The Providential Gardener

Bogged Down Blogging

I know some people have trouble keeping their blogs going because they don't know what to say. I have the opposite problem, much too much! I still have the backlog from a couple of weeks ago, and because it is... Read more →

Eat Well, Spend Less

Among the reasons so many of us love plants is that they give us the food we need to live. Everyone can benefit from wise nutrition advice, and URI has some excellent resources. At a recent Farmers' Market I met... Read more →

What Organizations Am I Missing?

Please check the sidebar for the list of Organizations and send the Providential Gardener info about "Growing Community" groups that could be listed here. Many thanks! Read more →

Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association

Still missing from The Providential Gardener are several important groups, organizations, and government agencies. Today I am adding the Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association, which has a new website. For URI's 100th anniversary this association donated the Learning Landscape... Read more →

North Burial Ground in Providence Could Use Some Friends...

Why can't Providence's North Burial Ground look more like Mount Auburn Cemetery? That was the question for several of us who recently traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to walk the paths and note the use of space, the stunning variety of... Read more →

Providence Street Tree Tally

This is an intensely busy week for me, and here I am nearly forgetting to post a link to this week's Providence City News article on the Street Tree Tally that happens to be an interview with me. I was... Read more →

RI Tree Council Volunteering

Enjoy working with youth? Want to help transform the Hartford neighborhood's Merino Park? The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, in collaboration with the Providence Department of Recreation, needs volunteers to help plan TREE DAY at Merino Park. The summer program at... Read more →

Composting Resources in Rhode Island

See the Earth Friendly Gardening Blog for a good article on composting. Read more →

New Category: Susan's Journal

As I've been saying in other posts and on the "ABOUT" page of the Providential Gardener, my ultimate goal is to gather and organize all the information resources in the state of Rhode Island about gardens, farms, forests ~ everything... Read more →

The Garden Guys

Have you listened yet to The Garden Guys on WHJJ AM 920, Sunday mornings from 8am to 10am? I tuned in today and heard several interesting questions from call-in listeners answered by these gardening professionals. They were broadcasting live Sunday,... Read more →