Title: Building Soil for Natural Gardens – Cultivating Life Belowground Natural gardens rely on the breathing, growing, eating, and beating of a healthy, living soil. Cultivating this vibrant ecosystem belowground relies not on doing more, but on doing less, understanding a few basic principles to guide how we grow. Join Elizabeth Murphy, author and soil scientist, in an exploration of the living soil food web to grow healthier plants and a greener planet. Learn how nurturing the living soil recycles…

Soil is life, and life is carbon. The carbon and organic matter in soil plays an important role in capturing greenhouse gases, protecting water resources, and feeding a growing planet. How we treat soil on farms, in cities, and in our backyards is an important part of the solution to many of the global environmental dilemmas we face. To understand how the local affects the global, come learn about how the cycles of organic matter and the role of soil…

Come get the Down and Dirty with me at the 2017 Northwest Flower & Garden Show How do you grow more productive, greener, and healthier gardens and farms, with less time and money? The secret is soil - healthy, living soil, that is. Join soil scientist, Building Soil: A Down-to-Earth-Approach author, and former small farms instructor, Elizabeth Murphy, in unlocking the secrets of living soil. Learn how to recognize healthy soil, feed and nourish the soil food web, and build…