Everything starts with the soil! Find out how to build your soil for spring gardening. Learn the characteristics of basic soil types, and how to analyze your own soils, including amendment techniques, drainage, and more. Instructor: Karin Stretchko, Agriculture Specialist, J. Sargent Reynolds Community College.
Online class conducted via Zoom
This is a live online class via Zoom.
GES: HL, 2, elective*
*This class provides 2 hours of elective credit for the Garden Education Series: Gardening and Garden Design Certificate. Non-certificate students welcome.
Karin Stretchko is an Agriculture Specialist at J. Sargent Reynolds Community College where she oversees the display gardens at the Goochland campus and the plant propagation program as well as teaching in the horticulture program. She has a Master of Science degree from Virginia Tech, specializing in soil science. She previously was the Conservatory Horticulturist at the Garden and instituted the Garden’s water testing program.