Educational Programs

Backyard Composting

Backyard Composting Seminars:

Program Description
Backyard composting allows you to recycle your yard clippings and fruit and vegetable scraps into a valuable soil amendment right in your own yard. It is a great way to save money, reduce the amount of waste that is disposed, and improve the quality of your soil.

Seminar Location:
Southside Park Community Garden
5th Street near "W" Street Downtown

Dates and Time:
Saturdays from 8:00-10am on the following dates
(there will be five-20 minute seminars during this time frame)

March 8 - Bonus Topic-Adding green manure/cover crops to garden
April 12 - Bonus Topic-Planting summer vegetables
May 10 - Bonus Topic-Planting summer vegetables
September 13 - Bonus Topic-Planting winter vegetables
October 4 - Bonus Topic-Planting cover crops

Cost: FREE includes Backyard Composting Guide
No Advance Registration Required

City of Sacramento Residents: biostack Compost Bin available for $65.00 (Retails for $110-$139) Proof of residency required. Limit one per household.

At the seminar you will learn:

How composting works
What materials you should and should not compost
Getting the right balance of food, air and moisture
Maintaining your compost pile
Vermicomposting (composting with worms)
And more..

The Backyard Composting Seminars are taught in partnership with the City of Sacramento, Department of Parks and Recreation Community Garden Program.
Click here for more information on the Community Garden Program.

For more information contact Department of Utilities Customer Service at (916) 808-5454.