The Marion County SWCD is passionate about soil health education and demonstration, offering multiple workshops each year to provide a space for vegetable farmers and gardeners to gather, share ideas and resources, and learn about soil health practices and productivity! Come learn about no-till vegetables, bed preparation and planting, crop rotation, cover crops, mulching, compost, weed control, tarping, nutrient management, native plantings, and more!

UPCOMING SESSIONS!

No-Till Gardening and Cover Crop Workshops at the SWCD Demo Garden
Location: Marion County SWCD Eagle Creek Demonstration Garden*
Multiple Options:
Tuesday, April 30 @ 7 PM
Saturday, May 11 @ 10 AM
Wednesday, May 15 @ 7 PM
Join Kevin Allison, Urban Soil Health Specialist and no-till gardener, for an in-depth garden tour. We’ll cover crop planning, cover crop management, vegetables, mulches, and more. Join for one or all, as the garden is always growing!
REGISTER HERE!

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Indiana Nutrient Management Tool Training
Location: Virtual
Wednesday, April 24 @ 11 AM
Join us for a virtual tour of the brand new nutrient management tool. How much fertilizer per garden bed? How to get the most of your soil test? We’ve got you covered!
REGISTER HERE!

*The SWCD demonstration garden is a living lab, dedicated to advancing and demonstrating regenerative practices in a vegetable garden.  Tour the garden, learn about the benefits of soil health, and go bed by bed and crop by crop to get the dirt on managing a no-till garden. The SWCD Demonstration Garden is located within the larger community Mayor’s Garden at West 56th and Reed Road, Indianapolis (map). If you have any questions or would like to schedule a separate group tour of the demonstration garden, please contact the SWCD.

This work is supported by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The USDA-NRCS is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.