Master Composter Program
BE A CERTIFIED MASTER COMPOSTER!
LEARN — How to build compost piles, how to use compost to improve your garden, the difference between good and bad insects, how worms eat garbage, and much more.
HAVE FUN — Make friends, share a common interest, take gardening and composting tours, join us for potluck dinners.
GIVE BACK — Educate your friends, neighbors, kids, teachers and community on the value of composting and vermicomposting (with worms).
NO FEE — The Program is FREE and includes training, a compost manual, compost books and other materials.
Read Testimonials from Master Composters graduates.
The Master Composter Program is designed to extend composting information to the public through volunteers who have successfully completed a comprehensive training program. This free educational program is made available through the County of San Mateo.
Master Composters agree to give back to the community a minimum of 50 hours of volunteer service in the form of approved educational outreach throughout the County. This can be done in a variety of ways such as giving workshops at schools, community centers, staffing a booth at the County Fair or writing a news release for a paper.
- Program overview and basics of composting
- Composting methods and processes; bin and pile building demonstration
- Composting methods and processes; advanced
- Compost biology: The soil foodweb and the biology of composting
- Compost harvesting and use
- Vermicomposting: life cycle, biology, set-up of various bins
- Vermicomposting: biology, maintenance/feeding, harvest and use
- The other 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Program includes optional class field trip (to be announced), class graduation and Volunteer Awards Event
