May General Meeting - Soils: Containing the Seeds of Hope in an Era of Climate Change by Dave Polley

Name: May General Meeting - Soils: Containing the Seeds of Hope in an Era of Climate Change by Dave Polley — Master Gardeners of Western Wayne County
Start: 2026-05-07T18:30:00-0400
End: 2026-05-07T20:00:00-0400
Location: Westland Public Library

Thursday, May 7, 2026
6:30 PM 8:00 PM 18:30 20:00

Westland Public Library 6123 Central City Parkway Westland, MI, 48185 United States (map)

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Learn about carbon dioxide’s role in climate change and photosynthesis focusing on the rhizosphere - the goings on below the soil surface at the plant root level - and the role of the soil microbiome on our health and the carbon cycle.

Raised in northern Illinois’s Corn Belt, he developed an early interest in organic gardening. A 2018 talk by MSU soils professor Dr. George Bird on the rhizosphere deepened his understanding of how soil health connects to broader ecological systems. He completed the Master Gardener program in 2019 and now lives in Webster Township, where he runs a grounds and soils cleanup business.

Membership check-in at 6:30 p.m.

Presentation to follow at 7:00 p.m.

Presentation is open to the public.