Grow Your Garden Workshop: Is Your Soil "Dirt?"
Venue
Carlsbad City Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011
United States
Healthy soil is the key to growing healthy plants, but what is healthy soil? How do you know if you have it? With some hands-on demonstrations, we will also discuss soil texture, porosity and movement of air, water, and nutrients in soil.
Presenter Niki Vollrath is a UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, Class of 2023. She holds a B.S. in Soil Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and a M.S. in Tropical Agriculture from University of Hawaii - Manoa. She was a Soil Scientist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Hawaii and California.
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Grow Your Garden, where you can swap succulents, seeds, fruit, vegetables and herbs from your garden with your neighbors.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. - Workshop, where you can learn new gardening techniques.
About the Event
Healthy soil is the key to growing healthy plants, but what is healthy soil? How do you know if you have it? With some hands-on demonstrations, we will also discuss soil texture, porosity and movement of air, water, and nutrients in soil.
Presenter Niki Vollrath is a UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, Class of 2023. She holds a B.S. in Soil Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and a M.S. in Tropical Agriculture from University of Hawaii - Manoa. She was a Soil Scientist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Hawaii and California.