The Providential Gardener

Providence Neighborhood Planting Program Seeks Director

From Doug Still (Providence City Forester): The Providence Neighborhood Planting Program is a street tree planting and maintenance partnership between the City of Providence, the Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree Endowment, and the people of Providence, Rhode Island. Providence's innovative... Read more →

Secrets of Expert Rose Gardeners

If you love roses, you can't do better than to join the Rhode Island Rose Society. Their quarterly publication, Rhode Island Rose Review, is one of the best newsletters by the numerous gardening groups in the state, and well worth... Read more →

Southside Community Land Trust & Friends Build More Urban Gardens

One of my favorite organizations in the state ~ and there are many outstanding groups in Rhode Island! ~ is Southside Community Land Trust. Word comes today from Katherine Brown, director of SCLT, that there will be two new community... Read more →

Complete Streets for Rhode Island

Last week I went to the Providence charette session about North Main Street, which is struggling to regain its economic prosperity and perhaps become a "destination" for people other than those who need Pepboys and a pawn shop. We talked... Read more →

Providence Tomorrow ~ Rethinking the Northeast Section of the City

A series of workshops for the Mount Hope, Hope, and Blackstone neighborhoods next week should produce some interesting ideas, because a lot of neighbors are taking a strong interest. See the Providence Tomorrow website for details, as well as the... Read more →

There's Nothing Like Fresh-picked Tomatoes ~ or Green Beans or Peas or ....

It was just bare ground with perhaps some grass here and there this time last year, but now it is producing a bountiful harvest of vegetables and flowers. The Sessions Street Community Garden is quite a scene, with pumpkins and... Read more →

The Greenhouse ~ A Groden Network Vocational Services Program

When you pass through the gates of North Burial Ground at North Main Street and Branch Avenue in Providence, you might think you are only entering a cemetery, but you would be wrong! Just to the right, past the gatehouse,... Read more →

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 →

Sustainable Landscapes

The RI chapter of the American Institute of Architects extends an invitation to attend a lecture and roundtable discussion this Thursday, August 16, 2007, on Sustainable Landscapes This is part of the AIAri Committee on the Environment "Design Matters" Roundtable... Read more →

A Garden Club for Donigan Park

More news from the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council: Just received word that this meeting has been postponed to August 8, 6:30 pm. Donigian Park Garden Club First Meeting: July 24th, 6:00pm, Donigian Park (Valley St. in Providence - next to... Read more →