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Composting for Kids

Celebrate Earth Month!
2026-04-08 16:00:00 2026-04-08 17:00:00 America/Chicago Composting for Kids Ray Partridge from the Little Rock Department of Public Works will demonstrate how to dispose of food waste using everyday food scraps and other materials to create compost! Each participant can create and take home their own compost receptacle. Dee Brown Library - Programming Room

Wednesday, April 08
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-08 16:00:00 2026-04-08 17:00:00 America/Chicago Composting for Kids Ray Partridge from the Little Rock Department of Public Works will demonstrate how to dispose of food waste using everyday food scraps and other materials to create compost! Each participant can create and take home their own compost receptacle. Dee Brown Library - Programming Room

Dee Brown Library

Programming Room

Ray Partridge from the Little Rock Department of Public Works will demonstrate how to dispose of food waste using everyday food scraps and other materials to create compost! Each participant can create and take home their own compost receptacle.

AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Pre-teens ages 9-12 | Kids ages 6-8 |

EVENT TYPE: | Science & Nature |

TAGS: | EarthMonth |

Dee Brown Library
Phone: 501.568.7494
Branch manager
Brian Martin
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Dee Brown Library

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We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Branch manager
Brian Martin
Address
6325 Baseline Road
Little Rock, AR 72209
Tel: 501.568.7494
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Dee Brown Library is nestled in the heart of southwest Little Rock and offers patrons a wide variety of adult and children’s books as well as CDs and DVDs. The 13,500-square-feet library, which opened in 2002, provides access to public study rooms, a meeting room, and an outside deck and boardwalk that lead from Baseline Road to the library.

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