Master Gardener Master Composter Course

Title: Master Gardener Master Composter Course

Location: Charlotte Hall Library, St. Mary's County.

Dates: Monday evenings 4-9 pm; April 21 and April 28.

Presenters: MGs Lew Shell (Anne Arundel Co.), Jay Spurlin (Charles Co.)

Registration Fee: $55 (includes required text-NRAES' 50 page booklet Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream)

Optional Texts: Rodale Guide to Composting by J. Minnich & M. Hunt ($13) & Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof ($12)

Registration Deadline: April 11, 2008

Course Description

Learn all about composting from dedicated Master Gardener Master Composters. This advanced course, designed to teach the teacher, will not only enable you to improve your own composting techniques, it will empower you to share your knowledge with novices and experts alike. You will be given instruction in both the science and the art of creating compost and be given the opportunity to hone your own personal teaching skills.

As a graduate “Master Composter”, you will be able to seek out new and innovative ways to present ‘backyard composting’ to both MG interns and to the public at large. Master Gardeners are among a very small number of spokespersons for Integrated Pest Management.

Our mandate goes well beyond the sensible use of pesticides; we are also charged with educating homeowners in areas of Water Quality, Nutrient Management, Soil Conservation, and Recycling. Backyard Composting is an endemic part of each of these areas and thereby has a crucial role to play in all of our programs and projects.

Class participants are expected to give 10 hours of volunteer time in the next 12 months in the area of compost education.

To Register: Use Registration Form

For more information, contact Robin Hessey

Last updated: 01/25/2008