Building healthy soil builds healthy plants. Improvements to soil are the key to a healthy garden and we show you what to use without costly remedies or chemicals. In this workshop, we show you how to test your soil and know your soil type.

You'll come away with the knowledge of:

How to conduct soil tests - pH test and bolus and ribbon tests and a jar test
Understanding minerals and nutrients and their relationships to your plant health
Learn which plants to grow to help improve soil and remedies for gutless sand
Learn how to increase soil fauna to help improve your soil
Please bring a jar of your soil to test, we will be using a chemical pH test kit and handling soils.

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Please note: Attendees will be required to practice appropriate physical distancing for the duration of the course. Do not attend if you have any flu-like symptoms.

The City of Belmont is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all attendees and this event will comply with all relevant and recommended Government restrictions and health and safety protocols in place at the time of the event. Ticket holders will be advised of any changes to the event should they occur.

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