Pet the worms and meet the microbes making your soil!

Join an afternoon of hands-on fun at the SEEDS Compost Petting Zoo, where kids and adults alike can discover the tiny organisms doing the dirty work to transform waste into healthy soil. Get a close-up look at eight different composting systems, stroll along a Compost StoryWalk with Traverse Area District Library, and enjoy face painting, games, activities and more!

This is a family-friendly event–all ages are welcome! There will be a variety of kid-friendly activities including:

- Farm-to-table educational activities and games with Oryana Community Co-op
- Compost Storywalk & Bookmobile with The Traverse Area District Library
- Free face painting with Blush Face Painting
- Art-making and sensory play with Let’s Play! Studio
- Other fun activities like hands-on microbe bingo, compost cornhole and more!

This event is part of the Michigan Organics Council’s Great Michigan Compost Tour. Food rescuers, animal feed operators, and composters across the state are hosting tours to highlight how surplus food, yard waste, and food scraps are rescued to feed hungry people or transformed into valuable animal feed or soil amendments. The other tours in our Northern Michigan region are featured in this event series. Most tours take place outdoors, so we advise participants to dress in weather-appropriate layers.

Hosted by SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers