Discover the living world beneath your feet in this interactive, hands-on workshop focused on Soil Food Web microscopy. Learn why soil biology matters and how to use a microscope to identify key organism groups to assess soil health.
The session combines a brief overview with extensive guided microscope time in small groups and is suitable for all skill levels. Bring your own soil or compost samples to explore, and a microscope if you have one.
Participation is at capacity, but you can still register to be placed on the wait list.
This Field Day is offered at the Open Space Visitor Center in collaboration between Habitat Farms Collective, Soil Health Collective and NM Healthy Soil Working Group.
The Open Space Visitor Center is a learning and demonstration center offering weekly volunteer days with Habitat Farms Collective (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 3 pm) and conducting free public workshops once a month. Learn some practical, hands-on ways to build soil, conserve water, and increase biodiversity, and enjoy the beauty and wonder of the wildlife that thrives here in this little oasis in the city.
Learn about the Soil Food Web:
Healthy Soil is Full of Life!
Get to know some of the wondrous creatures that make up our soil ecosystems.
Intro to the Soil Food Web
Learn about the network of organisms living in soil ecosystems, including plants, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and many more.
Soil Safari!
Live microscopy session: Take a deep dive into the wild world of creatures inhabiting the soil beneath our feet.