Clallam County Waste Reduction coordinator Meggan Uecker provides information to help home gardeners integrate composting into any size garden or space from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in the county commissioners meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

She will provide an introduction to composting and its many benefits. She also will share space-saving techniques such as grow heaps, trench composting and comforter composts for recycling yard and food waste right back into gardening areas, capturing valuable organic matter and nutrients that plants need for good growing.

Uecker has been home composting for 15 years and teaching others to compost at schools, gardens and workshops since 2008.

She manages the Clallam County Master Composter program through WSU Clallam County Extension.

This presentation is part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips Brown Bag series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners on the second and fourth Thursday of every month in Port Angeles.

The lecture series provides home gardeners with education on gardening topics relevant to planting and maintaining sustainable gardens and landscapes in Clallam County.

Attendees may bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public. However, donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted.

For more information, call 417-2279.