The Food Program will hold a Soil and Compost Workshop on Sunday, May 11th from 10:30am-12:30. Barry New and Roger Pettit will lead a discussion and demonstrations about the soils we encounter on Galiano.

The topics covered will include soil of Galiano and sampling suggestions for you to try at home. There will be many ideas to improve any soil with organic methods without a big outlay.

Topics covered:

Soils of the Allotment

Soils of Galiano

Soil Health & Soil testing

Organic Techniques and Soil Amendments

Adding Fertility with Composts and other materials

Water Conservation techniques

We will have the results of our soil testing for the allotment site and soil sampling suggestions for you to try at home.

The workshop will take place at the new allotment site on the Lions Field. This is the area behind the ball field and Health Care Centre. The newly formed Galiano Allotment Society is developing this garden site on land that has been recently cleared and fenced, and the workshop will include an introduction to the allotment site.

Come with a sample of your own soil to be viewed by the “experts”.

Sliding scale $10-$15