**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  

Learn how to increase the moisture-holding capacity of the soil in your garden, lawn, and woodlands by recycling kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings, brush and other yard debris into compost and mulch. Compost holds onto moisture and dramatically improves the water-holding capacity of soils. Mulch helps keep soil temperatures and roots cool and moist, reducing stress on plants caused by the severe heat and drought conditions we’ve recently experienced in our region. Composting and mulching are an easy way to help the garden, lawn and woods in our yards and communities, while also reducing the amount of waste requiring disposal. Be a Climate-Wise Gardener for a healthier garden and planet! Led by Ann McGovern, a Compost Specialist who recently retired from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection after 32 years. She earned her B.S. in Environmental Sciences from University of Vermont and did postgraduate work in Soil Science at UMass Amherst.

Register directly on West Newbury Library's online calendar HERE.  Presented in collaboration with the G.A.R. Memorial Library in Westbury and West Newbury Wild and Native.

NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.