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International Compost Awareness Week

May 3, 2009 to May 9, 2009

Across the United States and Canada, composting advocates will be encouraging everyone to Compost! Those who believe in the Compost Message will be planning events in their community to promote the value of compost. All types of composting events — from "do it yourself" composting in your backyard to large-scale community-wide composting — can be promoted during the week.

The theme for 2009 is:
Compost! Recycling the Way Nature Meant It To Be
Sub-theme: The Possibilities Are Endless

Successful promotions in past years have included:

• Compost sales - many communities offered compost for sale with the days' proceeds going to selected local charities
• Openings and tours of composting demonstration gardens as well as centralized composting facilities
• Tree planting ceremonies using compost to prepare the soil for planting
• The setting up of a "Grow A Row" garden, using compost to prepare the soil, with the fall harvest being donated to the local food bank.
• Backyard composting training sessions, offered for residents as well as through school visits
• A "Compost Tea Party" where residents were invited to learn about composting including how to use compost and make Compost Tea
• Talks by well-known gardening experts on gardening and the use of compost
• TV & radio shows as well as newspaper articles on gardening and the use of compost as well as how to compost