street. Follow this road to Yauger 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, search for “dirt works demonstration garden”.
Visit our website to learn more about the Master Recycler Composter Program of Thurston County: https://extension.wsu.edu/thurston/gardening/mc/
