Grow the Food Shed!
16th Annual
Saturday, April 18 ~ 10am to 5pm
Sunday, April 19 ~ 10am to 2pm
2026 Speaker Series ThemE
Turning Sand into Soil
Speaker Schedule
Saturday April 18
10:30am Chaitanya Massera
Exploring the Soil Food Web with Compost Tea
with demonstration
11:30am Matt Batchelder
How to Develop Johnson Su Compost
with demonstration
12:45pm Elena Miller ter-Kuile
Sheep-Soil, Textiles, Food and Community
2pm Community Updates Hour
3pm Lydia Sprouts and Michael Keefe
What to do do with your poo poo?
4pm Maciek Musialowski
Food Forest Movement: Planting Perennial Polycultures for Food, Water, and Resilience
Saturday April 18
10:30 Jeffrey deMers
The Universal Benefits of Biochar
with demonstration
11:45 Katrina Blair
Radical Remediation
12:45 Diamond Mauriello
Turning Sand Into Soil
Seed Swap
Our community seed swap table has become a tradition at the event. This is a great way to obtain regionally adapted seeds and get to know your community. Bring seeds to give away and pick up new ones to diversify your garden!
Free Event
The entire event is free to the public!
We accept donations during the event that support a local school greenhouse or garden program. This event is fueled by our sponsors and grantors who generously contribute to make the SLV Seed Exchange and Speaker Series possible!
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