Compost Giveaways
Email askcity@hamilton.ca
Call 905-546-2489
The City of Hamilton is giving away compost for your lawn, garden, and plants. Bring your own pails, shovels, and elbow grease.
Each week throughout the year we pick up your leaf and yard waste as part of the curbside yard waste collection program. After it’s picked up, we process it and turn it into nutrient-rich compost at our outdoor composting facility. Now it’s our turn to give some of this compost back to you!
Spring 2024 Leaf and Yard Waste Compost Giveaways
Thank you to everyone that came out to the Spring Compost Giveaways! In April and May, our community collected more than 1100 kilograms of nutrient-rich compost, raising nearly $6000 for the United Way. Fall Compost Giveaway details will be available in September.
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You must bring your own shovels and containers
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15 minute time limit loading
- Two people per vehicle at pile of compost
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Compost is for residents only and not available for commercial use
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For vegetable gardens and flower beds, apply 2 cm (3/4" in) of compost and work into the soil.
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For new beds add 2 - 5 cm (3/4" to 2" in) of compost and work into the soil to 12 cm (4 3/4" in) in depth, plant and water accordingly.
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For top dressing apply 1 to 2 cm (1/2" to 3/4" in) of compost to the lawn and lightly rake the compost into the grass.