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Getting to Know your Roots — The Soil Food Web — In-person Cost = $30

January 17, 2026 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Researcher holding a plant with long roots by a marsh

Join the Friends of LLELA on Saturday, January 17, 2026, for our annual Native Landscape Seminar at Thrive in Lewisville. This year’s event, “Getting to Your Roots: The Soil Food Web,” will feature Jeff Lowenfels, a leader in the organic gardening movement and one of the most entertaining lecturers on the subject. The author of a series of award-winning and bestselling books, Teaming With . . ., Jeff will join us via Zoom and discuss soil health, the role of bacteria in the soil food web, and how home gardeners can use this information to improve plant health.

Additional local experts and topics include:
The Basics of Dirt with John Sackett
Soil Testing and Soil Fertility with Dr. Vanessa Corrisher-Olson
Soil Food Web Principles Applied at a North Texas Nature Center with Dr. Jane Duke
Two Registration Options: A) In person, all speakers, $30; B) Lowenfels, online only $20

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