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SUMMARY:Learn to Compost and other sustainable gardening practices
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority\nIns
 tructor: Jean Woods\nCall Hosting Facility to Register $10.00. Partici
 pants receive a composting book and a wire compost bin.\n\nParticipant
 s in the P.L.A.N.T. class will learn the following:\n\n* Composting - 
 how to turn leaves, yard clippings & kitchen scraps into rich compost 
 that is a cost saving & valuable soil amendment for plants in the yard
  and garden.\n* Home and Community Soil Stewardship - How and why of s
 oil testing, managing soils to improve fertility, decrease erosion and
  protect the environment.\n* Toxicity Reduction - Water quality, chemi
 cal alternatives and natural methods, and proper use, storage and disp
 osal of yard chemicals.\n* Home Yard Care - Wise lawn care, types of g
 rasses and how to best manage them, grasscycling, and lawn alternative
 s including ground covers, natural areas and proper mulching technique
 s.\n* Piedmont Naturescaping - Landscaping for sustainability and easy
 , low-cost maintenance, (southern xeriscaping)using traditional and na
 tive plants and trees in the landscape, groundcovers and mulch, waters
 aving strategies and best irrigation practices and technologies. Preve
 ntion and eradication of invasive plants in our communities to improve
  property values.\n* Habitat and Natural Gardening - natural landscapi
 ng techniques that allow for beneficial insects and plants, habitat fo
 r wildlife and low maintenance beautification of the landscape.\n\nFor
  more information visit http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/events/learn-to-c
 ompost-and-other-6
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100410T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100410T130000
CATEGORIES:workshop
LOCATION:McDowell Nature Preserve
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CONTACT:704 588 5224
ORGANIZER:Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Carol Bu
 ie-Jackson":http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/profile/Buie429
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