Master Composter Training Classes
The High Desert & Mountain Master Composters are looking for interested citizens who would like to become "Master Composters" as part of a program offered by the Mojave Desert & Mountain Recycling JPA and participating cities and towns.
Classes are FREE and provide you with what you need to know about composting as well as a network of like-minded people to help you along the way.
What You'll Receive
- Approximately eight hours of FREE training about how composting works and different composting techniques.
- Valuable Composting/Gardening Handbooks & Fact Sheets on:
- Greencycling Options
- Uses for Fresh Mulch
- Uses for Composted Greenwaste
- Vermicomposting (worms!)
- Container Gardening
- Native Plants
- Water Conservation
- Useful Gardening Ideas
- The opportunity to meet and network with other local gardening enthusiasts.
- Fun! Make new friends with other High Desert residents who share a common interest in gardening.
What We'd Like From You
- Volunteer some of your time to help educate your friends, neighbors, and other members of the public and about the benefits of composting and how to reduce yard waste.
Any questions? Call 1 888-URECYCLE or Shirley Hibbetts at (760) 952-3572, .
Current Schedule
Saturday, May 2, 2009 Big Bear Lake
There are no prerequisites to attend.
For more information call: Shirley Hibbetts, (760) 952-3572
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Helendale CSD Board Room, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
26719 Vista Road, Suite 6, Silver Lakes (Helendale, CA)
There are no prerequisites to attend.
For more information call: Shirley Hibbetts, (760) 952-3572, or Kristi Rossman at (760) 951-0006
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Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the City of Needles Recreation Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1705 J Street
There are no prerequisites to attend.
For more information call: Shirley Hibbetts, (760) 952-3572, David Brownlee (760) 326-2115 , or Helen Uvalles (928) 768-7873
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