The Compost Education Center (CEC)
The Compost Education Center (CEC) of Project Grow is charged with managing two composting-related activities, that of producing compost, and using this process for educational purposes - learning how to compost. This mission is based on the appreciation that composting is essential to community gardening.
What is composting? Composting is the managed process of speeding up the way nature recycle, by creating the ideal conditions for the rapid decomposition of organic materials by effective decomposers. For more information, read the composting guides and related literature in the Handout section below.
Our main task at CEC is to encourage all community garden sites to adopt a standard, manageable composting system. Read more about CEC...
**There may be events scheduled for the CEC that have not yet appeared here. Please contact us at if you have any questions.
Handouts and Guides
Circular Economies, A Permaculture Way of Viewing Community Gardening 2023
Become a Master Composter Flyer: 2014, 2015, 2016
A One-page Guide to Hot Composting
Making the First Compost Pile - The Basic Composting Science
LSNC - How To Do A 2-bin Composting
Washtenaw County's Composting Guide
Sheet Mulch Gardening Guide For Raised Beds
CEC Reports, Presentations and Special Projects
School Composting Case Study Series for Junior Master Composter (JMC):
The Garden Research Initiative (GRI) - Research Groups and Their Research Topics
Community Partners and Advisors
Leslie Science and Nature Center
AAPS Farm-To-School (FTS) Collaborative
Dawn Farm for co-location of shared hoop house, 6633 Stony Creek Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Starr Valley Farms (Jesse Raudenbush)
Chiwara Permaculture (Nathan Ayers)
The Michigan Master Composter Program of The Washtenaw County Consortium for Solid Waste Management
Master Rain Gardener Program of the Office of the Water Resources Commissioner
