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URI Outreach Center

4th Annual

Open Garden Day Tour

Saturday, September 8th

Roger Williams Park Community Garden located at the RWP Botanical Center Providence, RI

This family-friendly event will feature guided tours of community food gardens and urban farms in several Providence neighbor hoods, followed by a celebration of potluck dishes prepared by Providence's most beloved community growers with locally grown food.

Providence is home to over 40 community gardens and farms, with sites located in each neighborhood of the city. This event will be a great chance to learn more about urban food production, while meeting urban growers and sampling fruits and vegetables grown on-site at each garden.

Register Here

Southside Community Land Trust Tours:

You can choose three different and unique tour options- a bike tour, a bus tour, and a special historic tour guided by local historian Sarah Zurler. Depending on the tour option, your route may include:

  • Lincoln School Garden (Wayland Sq.)
  • Searle Family Gardens (Mt. Hope)
  • Potters Avenue Community Garden (Southside)
  • Sidewalk Ends Farm (West End)
  • Groundwork Providence Federal Hill Public Garden
  • Roger Williams Park
  • Community Garden (Elmwood)

Free URI Outreach Center Activities During the Day

RWP Community Garden

10:00AM FREE "Cooking with Herbs" Workshop with URI Master Gardener Melissa Guillet!

10:00AM & 12:30PM: FREE Edible Forest Garden Tour with URI Urban Agriculture Intern Mark Scialla!

11:00AM Help us plant Phase II of the Roger Williams Park Edible Forest Garden

1:00PM Children's Eco-Exploration Activities with horticulture Intern Stephanie Kimura!

 

All day:

1st Annual recipe Swap!

Attendees are invited to participate in a recipe swap to share favorite recipes inspired by produce grown throughout the gardening season in Providence. Bring a few copies of your recipe to trade with your fellow gardeners and neighbors!

URI Master Gardener Kiosk

Bring soil samples for FREE pH testing, plant or lawn pest and disease samples for diagnosis, and your toughest gardening and landscape questions for answers!

Reserve 2013 Community

Garden Plot!

 
Tickets:
$20 per person for bike ride
$35 for urban agriculture tour route
$45 for historical tour route
$5 off for SCLT members.
$10 Kids under 12
Purchase Tickets:
donationpay.org/southsideclt/opengarden
9:15 am
Registration
10:00am - 1:00pm
Tour the Gardens
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Harvest Lunch Provided

And don’t forget about the food!

At the end of the tour, there will be a Harvest Lunch from 1pm - 2pm at Roger Williams Park Community Garden. This will be a great opportunity to enjoy a delicious garden-fresh potluck prepared by our community growers.

The event will be conducted as a part of an effort to expand the Providence Community Growers Network (PCGN), a voluntary, urban gardener-led coalition. Launched by Southside Community Land Trust and community partners in 2009, the Network provides food growing education, resources, and organizing opportunities to food growers in all parts of the city — including home gardeners, school gardeners, and community gardeners.