There are so many events coming up as part of Coastweeks 2007—A Celebration of the Coast, from September 15 through October 13, that I must give you fair warning!
Take out your calendar and check out their calendar on the Rhode Island Sea Grant website and make your plan. Here is some of what's growing on along the shore during those weeks:
- Historic Lighthouse Tours
- Boat tours of the Blackstone River Valley
- Hikes, walks through salt marshes, preserves, and along the shore,
- Kayak trips
- Lectures on aquaculture, oyster gardening, Bay water quality
- Coastal cleanups
- Shoreline Biathlon
- Book discussions
- Garden tours
- Commercial Fishing Trawl
- FOOD!
- Several birding events
- Fairs, Harvest Festivals
- Prudence Island Bicycle Tour
- Waterscape/Streetscape Symposium in Newport
Wow! I will put some of this into the Providential Gardener Calendar, but scan through the Coastweeks events list and enjoy our great little state's 400 miles of coastline this fall.
