Saturday, February 21, 2015

Club tour- The Ground Up

Garden members car pooled on a cold and windy Saturday morning to see The Ground Up composting operations.  They have three operational sites and the club choose the Richmond location at the invitation of Assistant Manager, Paul Wilkinson.

Luis, operations manager, gave us an excellent educational discussion about their process and highlighted differences between Ground Up and competitors.  He will be our speaker in September.

The Ground Up is led by a dynamic, organic-minded team dedicated to teaching communities how to build more healthy, beautiful, sustainable lawns, gardens & landscapes.  They strictly follow the procedures of the Soil Foodweb to create the highest quality and best performing mulch, soils & vegan compost in today’s market.
 
This methodology, pioneered by world-renowned soil scientist, Dr. Elaine Ingham, focuses on creating soils which are organic, biologically rich & highly effective.    
 
They have strict procedures for landscapers who are delivering wood to be composed.  We watched as huge compost piles were redistributed.  It was easy to see the heat rising of fresh compost.  The air was filled with a sweet tobacco smell.
 
The tour lasted just over an hour.






 
 

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