Welcome

Welcome to Soil Doctor, Melbourne's edible garden soil specialist.

Soil Doctor helps suburban food and fruit gardeners achieve healthy, nutrient-rich soils that grow healthy, nutrient-rich food. We make it easy to understand what’s going on with your soil, and any modifications that need to be made to best meet the needs of the food plants you want to grow.

We are fully organic and stress the use of sustainable inputs that get your soil to a place where future inputs are minimal.

Why Test Your

Soil?

After many years of experience, we know that spending the time to test your soil and to do any necessary groundwork makes all the difference...

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Our Services

Soil Doctor offers several services, depending on your particular situation...

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What is Healthy Soil?

Healthy soil looks great, smells great, retains water like a sponge, contains all the nutrients required for plant growth, and supports a vast metropolis of beneficial critters....

Why does Healthy Soil matter?

Trust us, healthy soil matters. Take Kay Baxter, NZ organic gardening and seed saving guru, whose family has been growing the bulk of her own food for thirty years. After 30 years, Kay made...

What can Healthy Soil do for me?

When we think about environmental problems, few of us realise how relevant it is to create healthy soils where we live. Healthy soil captures carbon, supports healthy plants, consumes and detoxifies...