Composting demonstration sites
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Featuring active residential-scale compost bins, a worm bin, interpretive signs and free brochures, the sites are open to the public every day for self-guided tours. Sites are owned and operated by Portland Parks and Recreation and Clackamas Community College. Metro does not maintain these sites.
Directions to the demonstration garden sites
Fulton Community Gardens
Intersection of Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Southwest Miles Street in the Burlingame neighborhood of Southwest Portland
Enter from Southwest Miles. Park in the Fulton Park Community Center parking lot. Disabled passenger parking is adjacent to the site, along gravel road...Visit the Fulton Community Garden site
Clackamas Community College
19600 S. Mollala Ave., Oregon City
Take Park Place/Mollala exit off I-205. Follow the signs to Clackamas Community College via Highway 213. Turn left on Beavercreek Road. Turn right on Clairmont Drive to enter campus. At first intersection, turn left onto North Douglas Loop. The center is directly across from the baseball field. Parking is next to the site...Visit the Clackamas Community College site
Leach Botanical Garden
6704 SE 122nd Ave., Portland
Take I-205 to the Foster Road exit #17. Travel east on Foster Road to Southeast 122 Avenue. Turn south and continue for three blocks to our parking lot next to Johnson Creek. A short walk across the street will take you up to the Manor House and Gift Shop. Using public transportation, TriMet bus #10 or #71 will let you off at Southeast 122 and Foster Road. A short walk south on Southeast 122 will take you directly to the Garden and Manor House. Display gardens in front and Manor House displays are accessible. Parking and restrooms are also accessible...Visit the Leach Botanical Garden site
Note: The sites do not accept yard debris from the public. Call Metro Recycling Information at 503-234-3000 for referral to drop-off locations for materials you do not want to compost at home.