Manufactured Soils Workshop

A hands-on, practical, in the field, one day workshop for anyone who produces or uses topsoil.
Designed particularly for:

• Soil Blenders and topsoil suppliers
• Landscape and nursery industry
• Composters
• Suppliers of blended soil components

At this workshop you will receive practical, useful information about how soils function and key characteristics for various soil uses. From this teaching and hands-on experience you will learn how to:

• Blend high quality manufactured soil for athletic fields, residential lawns, nursery beds and more
• Assess various possible materials for use as components of blended soils
• Determine what ratios to blend for different soil uses and markets
• Test and evaluate the quality of your blended soil products

The workshop will be held at Agrecycle’s composting facility near Washington, PA. and will include:

• Teaching and practical advice from three Penn State University Soil Science faculty members and Agrecycle personnel.
• Tour of the composting facility.
• Workshop participants will be assigned the task of blending a soil for a particular use. Participants will select ingredients from among several stockpiled components, determine blending ratios, and assess the quality of the soil they produced.

The workshop is limited to 25 people so register soon!!
Registration fee is $100 and includes refreshments, lunch, and all needed materials

This workshop is sponsored by

• Penn State Cooperative Extension, Environmental Soils Program
• Agrecycle, Inc.

Additional support is provided from:

• Professional Recycling Organization of PA

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