A soil workshop, Ground Rules: Measuring Soil Health and Managing Site Challenges in the Urban Landscape, will be co-sponsored by the Ecological Landscape Alliance and the New England Wild Flower Society on Sunday, April 24, from 9 – 3:30 at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham.

Soils are diverse, complex, and critical to healthy landscapes, yet full of mystery. To understand holistic soil management, Chuck Sherzi offers fresh insight and a new diagnostic approach beyond the traditional soil test. This indoor/outdoor, hands-on workshop introduces the concept of the soil health assessment and the implementation of soil health indicators to comprehensively evaluate the biological, chemical, and physical attributes of soil as they pertain to the constraints of a site.

Future use of these soil health indicators will help provide the landscape architect, garden designer, arborist, and landscape professional with the necessary information to determine the appropriate products, tools, equipment, and techniques needed to correct soil constraints. These practices will also prove useful toward developing a seasonal maintenance plan for the new landscape from installation to establishment and on to maturity. Cost ranges from $86 – $104.
Register on line: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/soil-workshop-ground-rules-measuring-soil-health-and-managing-site-challenges-in-the-urban-landscape/#sthash.QNClepDa.dpuf