Composting Workshop: A Meditative practice for Self and Mother Earth

Program Details

Join us on Saturday, November 15th as Rolling Ridge partners with the Giving Garden to bring you "Composting: A Meditative Practice for Self and Mother Earth."

This is a beginner’s composting workshop for those wanting to learn how to compost in their apartment or outside garden. The workshop will cover outdoor compost bins and also indoor worm bin or vermicomposting. By the end of the workshop, everyone will have the foundational knowledge, and a list of resources to make new soil from kitchen food scraps. All participants will take home a planter with spring bulbs and compost to celebrate how growth is nurtured by compost or “ black gold”. The process of making compost will also be explored through readings and meditative practice, that deepen our relationship and appreciation for the cyclical nutrient cycle on Earth.

This workshop is being offered FREE OF CHANGE thanks to a grant from the North Andover Cultural Council.

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About the Leaders

Stephanie Cross

As a child, Stephanie watched her Mom make compost from food scraps and saw her replenish their garden beds. Stephanie lives in Andover where she has been composting in her backyard for 30 years . She and her husband use the compost to reinvigorate the soil in their rose, vegetable and herb garden. She also taught middle/ elementary school science in Lawrence where she included hands on learning whenever possible. In her quieter moments she practices meditation with the Great Pond Sangha and is the Education Coordinator at The Giving Garden.

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