{"id":1392,"date":"2026-04-30T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=229024"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:21:23","slug":"soilshop-free-soil-testing-event-at-uwsp","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/event\/soilshop-free-soil-testing-event-at-uwsp\/","title":{"rendered":"SoilShop &#8211; Free Soil Testing Event at UWSP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Community members are invited to explore the health of their yard and garden soil at a free soil testing event hosted by the University of Wisconsin\u2013Stevens Point.<\/p>\n<p>The soilSHOP event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at the Daniel Trainer Natural Resources building, 800 Reserve St., Stevens Point. Parking is available in the adjacent Lot E off Isadore Street or Lot R of Portage Street. No RSVP or registration is required to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The screening will include analysis of soil texture, organic matter, pH, electrical conductivity, and lead. Participants will receive on-site interpretation of their results to help them better understand soil conditions in their outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can also take part in painting with soil, educational presentations and hands-on learning activities covering topics such as composting, gardening, tree planting and soil conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Students enrolled in urban soils courses at UW\u2013Stevens Point are actively involved in organizing and running the event, providing both technical support and educational outreach as part of their coursework.<\/p>\n<p>Soil Collection Instructions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garden areas: collect soil from the top six inches<\/li>\n<li>Lawn or play areas: collect soil from the top two inches<\/li>\n<li>Take at least five samples per area and place them in a bucket<\/li>\n<li>Mix thoroughly, then transfer at least two cups of soil into a labeled plastic bag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions may be directed to Bryant Scharenbroch, professor of soil and waste resources, at <a href=\"mailto:bryant.scharenbroch@uwsp.edu\">bryant.scharenbroch@uwsp.edu<\/a>. Find more information at <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fstevenspointsoilshop&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csallenba%40uwsp.edu%7Cff1a65cf288a4ede53d608dea62aedc6%7C209c4baddf14417287df060f84f01a11%7C0%7C0%7C639130900498740378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LNqzeBgXNKq3RJqTMJwl486KAmh8Lh9xj47edgyQIK0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">facebook.com\/stevenspointsoilshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community members are invited to explore the health of their yard and garden soil at a free soil testing event hosted by the University of Wisconsin\u2013Stevens Point. The soilSHOP event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1393,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[39],"class_list":["post-1392","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-soilshop","cat_soilshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}