I’m the Composter in Residence at Urban Farm Oasis.
I’ll be on site these Sundays for open compost office hours. Bring your questions, your compost problems, or just yourself.

Compost Office Hours
Ask questions. Talk trash.

Workshops:

(Mostly) Skipping the Green Bin

February 15

What happens when scraps and debris stay where they’re used and grown?

This workshop looks at the difference between living soil and dead dirt, and what changes when organic waste stays local. We’ll explore how decentralized composting reduces emissions, builds real soil, and shifts composting from an exported service into a shared, everyday practice.

Worms, the Humble Ferrymen (and Voracious Eaters)

February 22

A close look at worms as quiet translators between life, death, and garden fertility.

We’ll explore vermicompost as both biology and relationship: slow, intimate, and essential to living soil systems. Expect worms, systems thinking, and a reframing of what “productive” looks like underground.

Rest season + Winter Solstice Event.

Open to the public!

A participatory compost ritual at 465 Collective Gallery @ 465 South Van Ness, San Francisco.

Through writing, offering, touch, taste, smell and whispers visitors will help build a living compost pile and read from The Book of Compost: Whisper into the Future, II—a collective act of renewal and queer imagination.
Open to the public, October 19, 2–4 PM at 465 Collective.

Part of the kickoff walking-tour of The Lab’s first year of programming around the compost pile.

Friday 6-7:30, Oct 17th, must sign up via The Lab, space limited

“Had I gone too far…” A wormy story about compost community and culture presented at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage to an audience of 500 people.

Closed event.

Want me to host a Worm Choir for your class or event? Get in touch!

Sept 28th, 10-11 ish @ private El Cerrito Garden
A Sunday morning reset: little hands meet wiggly worms while grown-ups sip hot coffee. Low-key, hands-on, and a fun way to meet neighbors in El Cerrito. Please rsvp for address & introduce yourself.

Sept 20th, 11-2pm @ Urban Farm Oasis

Build your own free mini worm hotel, worms included! Other give-aways and sensory fun. Many other family farm-friendly activities, too!

Feeling disconnected? Swap doomscrolling for dirt-sniffing. Let a worm explain the secrets of the universe (or at least decomposition). Looking for a no-cost nervous system reset? Get your hands in living soil, inhale that microbial perfume, and remember you’re part of a much slower, older story.ion goes here