Dirt Works Steering Committee

Linda Bennett

Budget

Mixed Border

Rock Garden

Cindy Cartwright

Children’s Garden

Amy Corrigan

Mixed Border

Rock Garden

Kathy Ekar
Fruits & Vegetables
Bob Findlay
Communication
Rain & Shade Gardens
Paula Nelson
Composting
Rose Garden
Shanna Winters
Composting
Adaptive Garden

 

Contact:  dirtworks@mgftc.org

Location and Directions:

Dirt Works is in west Olympia on Alta Street off of Capital Mall Drive, behind Apple Park Apartments and Yauger Park. Go to the middle of the parking lot to park near to the garden entrance.

 

Walk down the Nature Trail by the kiosk with the green roof and the garden entrance will be on your left.

Welcome to Dirt Works

Composting Site and Demonstration Garden

The Dirt Works Demonstration Garden was established in 1989 for the purpose of teaching home composting to the public. The newly renovated garden is host to educational workshops for composting and sustainable gardening. The link HERE will show you the current workshop schedule. Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter volunteers from the WSU Thurston County Master Gardener Program maintain the garden and teach the clinics.  The site also hosts the Master Gardener Foundation annual Spring Plant Sale that is held the third Saturday in May.

 

The City of Olympia sponsors the garden by providing our location at Yauger Park and providing support from the City’s Public Works Dept.

 

Garden Features:

  • Yard waste and worm compost area
  • Children’s garden
  • Rain garden
  • Rose garden
  • Vegetable garden
  • Fruit trees and small fruits
  • Rock garden
  • Adaptive garden
  • Turf grass
  • Mixed border featuring non-invasive, low pollen, and water wise plants and provides year-round interest
  • Bamboo
  • Home landscape - featuring native plants and hybrids for shade areas

Hours:  Dirt Works is open to the public while Master Gardeners and Master Recycler Composters are working in the garden:

Effective December 1st: Dirt Works garden is closed for the season.

The Plant Sale area will still be open on Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm.


March - October

Tuesdays 9AM – 1PM

Saturdays 9AM – 1PM

 

May – September

Effective 1 July 2011, Dirt Works garden will no longer be open on Thursday evenings.

The above hours plus Thursdays 5:30PM - 7:30PM or dusk