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2012 Community Events

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Sheldrake Environmental Center
Saturday, October 27
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. - $85 (Bin, workshop free)
Compost Bin Sale & Workshop

The workshop is designed to help people get started with a backyard composting bin system -- it’s Composting 101! They will learn how and where to set up the bin, what goes in, how to maintain it and the best part which is when and how to harvest the nutrient-rich compost to use in your garden.

The Earth Machine bins are great for backyard composting of both yard waste and food scraps. The U.S. EPA estimates that 27% of our solid waste stream is compostable – that is huge amount of garbage being trucked away that could instead be turned into beneficial compost right in your back yard! This a great time of year to start a bin because of all the carbon-rich leaves provide a nice base in which to add your food scraps. Anything that was once living can be composted, but most people stick to fruit and vegetable scraps, eggshells and coffee grounds for their backyard systems.

Link to page where people can SIGN UP and order bins. http://sheldrakecenter.org/adult_composting.html

Sheldrake Environmental Center
685 Weaver Street, Larchmont, NY 10538 (914)834-1443
www.sheldrakecenter.org

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Webinar on Nov. 7
This fall the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has a great line up of online webinars. Webinars this fall include Grocery Store Botany in October and Tree Selection and Establishment in November.

For more information click here.

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The Garden Club of Dobbs Ferry
Thursday, November 8
7:00 p.m. - Doors open at 6:30 – Free & open to the public

The First Woman Landscape Architect to Influence American Gardens - A True Pioneer: Beatrix Farrand Rediscovered
Speaker: Colleen Plimpton

Dobbs Ferry Public Library
55 Main Street

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If you are a like-minded organization, Contact The NPC Website Coordinator to list an event.

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Briarcliff Initiative - Invasive Plant List

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Article: Pesticide Usage

Native to New York NPC Article - courtesy of the
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas

NPC Years in Review - Fall, 2012