People planting seeds in the ground

Workshop: Make Your Own Compost

Saturday, 4/19/2025
2:00 - 3:00
Ortega Back Courtyard
Ortega

3223 Ortega Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
United States

415-355-5700

Learn how to make your very own compost! The backbone of every healthy garden, compost enriches soil, reduces waste, improves plant health and more. Garden for the Environment will teach the basics of composting in your backyard, introduce the world of worm composting and give tips on how best to use your city compost bin. Come learn what you can do to improve your garden, save water and prevent waste from ending up in the landfill.

Environment & Nature

Find out how to adopt a greener lifestyle and discover the outdoors with SFPL and its partners.

Gardening

Cultivate your green thumb.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

Notice: This event may be filmed or photographed. By participating in this event, you consent to have your likeness used for the Library’s archival purposes and promotional materials. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform a staff person or the photographer. A sticker will be provided to help identify you so that we can avoid capturing your image.

Public Notice and Disclaimer

This program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave SFPL's website and enter a website not operated by SFPL. This service may collect personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of SFPL’s Privacy Policy describing Links to Other Sites.

The views and opinions expressed in programs presented by groups unaffiliated with SFPL do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SFPL or the City.