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Gardens & Landscapes
Providence Zen Center Permaculture Program
"To grow, reinvigorate, and sustain the Providence Zen Center community through the co-creation of a beautiful, interactive, and productive landscape."
From the website, September 6, 2019
Historic Rosecliff Rose Garden
Historic Rose Garden at Rosecliff Restored
Press Release, from The Preservation Society of Newport County, August 3, 2018
Compost Plant
The Compost Plant closes "the loop in the food system, turning food scraps and "waste" products into compost and soil mixes that help gardeners and farmers grow more local food. We believe more local food means healthier communities...and we believe it all starts with healthy soil."
From the website, November 28, 2018.
Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative
"Narragansett Tribal Food Sovereignty Initiative was established to enable Narragansett people to provide food, health, and wellness through sustainable agriculture, economic development, community involvement, and cultural and educational programs."
- From the website, July 26, 2018
The Crandall Minacommuck Farm, owned by the Narragansett, enables the tribe to develop initiatives to improve the health and sustainability of their community.
Christopher Memorial Arboretum
This arboretum is essentially the entire URI campus.
Charlestown Community Garden
The Charlestown Community Garden is a non-profit organization that provides over 4000 lbs of fresh organic vegetables to local food pantries and soup kitchens a year.
New England Dahlia Society
This society formed in spring 2016 and had its first Dahlia Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in September 2016.
RI Greenhouse Growers Association
This organization can be contacted through the RI Farm Bureau or Heather Faubert, URI Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology.
Community Gardens
Community Gardens are spaces individuals can rent for the growing season to plant vegetables and flowers for their own use. In Rhode Island, nonprofits have organized Community Gardens all over the place, including in vacant lots and church lawns. Sometimes a group of neighbors work with city officials to create Community Gardens in part of a park or other publicly owned land. In the case of the West End Community Garden at Westminster & Bridgham in Providence, the garden organizers in 2007 worked with the business that owns the land. The possibilities are many!
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