Transition Town Vincent’s My Healthy Soils Project aims to empower local residents to transform their yards and courtyards to capture carbon into the soil to support healthy plant growth and to create a cooler, healthier and more sustainable environment. We focus on supporting the addition of locally available organics (e.g. biochar, compost, worm castings/juice and microbes) to improve the carbon, nutrients and water holding capacity of your soil. 🌱

After a year of getting ready we are about to start the project in earnest! We will kick off with a workshop on Sunday 16th March 3pm - 6pm at the Floreat Athena clubrooms where we will:

Introduce the basic principles for transforming your yard or courtyard into a carbon sink
Find out from local residents how they are doing it
Identify your objectives and resourcing requirements
Outline a process for supporting you in achieving your objectives

We will have a line up of speakers including Professor Lyn Abbott who has dedicated her career to World leading research, education and communication associated with soil health and specifically, soil biology. We used one of her innovations, permeable biomass barriers and wells, in the food forest with good effect. Dr Grey Coupland will talk to us about pocket forests and how you can develop one of these in your yard or courtyard with just 5 square metres of land. We will also hear from a number of residents who are implementing healthy soil projects in their yards and courtyards.

We will then find out from you what you need to support you in your journey to transform your yard or courtyard into a carbon sink. See you there!