OGI Events

The Organic Growers of Ireland’s Small Growers Network are hosting this workshop on soil health with expert Dave Beecher. The aim of this workshop is to give the participants a greater understanding and appreciation of soil and its connection with plant, animal, human and planetary health.

The objectives of this workshop are:
Explore diversity within the Soil Food Wed
Examine our impact on the Soil Food Web
Establish good composting techniques
Discover the benefits of worm farming
Create our own fertilizer
Visual evaluation of soil structure (VESS)
Review case studies that are putting all the above into action.

The above objectives can be adjusted and added to depending on the needs of the Small Growers Network participants. Topics such as soil chemistry, soil sampling, sap analysis, microscope analysis etc can be added if required. A questionnaire will be sent out to each participant once they sign up to this event and the final course content will be built from this feedback.
Participants are asked to bring in 2 x soil samples, one from their best piece of ground and the other from their worst and a VESS will be carried out on both samples. They are required to take a cube sample 20cm x 20cm x 20cm (8” x 8” x 8”) or whatever width their spade is.

This event is open to all members of the Small Growers Network. Tickets are limited so register early to avoid disappointment. This is a paid event.