Name: Vermicomposting for Beginners & Alumni
Start: 2026-01-07T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-07T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Freeport Community Library

This session is for any interested alumni and new students. It will be run as follows:
1. Harvest for Alumni of Previous Workshops:
The instructor will inspect worm bins, demonstrate and assist with harvesting, and answer any questions. The instructor will bring six harvest kits for alumni to use harvesting their own worm bins. New students are welcome to observe and ask questions of the instructor and alumni.
After 20 to 30 minutes with the harvest well underway the instructor will take the beginners to another section of the room and conduct the “Workshop for Beginners.”
2. Workshop for Beginners:
The instructor will demonstrate and assist as beginners set up their own worm bins (limit five households – one worm bin per household.) After the worm bins are assembled then the instructor will give his “Worm Talk.” The talk covers the following subjects:
What is Vermiculture and Worm Composting and how is it different from regular composting?
Why do it? What are the benefits?
What are the main things to consider before trying?
What is important for worms to thrive?
What are the main problems encountered and how to avoid (or remediate if necessary.)
Recommended Reading List
The instructor takes contact information (phone numbers and email addresses) from each household and then stays in contact with them for a year or more until they reach a point of self-reliance. The instructor returns 3 to 4 months after the initial workshop to assist with the first harvest of each student's worm bin. All the alumni of the workshop gather for their “First Harvest”. They are sometimes joined by “senior alumni” that are there for the 2nd, 3rd…. Harvest.
WANT WORMS??
There will be 5 free starter kits available for attendees of the workshop! Each starter kit comes with everything you need to begin vermicomposting at home. Only those in attendance at the workshop will be eligible to receive a kit. If there are more than 5 attendees who would like a kit, a random drawing will be used to determine the recipients. Attendees who simply wish to view the presentation are also welcome, no commitment to vermicomposting is necessary!
This event is free and open to the public. Space for the beginner workshop is limited, so please register to attend at freeportmaine.libcal.com/event/15912261 (only one registration necessary per household, multiple persons may attend the presentation). Alumni attending to harvest need not register. For questions or directions to the library, please visit freeportlibrary.com or call 207-865-3307.