Backyard Composting Workshops

Try Composting

Are you unsure what to do with your kitchen, garden, and yard scraps? Would you like natural, home-made compost for your lawns and gardens in the spring? Then, you can expand your recycling efforts to include kitchen scraps and yard debris by signing up for a Backyard Composting Workshop to turn your yard waste and food scraps into a valuable resource for your garden.

For more information on programs:
– Email [email protected] or call 412-488-7490 ext. 6 for the PRC WEST Office
– Email [email protected]  or call 610-353-1555 ext. 232 for the PRC EAST Office

Click below for upcoming workshop dates and to register:

Upcoming PRC WEST Backyard Composting Workshops

This PA Resources Council workshop thoroughly covers the importance and benefits of composting, the process, setting up a compost pile, proper maintenance, and ways of using finished compost. Participants will receive a FreeGarden EARTH compost bin with attendance. This bin is an ideal bin for urban and suburban areas and has an 82-gallon capacity.

Cost: $70 single/ $75 couple and includes one compost bin.

Upcoming PRC West Workshops:

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March 21, 2020
Construction Junction
10:30 PM – 12:00 PM
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March 25, 2020
Phipps Garden Center
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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April 8, 2020
East End Food Coop
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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April 26, 2020
Mt. Lebanon Earth Day
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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April 28, 2020
North Park, Rose Barn
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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May 9, 2020
Ross Township Community Center
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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May 23, 2020
Lauri Ann West Community Center
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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June 16, 2020
UPMC Passavant
at 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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To register online click “Register Here” under the workshop you wish to attend, or contact us at [email protected] or call 412-488-7490 ext. 6.

Upcoming PRC EAST Backyard Composting Workshops

This PA Resources Council workshop thoroughly covers the importance and benefits of composting, the process, setting up a compost pile, proper maintenance, and ways of using finished compost. Participants will receive a FreeGarden EARTH compost bin with attendance. This bin, approved across the state as an ideal bin for urban and suburban areas, has an 82-gallon capacity.

Cost: $70 single/ $75 couple and includes one compost bin

Check back soon for upcoming workshops!

To register online click Register Here under the workshop you wish to attend or email [email protected] or call: (610) 353-1555 ext. 232