Our mission is to promote wise and sustainable management of natural resources through responsible stewardship at the local level, working in partnership with individuals, neighborhoods, schools and community organizations.
You are invited to participate in the MCPLANT workshops - available by registration only.
Services currently offered by McPLANT:
- Events Calendar
- Class schedules
- Corporate Partners
- Volunteer!
- Projects
- Need a speaker or a presentation for your organization?
- Workshops and Seminars
Training is only available to eligible participants. The training is 40 hours total with several field trips and hands on projects. Potential participants must complete the registration form and return it. In return for the training, we ask for specific volunteer time to help with different projects like:
- troubleshooting with schools
- neighborhood training projects
- staffing a booth at the Southern Spring Show
- and others as needed.
Funding for this project was provided in part through a grant from the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance, NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources. The project will train 25 Master Composter volunteers. Drawing on successful master composter's training models from around the country, we are recruiting volunteers based on their interests, commitment and level of experience. Trainees come from throughout the community and reflect the cultural diversity of the Charlotte region. The local MC project makes a valuable contribution to reduce waste and improve environmental quality through home, neighborhood, business and schoolyard care and composting. All trainees complete a twelve-week training course.
Participants learn how to teach and troubleshoot classes including:
- Compost
- how to turn leaves, yard clippings & kitchen scraps into rich compost that is a cost savings & a valuable soil amendment for plants in the yard and garden.
- Home and Community Soil Stewardship
- How and why to do a soil test, managing soils to improve fertility, decrease erosion and protect the environment.
- Toxicity Reduction
- Water quality, chemical alternatives and natural methods, and proper use, storage and disposal of yard chemicals.
- Home Yard Care
- Wise lawn care, types of grasses and how to best manage them, grasscycling, and lawn alternatives including ground covers, natural areas and proper mulching techniques.
- Piedmont Naturescaping
- Landscaping for sustainability and easy, low-cost maintenance, (southern xeriscaping)using traditional and native plants and trees in the landscape, groundcovers and mulch, watersaving strategies and best irrigation practices and technologies. Prevention and eradication of invasive plants in our communities to improve property values.
- Habitat and Natural Gardening
- natural landscaping techniques that allow for beneficial insects and plants, habitat for wildlife and low maintenance beautification of the landscape.
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