Learn to improve your soil quality, build a
rain garden at April 9 ‘Science on Tap’ event

Want to improve soil health at your home? Interested in learning what it takes to erect a rain garden? Answers to both of these goals are around the corner when Nestucca, Neskowin & Sand Lake Watersheds Council presents their final Science on Tap event of the season on April 9.

Starting at 6 p.m. at Pelican Brewing Company’s Pacific City pub, the Watershed Council will present “Building a Resilient Landscape: Rain Gardens, Soil Health, and Property Improvement,” hosted by Samikshya Budhathoki and Marcille Ansorge.

Budhathoki, the master gardener and Small Farms Program Coordinator at OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County, will be discussing ways to improve soil health on your property and will be joined by volunteer and Master Gardener Marcille Ansorge, who will be teaching participants how to build a rain garden on their property. Rain gardens can help to mitigate flooding on your property, improve water quality in the watershed, and provide habitat for native pollinators.

Budhathoki has a background in agriculture and soil health and enjoys working with diverse communities. She earned her master’s degree from Oregon State University in Corvallis, specializing in soil health and cover crops. When she’s not working, you can likely find her in the garden (learning to manage snails and slugs — a newfound interest of hers in coastal gardening), cooking, hiking, backpacking, and buying more plants that she does not need!

Ansorge has been an active master gardener in Nebraska and in Oregon. While living in Nebraska, her residence was chosen for the installation of a rain garden to improve the quality of the watershed area.

For more information, visit nestuccawaters.org.

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