Composting Guidelines

The City of Chicago recently adopted a new ordinance for composting. Material coming from the garden can be composted in open bins, like the cinder block bins that we have been using. Materials coming from off-site, like kitchen scraps, must be composted in enclosed bins, to deter rodents. The garden does not currently have enclosed bins and is therefore unable to accept off-site materials.

Please continue to put plant material from your plot into the open compost bins. Chop up materials in small pieces and add them to the first open/cinderblock bin on the left. Remember to put diseased plants and bind weed into the trash, not the compost.

If you see someone dropping off kitchen scraps in an open bin, please let them know that we are unable to accept kitchen scraps at our garden anymore.

If you have questions or comments, please contact us at [email protected]