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Article: Compost is laid down thick for Earth Day; Waste system cuts water use at center.
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2009
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Byline: Paula J. Owen
LEOMINSTER - While celebrations, festivals and cleanups were going on throughout the state for Earth Day, others gathered quietly outside the Doyle Conservation Center for the momentous occasion of the "spreading of the poo" to mark the event.
With shovels in hand, maintenance technicians Jon W. Benson and Seth M. Bernatchez from The Trustees of Reservations, along with other Trustees' staff, spread a nutrient rich-compost around ruby red horse chestnut saplings and hornbeam shrubs at the center.
The Doyle Conservation Center, owned by The Trustees of Reservations, features a green building that is home to Trustees' staff ...