URI Master Gardeners to offer gardening
workshops throughout RI starting Saturday
September is the perfect time for
gardeners to test their soil, focus on their vegetable harvest, and begin to
prepare for next year’s gardens. So the University of Rhode Island Master
Gardener Program is offering free gardening programs at 10 different sites
around the state throughout the month.
“This is a great way for people to
learn about environmental gardening right in their own communities,” said
Vanessa Venturini, state leader of the Master Gardener program. “We hope that
participants will be inspired to try something new in their yards either next
year or even this fall.”
The following workshops and garden
tours will be offered:
Sept. 9, 11 a.m. – Composting, Roger
Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence
Sept. 9, 11 a.m. – Harvesting and
Cooking Vegetables from Your Garden, Good Shephard Community Garden, Pawtucket
Sept. 9, 10 a.m. – Tour the Gardens
at Glocester Heritage Society, Chepachet
Sept. 10, 2:30 p.m. – Dividing
Plants, East Providence Historical Society, East Providence
Sept. 17, 3 p.m. – Colonial Gardens:
Dye, Medicinal and Household Plants, Varnum House Museum, East Greenwich
Sept. 19, 5 p.m. – Harvesting
Vegetables, Seekonk Public Library, Seekonk
Sept. 20, 2 p.m. – Creating
Pollinator Habitats, Beechwood Center, North Kingstown
Sept. 23, 10 a.m. – Late Season
Pollinator Plants, Cumberland Monastery, Cumberland
Sept. 23, 10 a.m. – Tour the Native
Gardens at Wilcox Park, Westerly
Oct. 1, 11 a.m. – Feeding Your
Family from a Colonial Garden, Prescott Farm, Middletown
“Some of the workshops are held
outdoors in the garden where participants can see the concepts demonstrated in
real life,” noted Venturini. “Others are more in-depth presentations where
folks can learn research-based practices in a classroom setting.”
Those who cannot attend the
workshops but who have gardening questions can get answers from the URI
Gardening Hotline at 401-874-4836 or by email at gardener@uri.edu.
For more information about the
gardening workshops, call 401-874-2900, email coopext@uri.edu or visit
web.uri.edu/coopext
