The Providential Gardener

Projo Digest ~ June 29 & 30

About This Series ~ What You Read or Missed in the Providence Journal Recently.... [you might find these articles at www.projo.com if you missed them] June 29, 2007 A7 ~ "[Cultivated Squash] Seeds put at 10,000 years old" [Refers to... Read more →

Projo Digest ~ June 26, 27, 28

About This Series ~ What You Read or Missed in the Providence Journal Recently.... [you might find these articles at www.projo.com if you missed them] Tuesday June 26, 2007 B2 ~ "Smithfield wins housing case [to bar high-density housing]" B2... Read more →

What's Happening ~ June 28 - July 2

Here is some of what's growing on in Rhode Island during the next couple of days: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3pm Providence Farmers' Market (Armory Park) Fri Jun 29, 2007 9am Warwick Farmers' Market 11am Providence Farmers' Market (Downtown) 2pm... Read more →

Projo Digest ~ June 23, 24, 25

About This Series ~ What You Read or Missed in the Providence Journal Recently.... [you might find these articles at www.projo.com if you missed them] Saturday, June 23, 2007 A1 ~ "Support for energy bill [in Congress] shows automakers losing... Read more →

What's Going Down on the Farm

Rhode Island Farmways has wagon loads of things to do this summer. Their calendar lists events such as therapeutic horseback riding and many concerts at Rhode Island farms and vineyards, which are increasingly the venue of choice for summer outdoor... Read more →

Amazing Sights at the Newport Flower Show

As Barbara Gee, author of The Massachusetts Gardener's Companion and the Rhode Island editor of People, Places, & Plants (magazine), had predicted, the Newport Flower Show displayed the work of some very talented floral artists. The horticulture exhibits were well... Read more →

Clean the Bay on July 14

From Clean The Bay: We have scheduled our next cleanup for the 2007 Project Clean Sweep Season for Bold Point Park, East Providence, on Saturday, July 14. Join us in the largest effort to clean Narragansett Bay in history! Wear... Read more →

West Warwick ~ Volunteers Needed to Mulch

West Warwick: Join the JAYCEES and volunteers for a community distribution of mulch along the extensive planting beds, monument plazas and decorative tree wells on Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at their award-winning JAYCEE Corridor & Arboretum. This open space project... Read more →

West End Garden Tour on Sunday, July 1

On Sunday, July 1, 2007, Urban Greens is hosting a walking tour of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association Community Garden and other neighborhood gardens in the West End of Providence. Participants get a map of the garden locations and can... Read more →

What is a "Certified Forest Ally"?

The Providential Gardener scans the Providence Journal regularly for their reporting on "what's growing on" in Rhode Island and posts the article titles, with occasional comment. You can find all of these posts under the category PROJO DIGEST. While this... Read more →