Welcome to the "Dirt Doctor's" website

Starting in 2007, the Institute has been highlighting how soils play a crucial role in almost every aspect of our lives. A series of public events are championing the importance of this under-rated resource for our food, fuel, wildlife, water – even our climate – but also warn us of the potentially irreversible damage if we continue to take soil for granted.

Below you will find a selection of material from our soil exhibits.

• "the Dirt Doctor will see you now..." (1.6MB pdf)
• "Did you know... (eyechart)" (30KB pdf)
• "doing your dirty work..." (0.4MB)
• Soil booklet ( 0.3MB)
• "The little book..." (1.2MB)

Soil Health Profiles

Pdf version of cartoon soil profiles (3.5 MB).

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Take a look at the Pedologist’s (soil doctor) reports on the soil characteristics for "Claude", "Heather", "Pete", "Rusty" and "Sandy".

We also have a page with more educational material on, for example, the Machair, and Scotland's soil maps.