What does the sampling of soil involve?
The sampling of soils would involve a member of Tower Hamlets staff and an independent environmental consultant from Parsons Brinckerhoff visiting your house during the day and taking one to three samples of soil with an auger (a small boring instrument about the size of a wheelbarrow) from the surface soil of the garden. Each sample will be made up of about 500g of soil (about half a bag of sugar). The sampling process is likely to take about 20-30 minutes. The testers will of course take care to leave the garden in the same condition as it was before their visit.
