Understanding Soils and Composting
Explore the fundamentals and improve your understanding of soil composition, soil testing, and characteristics of healthy organic matter.
Explore the fundamentals and improve your understanding of soil composition, soil testing, and characteristics of healthy organic matter content - and their connection to smart composting techniques. Practice hands-on soil texture tests, pH testing and how to recognize plant populations as indicators of soil characteristics.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Annie Novak is an urban farmer, author, and educator. Annie is the founder and director of Growing Chefs, field-to-fork food education program; the Manager of the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden, and co-founder and farmer of the nation’s first commercial green roof farm, the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, New York. Her efforts greening the city landscape are widely covered in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living and in her own words in The Atlantic, among other publications. She is the author and illustrator of The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Garden or Farm (Ten Speed Press). She has served on the board of the American Bird Conservancy since 2018. To learn more about Annie’s classes, writing and work on gardening, ecology and bird migration, visit annienovak.com
Praise for The Rooftop Growing Guide from The New York Times: "If your vegetable garden happens to be on your roof, Annie Novak is the genius for your place. Novak, who is passionate about “people, plants, food politics,” is a co-founder and the head farmer of the nation’s first commercial green roof farm, in Brooklyn."
This is one of more than 30 events that are part of The Workshop Experience Weekend, May 7-8, 2022, in and around Hillsdale, NY. Join us to learn from experts in crafting, writing, cooking, nature, gardening, floristry and more. Browse the entire program, or visit TheWorkshopExperience.org.
Explore the fundamentals and improve your understanding of soil composition, soil testing, and characteristics of healthy organic matter.
Explore the fundamentals and improve your understanding of soil composition, soil testing, and characteristics of healthy organic matter content - and their connection to smart composting techniques. Practice hands-on soil texture tests, pH testing and how to recognize plant populations as indicators of soil characteristics.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Annie Novak is an urban farmer, author, and educator. Annie is the founder and director of Growing Chefs, field-to-fork food education program; the Manager of the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden, and co-founder and farmer of the nation’s first commercial green roof farm, the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, New York. Her efforts greening the city landscape are widely covered in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living and in her own words in The Atlantic, among other publications. She is the author and illustrator of The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Garden or Farm (Ten Speed Press). She has served on the board of the American Bird Conservancy since 2018. To learn more about Annie’s classes, writing and work on gardening, ecology and bird migration, visit annienovak.com
Praise for The Rooftop Growing Guide from The New York Times: "If your vegetable garden happens to be on your roof, Annie Novak is the genius for your place. Novak, who is passionate about “people, plants, food politics,” is a co-founder and the head farmer of the nation’s first commercial green roof farm, in Brooklyn."
This is one of more than 30 events that are part of The Workshop Experience Weekend, May 7-8, 2022, in and around Hillsdale, NY. Join us to learn from experts in crafting, writing, cooking, nature, gardening, floristry and more. Browse the entire program, or visit TheWorkshopExperience.org.