Alpharetta schedules composting workshop

Alpharetta will offer a free composting workshop from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the lower gym of the Wills Park Recreation Center, 11925 Wills Road. The workshop will be followed by a hands-on tour of composting at the adjacent Alpharetta Community Garden.

Charmaine Jackson, manager of the Alpharetta Community Garden, will lead the tour. Daron Joffe, of Farmer D Organics, will demonstrate how to turn kitchen scraps, grass clippings, newspapers and more into compost.

Registration: 678-297-6200.

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