Saturday, March 1

FREE Workshop Advanced Composting

Learn a breadth of advanced composting methods including hot composting, compost tea, and in-situ composting.

By Compost Education Centre

Date and time

Sat, Mar 1, 2025 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

This workshop aims to broaden the scope of participants’ knowledge of composting methods and will cover methods of composting that require more work and attention. Topics covered will include hot composting to produce big quantities of nutrient rich, living compost quickly, increasing the biology and nutrients in your compost pile using dynamic accumulators, how to make compost tea and in-situ composting methods like sheet mulching. We’ll even touch on the basics of humanure.

*If you are new to composting, we suggest you take one of our free Composting Basics workshops before taking Advanced Composting.

Free attendance to this workshop is generously subsidized by the CRD.

How to register for this event

This workshop will be hosted live online via Microsoft Teams, integrated with Eventbrite. You will get a link to the Teams meeting upon registering for the event. You will need to log into Eventbrite to access the online link.

You must pre-register for this event. You can obtain a free ticket through Eventbrite. You can also register for the event by calling our office at 250 386 9676 or via email by contacting office@compost.bc.ca

VERY IMPORTANT: Please be in touch if you are no longer able to attend but hold a ticket so we can make your space available to someone else.

About the organization

The Compost Education Centre is located on unceded and occupied Indigenous territories, the land of the Lekwungen people— specifically the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. These nations are two of many, made up of individuals who have lived within the porous boundaries of what is considered Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Kwakwa'wakw Territory (Vancouver Island) since time immemorial. At the CEC we seek to respect, honour and continually grow our own understandings of Indigenous rights and history, and to fulfill our responsibilities as settlers, who live and work directly with the land and its complex, vital ecologies and our diverse, evolving communities.

Compost Education Centre memberships get you free workshops, discounts at garden centres around town and more great perks! Sign up or learn more on our website.

Frequently asked questions

What is your refund policy?

Workshop participants can receive a full refund up to 30 days after the ticket is purchased. To obtain a refund, email office@compost.bc.ca. Beyond 30 days, you cannot receive a refund nor switch your ticket to a different workshop.

What happens if I am unable to attend this workshop?

Please email office@compost.bc.ca to let us know you are no longer able to attend. If you purchased your ticket within 30 days of the cancellation, you can receive a refund.

How will I access the virtual workshop?

This workshop will be hosted live online via Microsoft Teams. You will get a link to the Microsoft Teams meeting upon registering for the event. You will need to log into Eventbrite in order to access the online link.

How will I be able to ask a question?

We encourage you to ask questions using wave of a hand, unmuting yourself, or using Microsoft Teams’ built in features.

What tech do I need to be able to participate in this workshop?

We are using Microsoft Teams to deliver virtual workshops. Learn more about the technical requirements for your personal computer, tablet or phone at this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/hardware-requirements-for-the-teams-app

Will I be able to join via the phone?

Microsoft Teams allows users to join calls via dial-in. However, the workshop will include a PowerPoint presentation, and your participation will be quite different if you do not have access to a personal computer, smartphone or tablet, with a screen, camera and microphone.

Organized by

Compost Education Centre

The Compost Education Centre, situated on unceded Coast Salish territories, is a non-profit organization with charitable status. The CEC’s mission is to encourage composting, local food production, and conservation, through education to residents living within the CRD. Created as a community resource, the CEC’s intent is to lower barriers to building skills that support soil stewardship and ecological sustainability. Two of the ways the CEC meets this goal are through free and affordable workshop series for adults, and a diverse, interactive, science-based educational program for students and their teachers. The CEC is mandated to teach people of all ages how to create a biologically active, organic garden amendment, as well as why composting and soil conservation are crucial practices for mitigating climate change.

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