21. Compost Salad

Interpretive Intent: Approximately 30% of the trash in a city is plant material green waste – leaves, lawn clippings, shrub trimmings and branches. When these materials are taken to the local landfill it quickly overfills it. Collecting green waste and composting it eliminates this waste and is a benefit to the landscape. Compost added to the soil adds nutrients, conserves water and controls soil erosion – all especially important in the desert environment.

Exhibit Design: Large salad bowls will contain grass clippings, plant material consisting of small twigs and greenery, and leaves. These bowls are located on decorative paving adjacent to Composting. Trimming tools are underfoot, cast and stained into the pavement.

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