USE

Using compost in your lawn and garden can provide immediate and long-term benefits to your soils and plants.

WHY USE COMPOST?

Compost helps control stormwater (US Composting Council)

Greenhouse Gases and the Role of Composting (US Composting Council)

Compost Key to Sequestering Carbon in the Soil (UC Davis)

Advantages of a Compost Pile (Green Living)

Can Dirt Save the Earth? (New York Times)

Soilbuilders Blog (US Composting Council)


WHERE TO FIND COMPOST

IN BULK :

Black Bear Composting (Waynesboro)

Panorama Paydirt (Earlysville)

Rose Hauling (Barboursville)

Snow’s Garden Center (Charlottesville)

Southern States (Charlottesville)

IN BAGS

5th Season Garden Center (434) 293-2332

Eltzroth & Thompson (434) 295-2488

Garden Spot (434) 973-4402

Ivy Corner (434) 977-3999

Ivy Nursery (434) 295-1183

Lowes (434) 975-7140

Southern States-Harris St. (434) 296-6191

Southern States-Proffit Rd. (434) 974-6147

The Corner Store (434) 985-7818

Orange-Madison Co-Op (540) 948-5671