Composter Trainings-Free

Dec 4

Got yard and food waste?

Ready to transform it into nutrient and microbe-rich compost?

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s Solid Waste Division wants to treat you to free how-to-compost classes. These classes are 2 hours and held next door to the MSB’s Central Landfill near Palmer at the recycling center or Valley Community for Recycling Solutions (VCRS).

Learn about composting with worms (“vermi-composting) and backyard or pile composting in active, participatory, learn-by-doing repeat sessions each fall and spring.

Consider taking the Master Composter training if you have completed the vermi and backyard compost trainings and want to learn how to apply your skills to neighborhood and larger scale.

Free to MatSu Borough residents; others are welcome—I just can’t certify you.

You need to sign up. Simply email compost@matsugov.usand I’ll send you all the registration details of where, and what to bring.

I’d love to have you come! –Ellen VandeVisse, Compost Instructor, MatSu Borough

Fall 2026 Dates:

BACKYARD Composter Trainings

Saturday Sept 19: 3pm-5pm

Wednesday Sept 23: 3pm-5pm

Monday, Sept 28: 1pm-3pm

Saturday Oct 3: 3pm-5pm

VERMI-Composter Trainings:

Wednesday Sept 23: 11am-1pm

Saturday Oct 3: Noon-2pm

Monday Oct 5: 11am-1pm

Wednesday oct 14: 11am-1pm

Master Composter Training:

Full day training (must have taken Backyard & Vermi first)

Saturday Oct 17: 10am -4:30pm

Good Earth Garden School

Good Earth Garden School provides education, resources, and products to help gardeners and farmers grow using regenerative, organic methods that restore the health of the soil, plants, people, and the planet. Learn practical approaches to building healthy soil, making organic fertilizers, managing pests naturally, composting, growing nutrient-dense food, and practicing carbon farming.

Founder, author, and educator Ellen Vande Visse, M.S., shares a lifetime of knowledge and hands-on experience through courses that integrate the science and spirit of regenerative growing. The school also offers a rich collection of free educational resources and carefully selected products, including Ellen’s acclaimed book, Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardener’s Guide.

https://www.goodearthgardenschool.com