We met on November 23rd at the garden for a soil activity led by a fantastic group of UBC Environmental Sciences Undergraduate students. Their project was "Soil Education and Mapping: Place-Based Learning at Riley Park", a collaboration between Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (LMNH) and UBC.
In the plan were a time machine role play, hand texturing activity, soil coring activity and colour identification task. We learned the about the types of soil and the different area in the garden where we could find them.
We will meet the students again after winter break to reinforce learning and to expand on soil knowledge and practice soil mapping.
