Events › Grow Your Own: Understanding Your Garden Soil

For adults

Held at Colchester Community Hall, 23219 Township Road 520

We’ll work through practical strategies to learn more about your soil through at home and lab-based tests to better support soil health and the production of your garden. We will cover soil texture, sedimentation, lab and pH tests.

Various types of soil and soil amendments will be available to examine and discuss.

This is a hands-on-in-the-dirt session. Gloves and masks provided.

Presenter Bio: Dave grew up on a small farm near Lacombe where his interest in food production and land stewardship began. He attended the University of Saskatchewan where he studied crop science and how to deliver scientific knowledge to farmers and food producers. Now at Strathcona County, Dave writes educational articles for the County agriculture newsletter “From Soil to Supper”, plans educational agricultural events, and works 1:1 with farmers and County residents to access the agriculture resources they need.

Grow Your Own is a unique series of partnered programs designed to bring beginner to expert gardeners together. In collaboration with the Colchester & District Ag Society, Colchester Community League, and Strathcona County Library, Grow Your Own aims to support you in creating a sustainable food supply for your family. Enjoy a meal together, learn together, share ideas.  

Minimal cost of $15 for supplies.