UIC Plant Research Laboratory




︎ Location Chicago, IL
︎ Timespan 2025
︎ Client Businesses & Institutions

Situation
  • Academic research and community space seeking programming on soil science, place-based learning, and local ecology.
Response
  • Taught two day hands-on Introduction to Community Soil Science trainings based on The Soil Keepers program;
  • Conducted walking lectures Soil Safari and Reading the Weeds.







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Gwenyn Hill Farm




︎ Location Waukesha, WI
︎ Timespan 2025
︎ Client Businesses & Institutions

Situation
  • Working regenerative farm in need of educational program on local rocks, minerals, and soils.
Response
  • Taught half day hands-on, in-the-field soil study Beyond the Soil Test to farm staff and apprentice farmers.



Photography Gwenyn Hill Farm, Social Ecologies





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Garfield Park Conservatory




︎ Location Chicago, IL
︎ Timespan 2014, 2025
︎ Client Businesses & Institutions

Situation 1
  • Botanical garden and community space seeking higher level skill-based workshops for seasonal programming.
Response 1
  • Facilitation of an Urban Agroecology Intensive, a self-contained theoretical training similar to what we offered at The Huntington in CA;
  • Led Intermediate–Advanced Compost training series.


Situation 2
  • Need for educational program on holistic soil science.
Response 2
  • Taught two-day hands-on Introduction to Community Soil Science trainings, based on The Soil Keepers program.



Photography Benkrut, Social Ecologies





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Art Institute of Chicago




︎ Location Chicago, IL
︎ Timespan 2025
︎ Client Businesses & Institutions

Situation
  • Need for consultation on soil composition and construction, for the artist Juliana Góngora Rojas and the group exhibition En El Principio (In The Beginning).
Response
  • Designed, sourced, fabricated, and installed earthen floor feature.



Photography Lynn Becker, Knack Magazine, Social Ecologies





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Elmhurst Art Museum




︎ Location Elmhurst, IL
︎ Timespan 2025
︎ Client Communities & Organizations

Situation
  • Looking for perspective and education on the topic of embodied soil studies in the Midwest landscape.
Response
  • ‏Conducted Soil Reading lecture and soil workshop in conjunction with the exhibition Sustenance and Land.



Photography Siegfried Mueller, Social Ecologies




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