A Soil Company

Know what's in your soil and water before it matters.

Accredited lab results, read back to you in plain language, and grounded advice on what to do next, from healthier lawns and gardens to full land revitalization. Sampling done in person, to a standard most testing skips.

5–9 days
Standard turnaround
37 elements
Full metals panel
ISO 17025
CARO accredited lab
Why Test

Okanagan land carries a history you can't see.

Decades of orchard spraying, airport-corridor deposition, and added compost leave traces that don't show up at the surface. Testing is how you find out what your ground actually holds, before you grow, build, buy, drink or play.

01

Former orchard land

Lead-arsenate pesticides were used for decades throughout the Okanagan valley. Both metals are permanent; they don't break down or wash away.

02

Airport-corridor property

Properties near flight paths and older industry can carry deposition the standard checklist won't flag.

03

Growing your own food

Raised beds and gardens draw from the soil beneath them. Knowing what's there is the first step to eating from it safely.

04

Hobby farms

Land you already work. Know what's in the soil your animals graze and your food grows in, season after season, not just what a previous owner told you.

Packages

Straightforward packages, honest scope.

Everything priced in Canadian dollars. Lab work runs through CARO's accredited lab, and site accessibility fees, if any, are always disclosed in your quote, never a surprise.

01 · SOIL
Soil Health Screen
pH, nitrogen, organic matter, and the core nutrients that tell you how your soil is actually performing. Where it helps, we use NDVI imagery to pinpoint the most stressed areas first, so sampling targets the problem instead of guessing at it.
$295
02 · SOIL
Safety Screen + Metals
Everything in the health screen, plus the full 37-element metals panel including lead, arsenic, and cadmium.
$425
03 · WATER
Water Quality Screen
Total and fecal coliforms, nitrate, and pH; the core safety parameters for the well or surface water you rely on.
$264
04 · ADD-ON
PFAS Panel
Forever-chemical testing for soil or water. The contaminant the standard screen doesn't look for.
$525Soil + water combo $950 · save $100
05 · FARM
Hobby Farm Assessment
Multi-zone sampling built for working land, priced by zone so it fits your property.
$479First zone · each add'l zone $325
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06 · IMAGERY
Lawn & Garden NDVI Analysis
Drone and satellite imagery that maps how vigorously your lawn or garden is actually growing, turning invisible stress into a colour map of healthy and struggling zones. We match the method to the site; high-resolution drone for close detail, satellite for broader or historical coverage.
QuotePairs with soil sampling
Shows you where to look; sampling tells you why.
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07 · LAWN CARE
APL LawnRx
A soil-first lawn program for Okanagan conditions; organic topsoil, plant-derived nutrients, and ocean-derived minerals, matched to what your soil is missing.
QuoteStarts with a soil test
Built on your ground, not a generic bag, so the program fits what your lawn actually needs.
Beyond Testing

What to do with what you learn.

Testing tells you where your soil and water stand. These are the ways we help you act on it, from a revitalization plan to full landscape conversion.

01 · PLAN
Land Revitalization Plan
A grounded, results-led plan for improving soil health over time; built from your actual test data, not guesswork.
QuoteScoped to your property
02 · LANDSCAPE
Wildfire-Resilient Xeriscape
Water-wise landscape design suited to Okanagan summers; lower water demand and planting matched to your soil and slope.
QuoteAfter a walk-through
03 · CONSULTING
Specialty Consulting
For questions that don't fit a standard package; unusual contaminants, complex history, or a scope built from scratch.
QuoteStart with a conversation
Where We Come In

The lab doesn't test your soil. It tests the sample we hand them.

An accredited lab certifies what happens after the sample arrives. Everything before that, the ground, the tool, the jar, the drive back, is ours. It's the half of your result nobody talks about, and it's where we're different.

01 · The Sampler

Collected in person by a UBC-trained microbiologist, with a focus on soil and industrial microbiology.

02 · The Technique

Aseptic technique carried into the field; the discipline a lab uses, applied where the sample is actually taken.

03 · Handling & Transport

Equipment disinfected to professional standards. Samples stored and moved cold, sealed, and documented.

04 · The Report

Read back to you in plain language; what the numbers mean for your soil, your water, and your family.

Forever Chemicals

The contaminant the standard test skips.

PFAS don't break down, and they aren't part of a routine screen. If your property sits near a flight path, older industry, or land where firefighting foam was used, they're worth looking for on purpose.

The Regulatory Gap

A clean standard report doesn't mean PFAS-free.

Most screening simply doesn't look for them. Add a PFAS panel to any soil or water test, and you close a gap the checklist leaves open.

What We Stand On

Four values, held without exception.

01

Stewardship

We treat the land we test as something worth protecting, not just measuring.

02

Integrity

The discipline we keep in the field is the same whether or not anyone is watching.

03

Transparency

Plain-language results and fees disclosed upfront. No jargon, no surprises.

04

Responsibility

Someone makes a real decision from our number. We take that seriously.

Who We Are

Locally founded, and led by the people who do the work.

APL Environmental was founded here in the Okanagan. As the company grows, its senior management stays close to the fieldwork.

Senior Management

Dawn Antle, MSc

President

Leads APL Environmental's operations and client relationships across the Okanagan, keeping the business grounded in its four values.

Alexander Linke, BSc

Operations Director

A UBC-trained microbiologist with a focus on soil and industrial microbiology. Handles sampling in person and translates lab data into plain language.

From Our Clients
"
APL Environmental gave me back a green lawn without price gouging, and my pets could play right away.
APL LawnRx client · Kelowna
Get Started

Request a quote.

Tell us a little about your property and what you're wondering about. We'll come back with a clear, itemized quote, accessibility fees and all.