The Providential Gardener

SCLT's Harvesting Hope Breakfast ~ Next Wednesday

We've received an invitation from Southside Community Land Trust to attend this special breakfast on Wednesday, October 4th from 7:30am to 8:30am on the second floor of the Roger Williams Park Casino. "It is a unique opportunity to learn more... Read more →

Other Gardening Blogs

Some people have been blogging about gardens for more than four years! Sheila Lennon at the Providence Journal has been compiling a list of gardening blogs that's worth checking out. Also note one of our reader's enthusiastic recommendation for Garden... Read more →

Natural News Network Calendar

Natural News Network has really developed their Calendar of Environmental Events in Rhode Island. There are a lot of interesting things to do, including Thundermist Tours of the Blackstone River every Sunday through October; the New England Environmental Education Alliance... Read more →

The Garden Guys ~ Notes on the September 24 Show

The Garden Guys are on WHJJ (920 AM) every Sunday morning from 8 am to 10 am. The Garden Guys are Sam Jeffries and Frank ? (I've got his name somewhere on another note, but can't find at the moment).... Read more →

Gardener Volunteers needed at Hope High School (Providence)

The Providential Gardener has received a request for volunteer gardeners at Hope High School, which has gardens on the school grounds as well as a greenhouse. Interested folks should contact Shirley DiMatteo via email. Read more →

Composting & Recycling

RI Resource Recovery Corporation and the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Education Center have partnered to offer a five week training and outreach program for RI citizens on composting and recycling. The goal of the program is to educate... Read more →

Rhode Island Urban and Community Forest Plan

Tonight I'm browsing through some Rhode Island government planning pages and found the Urban and Community Forest Plan, dated 1999. Although this is old, it's worth checking the abstract, and then comparing it with the 2005 Final Forest Resources Management... Read more →

Green Drinks, Great Links

Well, I fell in the well, was stuck in a rut, lost in the woods for a while ... anyway, I am back tonight after a good time with the folks who showed up for Green Drinks at Jake's in... Read more →

HOEDOWN at Southside Community Land Trust

Tomorrow is the big day for Southside Community Land Trust. SCLT is celebrating 25 years of helping people to grow their own food with a big bash at Urban Edge Farm in Johnston on Saturday, September 9th from 4pm to... Read more →