The RI International Film Festival has several films on "green" themes this year. Nobel Prize winner, Mangari Maathai, is the subject of Taking Root about the Green Belt Movement in Kenya that resulted in reforestation. This film is showing at... Read more →
Recent Posts
- Providential Gardener Has a Newer Website!
- Implementing Rhode Island's Wildlife Plan
- Happy World Soil Day!
- Public Meetings on RI 2015 Wildlife Action Plan ~ December 8, 9, 11, 2014
- Hearing on Ocean Habitat ~ December 2, 2014
- Buy Local RI
- Threats to RI's Species of Greatest Conservation Need & Their Habitats
- How Providential Gardener Describes "The Environment"
- Rhode Island's Wildlife Habitats
- Thanksgiving Feasts and Winter Farmers Markets
Info Guides
Other RI Events Lists
- RI Environmental Calendar | The Providential Gardener
The most comprehensive environmental calendar in Rhode Island.
RI Organizations
« June 2008 | Main | September 2008 »
August 2008
Friday, August 08, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Blueberries ~ What's Not to Like?
Early this morning I picked a quart and a half of blueberries off my ancient blueberry bush. There are plenty more out there under the net, but that's what I had time for today. Why everyone doesn't have a blueberry... Read more →
Categories
- Blogging (12)
- Books ~ Films ~ Plays ~ Readings (8)
- Business ~ Economy ~ Jobs (5)
- Calendar (33)
- Children (21)
- Climate (7)
- Conservation (27)
- Creatures (9)
- Current Affairs (1)
- Economy, Business (8)
- Education (4)
- Energy (6)
- Events (49)
- Events ~ Class ~ Course ~ Demo ~ Lecture ~ Training ~ Workshop (6)
- Events ~ Classes, Courses, Training (18)
- Events ~ Cleanups, Workdays (30)
- Events ~ Conferences & Conventions (17)
- Events ~ Fairs, Shows, Tours (32)
- Events ~ Hearings, Public Meetings (9)
- Events ~ Workshops (14)
- Far Afield (12)
- Farming (32)
- Farming ~ Aquaculture (4)
- Film (1)
- Food (6)
- Food, Nutrition (19)
- Forests and Trees (16)
- Fundraisers (5)
- Gardens (50)
- Gardens - 17th-19th C (9)
- Gardens ~ Community (Victory) (12)
- Gardens ~ Greenhouses ~ Conservatories (8)
- Health (2)
- Health ~ Safety ~ Diseases (2)
- Hearings ~ Public Meetings (6)
- History (4)
- HOW TO ~ Keep Informed (39)
- Info on Gardening (39)
- Insects (10)
- Invasives (1)
- Land Use (21)
- Land ~ Garden Cemeteries (5)
- Landscape Design (16)
- Lawns (9)
- Legislation, Lobbying, Laws, Ordinances (9)
- Media Resources (25)
- Mulch (2)
- Narragansett Bay (15)
- Natural History (1)
- Networking (10)
- News (40)
- Ocean (4)
- Orchards (2)
- Organic Farming/Gardening (8)
- Organizations (18)
- Other ~ Completely Different (2)
- Outdoors, Nature (7)
- Parks (32)
- Planning & Development (15)
- Plant Exchanges (1)
- Plant Sales (8)
- Plant Species (2)
- Plants ~ Flowers & Ornamentals (17)
- Plants ~ Herbs (2)
- Plants, Invasive (7)
- Plants, Native (4)
- Policy (2)
- Pollution & Waste ~ Composting (7)
- Pollution & Waste ~ Contamination (8)
- Professionals (2)
- Projo Digest (27)
- Providential Gardener Calendar (6)
- Publications ~ Books (7)
- Publications ~ E-newsletters (2)
- Publications ~ Journals, Newsletters, Magazines (1)
- Publications ~ Reports, Proceedings (2)
- Questions, Questions (12)
- Rain Barrels, Rain Water (11)
- Recycling (5)
- Regulations, Standards, Rules (1)
- Rivers, Streams, Ponds, Lakes (21)
- RI~ State Government (5)
- RI~Bristol (3)
- RI~Charlestown (2)
- RI~Cranston (1)
- RI~Cumberland (1)
- RI~East Providence (2)
- RI~Little Compton (1)
- RI~Narragansett (1)
- RI~New Shoreham (Block Island) (1)
- RI~Newport (1)
- RI~North Kingstown (3)
- RI~Pawtucket (1)
- RI~Providence (24)
- RI~South Kingstown (1)
- RI~Tiverton (1)
- RI~Warwick (3)
- RI~West Warwick (4)
- RI~Westerly (1)
- Rose Gardens (10)
- Safety (1)
- Sales ~ Farmers' Markets (11)
- School Gardens (4)
- Seniors (3)
- Shorelands (9)
- Soil Health (3)
- Street Trees (18)
- Susan's Journal (19)
- Sustainable Living (35)
- TimeBank (2)
- Touring RI (6)
- Transportation (5)
- Trees (37)
- Urban Farms (7)
- Urban Forests (10)
- Vegetable Gardens (11)
- Volunteer (37)
- Water (10)
- Watersheds (18)
- Web/Tech (1)
- Weblogs (4)
- Weeds (2)
- Wetlands (5)
- Where the Gardens Used to Be (5)
- Wildlife (7)
- Yard Waste (1)
Link Lists
BlogRoll
- Audubon RI Environmental Book Club
- Baykeeper Blog
- Bike Providence
- Blithewold Blog
- Controlling Carbon
- Dirt By Amy Stewart
- Earth Friendly Gardening
- Greater City Providence
- Green A City
- It's Your World
- Ledge and Gardens
- Natural News Network Blog
- Newport Tree Society: News Updates
- PostCarbon Rhode Island
- Projo Energy Blog
- Projo Garden Blog
- RI Birds
- Sustainable Agriculture @ URI
- Sustainable is Good
- Sustainable Sakonnet
- The Eat Local Challenge
Recent Posts
- Providential Gardener Has a Newer Website!
- Implementing Rhode Island's Wildlife Plan
- Happy World Soil Day!
- Public Meetings on RI 2015 Wildlife Action Plan ~ December 8, 9, 11, 2014
- Hearing on Ocean Habitat ~ December 2, 2014
- Buy Local RI
- Threats to RI's Species of Greatest Conservation Need & Their Habitats
- How Providential Gardener Describes "The Environment"
- Rhode Island's Wildlife Habitats
- Thanksgiving Feasts and Winter Farmers Markets