Online registration is now open for the annual six-session Washtenaw County Master Composter class, provided through the Ann Arbor Public Schools Rec & Ed program, posted online here.

Learn how to turn your yard waste into something you can use to enrich your flowers, vegetables and lawn. Discover the basics of home composting in this fun class taught by Master Composters eager to share their experience with you. After attending this course, passing the open-book exam, and clocking 10 hours of hands-on community experience, you will become a certified Washtenaw County Master Composter.

• The class description flier is available here.

The $49 fee ($59 for non-Ann Arbor resident) includes six sessions and a printed manual. Instructors are Lisa Perschke, Advanced Master Gardener; Christopher Simmons, City of Ypsilanti; and Nancy Stone, City of Ann Arbor.

Other featured presenters are soils professor Jon Dahl of Michigan State University and Starr Valley worm farmer Jessie Raudenbush.

The classes are held at Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School, with one session at the City of Ann Arbor’s Compost Center. Registration is available online via the Ann Arbor Public Schools Rec & Ed program.

General home composting information from the City of Ann Arbor is available online at www.a2gov.org/compost.

Nancy Stone is the Communications Liaison for Public Services at the City of Ann Arbor. She can be reached at nstone@a2gov.org. Visit http://www.a2gov.orgfor more information on local environmental topics including recycling, composting, water conservation, and choices for green living.

Your World provides local environmental information to our community. Contributing partners include: Washtenaw County’s Environmental Health Division; the nonprofit Recycle Ann Arbor; the City of Ann Arbor’s Public Services Area, Natural Area Preservation, Systems Planning programs for Energy, Environmental Coordination, Solid Waste, Transportation, and Water Resources.