The Providential Gardener

North Main Street Project: An Example of Residents Shaping Their Neighborhood

One reason for haphazard, ugly, people-unfriendly, and/or environmentally unsound development is the absence of neighborhood residents in town and city planning processes. Nobody thinks about what it's going to be like to LIVE near the results of development or redevelopment.... Read more →

Meeting Thursday, July 19, about Route 1 in Washington County

Plans to preserve the rural nature of Route 1 in Charlestown are under consideration. See the Providence Journal article in the Charlestown area edition, published on July 11, and an article in The Day, published on July 16 for details.... Read more →

A Quintessentially Rhode Island Moment

I was surprised the other day when I found out I was NOT looking at a well-kept playing field: I was looking at where the West Warwick Landfill used to be. It's a standing joke that Rhode Islanders routinely give... Read more →

India Point Park ~ Moratorium Hearing

Note: The Providential Gardener will post notices of relevant meetings in the public interest. Send meeting info. From David Riley, of Friends of India Point Park (Providence) Dear Friends of India Point Park, Providence City Council Public Hearing next MONDAY,... Read more →

Wildlife at Work

A couple of days ago on Saturday, I posted news of Fidelity Investments' participation in National Pollinator Week, June 24-30, through the Wildlife at Work program. Now that it's the work week again, I want to remind readers of this... Read more →

A Great Rhode Island Resource: RIGIS

June 1, 2007 ~ More than 150 people spent a beautiful day at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus learning the latest about RIGIS ~ Rhode Island Geographic Information System ~ at the RIGIS Conference, sponsored by URI, The Coastal Institute,... Read more →

Plans for the New Providence River Park ~ Let Your Voice Be Heard!

From a May 22, 2007 Press Release : Mayor David N. Cicilline has invited the public to learn more about the concept design for Providence’s new waterfront parks in a presentation by the firm Brown, Richardson, and Rowe, the winning... Read more →

The Landfill Grows in Johnston

As I was returning today from a tour of the Resource Recovery Center's Central Landfill in Johnston, I circled by Prospect Terrace Park in Providence to find out if it was true that the Landfill can be seen from that... Read more →

More Than One Hill Meets the Eye in Providence

College Hill and Federal Hill in Providence are well known, but you are really in the know if you know where Neutaconkanut Hill is.* It has been a public park in Providence since 1892, rising 296 feet above the bay.... 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 →