SoilsCon to return this February

Accredited Supplier, Tim O'Hare Associates, brings back SoilsCon after a four-year hiatus following the pandemic.

After a four-year break, during which time the world has experienced a pandemic, dramatic changes to its climate patterns, and major advances in science and technology, SoilsCon - the landscape industry’s ‘go-to’ conference for soil-related topics - is returning.

The one-day conference will take place on Wednesday 28 February 2024, at the elegant Phyllis Court in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Organised by soil scientist and landscape consultant Tim O’Hare, it promises landscape architects and specifiers, housebuilders, landscape contractors and designers, developers, topsoil manufacturers, local government officers, and professionals from the wider industry, a day of invaluable professional development, discussion and debate, with presentations by some of the leading experts in their respective fields.

So far, the SoilsCon 2024 speaker line-up features:

Tim O’Hare, Principal Consultant, Tim O’Hare Associates

Tim White, Senior Associate, Tim O’Hare Associates

Dr Iain Gould, Associate Professor in Soil Science, University of Lincoln

Helen Elks-Smith, Principal, Elk-Smith Landscape & Garden Design

Jennifer Mui, Director, MRG Studio

Katherine Iles (Principal Engineer) and Ryan Coghlan (Senior Landscape Architect), ARUP 

Subjects will include:

• Soil health and functions in landscapes – a practical approach
• Soil requirements for Biodiversity Net Gain typologies
• Soil organic matter and carbon sequestration
• The challenges of garden construction
• Species-rich soils – a National Trust case study
• Biochar and Dolerite – the science behind these soil conditioners

A Soil Surgery, popular with delegates at previous SoilsCon events, will be held during the day’s networking periods with members of the Tim O’Hare Associates team on hand to help delegates with their specific soil issues.

The final programme and conference details will be issued shortly but to express your interest in attending, please email sharon.frost@toha.co.uk or call 01491 822653.

Tim O'Hare Associates LLP is the landscape industry’s leading soil science consultancy. The practice offers a wealth of technical expertise and practical advice in:

• Soil Science
• Topsoil Manufacture
• Habitat Creation
• Sports Pitch Agronomy

Tim O’Hare has been a professional soil scientist for 30 years, working predominantly in the commercial landscape, construction and regeneration sectors. His particular areas of expertise are topsoil analysis and topsoil manufacture, soil investigation and management, urban tree planting, sports pitch agronomy and brownfield site restoration. 

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