The Providential Gardener

Blithewold ~ A Rhode Island Treasure ~ Centennial Celebrations in 2008

Rhode Island is full of great places to explore and fascinating things to do, and I just can't keep up with it all! Much of my time these days is going into growing the comprehensive union Calendar of environment-related events... Read more →

Vanilla Beans, Learning Landscape, and the Garden Guys

I couldn't resist calling in to the Garden Guys show this morning (January 27, 2008) on WHJJ 920AM because I knew the answer to the last question for listeners: From what plant do we get vanilla? Not only did I... Read more →

The Underground ~ A Wealth of Info for and about Landscape Professionals

Last year at the New England Grows! Conference and Expo in Boston, I came upon The Underground, an interesting group of landscape and nursery professionals who work mostly in the Boston/SE Mass area. I joined so I could follow their... Read more →

Community Supported Agriculture ~ Time to Sign Up for the Coming Growing Season

Farm Fresh Rhode Island sends this news about joining CSAs: CSA Sign-ups Give Us Hope That Someday, Summer Will Return. the Providence Wintertime Market has satiated our desires for local fruits, veggies, eggs, cheeses, and so on, many of us... Read more →

Newport Tree Society Tree Sale

Everyone who loves trees will be interested in seeing the Newport Tree Society's list of Specimen Trees for sale this year. They are taking orders now, and you may find more information on their website and at their lecture, Planting... Read more →

Oops, Found out I Posted the Wrong Location for Barbara Gee's Book Signing Today

It was the Waterman Street (Providence) Whole Foods that today hosted Barbara Gee's signing of her new book, The Rhode Island Gardener's Companion. I had the location wrong in my earlier posts (although it was correct in the Calendar) ~... Read more →

Another Garden Book by Local Authors

Although last Saturday was warm and lovely enough to tempt me into the garden, we probably have many days ahead of us before we can do much work out there. I resisted pruning because it's not necessarily a good time... Read more →

Rhode Island's Eco-Blogging Scene: PostCarbon Rhode Island

This morning I heard from PostCarbon Rhode Island, a new blog that entered the world just three days after 2008, on January 3. It's a great website with info on efforts to deal with energy and natural resource issues locally... Read more →

Speaking of Backyard Gardens....

Speaking of backyard gardens... is Katherine Brown, Executive Director of Southside Community Land Trust. Take 5 minutes to see this video filmed in the summer of 2007 on Natural News Network. Katherine describes the work SCLT does to establish community... Read more →

Backyard Gardens Made Easier

Here is a great idea. Maybe others have thought of this, but I found it in Seven Arrows Early Winter Newsletter. [Ed. note: I encourage any and every commercial nursery to provide workshops, educational opportunities, and encouragement to us Rhode... Read more →