Upcoming events
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The Garage Garden (Fridays APRIL-OCT)
Come do some hands-on learning in a former driveway, past a compost pile, and a future pumpkin patch. (plus current compost pile)
Please rsvp, dates/times TBD
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April
Guest Lecture: Compost 101 at USF
Get in touch for a compost/worm session!
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March
Spring Solstice Event at Urban Farm Oasis, March 21st
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Dec 21 to March 21
Composter in Residence at Urban Farm Oasis.
I’ll be on site for compost office hours and workshops. Bring your questions, your compost problems, or just come talk trash.
Workshops:DIY Worm Hotel building
(Mostly) Skipping the Green Bin
Worms, the Humble Ferrymen (and Voracious Eaters)
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PAST EVENT: Nov-Jan
Rest season + Winter Solstice Event
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PAST EVENT: Compost Ritual: Whispering to the Future
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. -
Past event: Walking Tour with EARTH SF - Visit Compost Spire at 465 Gallery, San Francisco
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
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Past Event: Live @ THE MOTH
“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.
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Past event: Private Lecture at USF Urban Agriculture class - Oct 1, 2025
Closed event.
Want me to host a Worm Choir for your class or event? Get in touch!
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Past event: Kids Hold Worms. Grown-ups Drink Coffee.
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. -
Past event: Harvest Festival
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!
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Past event: The Worm Choir: A Sensory Rite of Compost Initiation
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

