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  • Composting Workshop – South Loop

    Daystar Center 1550 S. State St., Chicago, IL, United States

    Do you want to live a more sustainable lifestyle? Are you concerned about the environment? How much food scraps and old leftovers are you throwing in the garbage? Learn how to turn kitchen scraps into gold...garden gold. In 3 hours, you will learn why composting …

  • Windy City Harvest: Building Healthy Soil

    Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, United States

    Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse Erin Matson, Windy City Harvest apprenticeship instructor $39 Learn about composting, vermicomposting, cover cropping, and other soil-building techniques. This workshop will cover soil testing and pH for vegetable crops. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants!

    $39

  • Building Healthy Soil

    Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse 2800 S Western Ave , Chicago, IL, United States

    Learn about composting, vermicomposting, cover cropping, and other soil-building techniques. This workshop will cover soil testing and pH for vegetable crops. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants! This workshop is instructed by Joan Hopkins, 2007 Windy City Harvest graduate and Windy City Harvest …

    $39.00

  • Pumpkin Smash – Composting Collection

    Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences 3857 W 111th Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    All area residents are invited to drop off their jack-o-lanterns at this one day only composting collection. We're also collecting gourds, corn stalks and straw bales to keep them out of the landfill. Natural materials only please! That means no googly eyes, yarn, stickers, candles, etc. There …

    Free

  • Pumpkin Smash 2020

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    Plant Chicago 'Firehouse" 4459 S Marshfield Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

    Green Your Halloween by composting your pumpkins! Illinois is one of the top producers of pumpkins in the U.S., but when jack o’ lanterns are past their prime, many end up in the trash. In Cook County, 37% of landfill material is food waste, a major source of …

    Free