Volunteer Columbia hosted a composting workshop focused on the vermicomposting method, which utilizes the red wiggler worm species. The workshop was held by volunteers Jody Cook and Lindsey Smith.

DES MOINES, Iowa — On a chilly April morning in Des Moines, the promise of spring still seems far away. But as Monika Owczarski walks through her garden, she finds beauty in the cycle of life, death ...