Garden Workshop: Introduction to Vermiculture

 

Garden Workshop: Introduction to Vermiculture

Thursday, March 13, 2014

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Frank L. Horton Museum Center

(924 S. Main Street)

 

Presented by Wendi Hartup, Forsyth County Agent, NC Cooperative Extension Service

 

Composting your kitchen waste and other green material using worms is easy and inexpensive, inside or outdoors. Learn all the basics of caring for your worms and some useful tips.

 

This lunch time workshop will last about one hour. Attendees may bring a lunch; beverages provided.

   

A free workshop hosted by Old Salem Horticulture.

  

For more information or to pre-register for any workshop, please email vhannah@oldsalem.org or call 336-721-7357 and leave a message with name, number attending, workshop title, and your contact information.

Support the work of Old Salem Horticulture through your membership in the Friends of the Gardens.

Composting With A Worm Bin

This is a fascinating workshop, suitable for all ages, for anyone interested in composting. It is limited to the first 30 paid registrations (two or more people can register together and will create one worm bin). Vermiculture Workshop - COMPOSTING WITH A WORM BIN Worms eat your kitchen scraps, converting your organic waste into compost. Participants receive a plastic worm bin, half pound of red wriggler worms - a complete environment to create a nutrient-rich, organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. When? Sunday, December 6, 2009 1PM - 4PM Where? Temple Emanuel 201 Oakwood Drive, Winston-Salem, NC Pre-Registration & Payment Required! $32 due by November 30. For worm bedding, please bring either a paper bag full of newspaper (no glossy ads) or a 30 gallon bag of shredded newspaper/office paper to the workshop. Brian Rosa, NC Dept of Environment & Natural Resource’s Environmental Specialist/Organics Recycling Coordinator will dig in to the basics of backyard composting. Experience the process first hand and go home with hard working worms ready to produce for you. Sponsored by TEEM – Temple Emanuel’s Environmental Movement. For information and registration, call Gayle at 336-766-2767.