Learn to compost!

Did you know that Denver Urban Gardens offers free composting workshops all summer long? Each compost class is a two-hour, hands-on workshop in the basics of backyard composting. Classes in vermicomposting and pile-building are also available. 

Click here to view the schedule, or register for a workshop!

Free classes are made possible through a partnership with Denver Recycles. 

Online Gardening Resources

DUG's gardening resource sheets are now available online!

 Click here for a directory of resource sheets and helpful links on:

• Organic gardening
• Organic Pest and weed control
• Crop rotation, companion planting, when to plant
• Soil amendment, fertility, and quality
• Extending the season, putting the garden to bed, etc.
• Water conservation
• Harvesting, preserving foods, and saving seeds
• Composting 

Working with kids? Our complete standards-based school garden and nutrition curriculum is also available online. Click here to view school garden curriculum. 

So much to learn!

Did you know that Denver Urban Gardens' complete school garden and nutrition education curriculum is available online? From Vitamin A to Worm Composting, from Bioburgers to Fat Sandwiches, it's all here and available to download. 

Our seasonal approach to teaching builds a bridge for students between gardening, nutrition and science. Between the classroom and garden, the full curriculum spans the 50 hours that evidence suggests is needed to impact individual behavior and knowledge in children. This year-round curriculum provides opportunities for student inquiry and investigation in earth and life sciences, with additional relevancy to math, literacy and social studies. Lessons are linked to Denver Public Schools Standards for easy integration into existing curriculum, and are written in a user-friendly format accessible to both teachers and volunteers.

Questions about our curriculum? Contact us at dirt@dug.org.

Get your hands dirty!

Thanks to Master Composter Stacy Feeney, we now have a basic guide to composting available online. Click here to view Composting Basics, or click here to download the guide as a pdf.

We also offer free composting classes in partnership with Denver Recycles. These classes are held at our Compost Demonstration Site at Gove Community Garden (13th and Colorado Boulevard). Click here to register. 

Interested in becoming a Denver Urban Gardens Master Composter? Click here for more information. 

Grapes at Gove!

Gove Community Garden is located at 13th and Colorado, and is the home to our compost demonstration site, where we give free public composting classes in partnership with Denver Recycles. Click here to sign up!