Workshop – The Soil Sponge

Tuesday 13 October 2026| 8:30am – 3:30pm

Mareeba International Club, 10 Vaughan Street, Mareeba, QLD 4880

Tickets: Free, RSVP Essential: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-soil-sponge-workshop-tickets-2000907539313

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Soil scientist Philip Mulvey's workshop teaches how landscapes naturally regulate and cool themselves.

Get to know the health of your soil through simple DIY tests in this practical field day lead by Soil Scientist, Philip Mulvey. Discover how to use plant diversity as a functional tool to engineer healthier soil structure, and how to track soil improvement to assess soil fertility & plant available water.

During this event we will discuss:

• Why runoff occurs
• How to read your land
• What infiltration is and how to increase it
• What plant available water is and why it’s called the sponge
• How the sponge decreases summer temperatures
• What trees have to do with it
• How to increase the efficiency and thickness of the sponge
• Why assess soil improvement
• What are the two levers of profit