Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

News Release
June 11, 2019
Contact: Peter Thurston, 541-321-0798

2019 Free Compost Workshop on Sunday, June 23, at 2 PM

The Santa Clara Community Garden (SCCG) will host the following soil building workshops. SCCG is located behind St. Matthews Church at 4110 River Road, about 1-1/2 mile north of Beltline. These composting workshops are free and do not require preregistration. All sessions run for an hour or two.

2019 Compost Workshop Schedule

June 23 (Sunday), 2 PM – This session will focus on worm bed preparation and harvesting worm castings to improve garden soil.

October 19 – OSU Compost Specialist demonstration and cover crops

November 16 – SCCG Compost preparation for the coming season

All workshops will include discussion of various composting methods, including: hot compost, cold compost, lasagna, cover crops, and soil building with worms.

•  Call to order
•  Introductions

•  Approval of May minutes
•  Treasurer’s report

•  Announcements:
                        –  July meeting cancelled (will need signage)
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•  Reports:

• Update: Santa Clara Community Garden
• Luper Cemetery and Memorial Day
• Neighborhood Plan update
• Neighborhood Leaders Council
• The Santa Clara Logging Company
• Land Use applications
• Others

•  Old Business:
     –      Election of one Board member
      –     Santa Clara support for a joint statement
              (2018 Hate and Bias Annual Report Release)
     –     Scheduling a Hate and Bias workshop

•  New Business:
     –     Tabling at the River Road-Santa Clara Volunteer Library grand reopening July 13
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•  Other matters
     logs of volunteer hours

•  Adjourn