URI Outreach Center: Resources, Horticulture & Agriculture

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IPhone Rain Garden Application: nemo.uconn.edu/tools/app/raingarden.htm
RI Stormwater Solutions: Educational materials that Rhode Islanders can use to learn more about stormwater management and how to help in their own backyard!
Video Clips:
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center rain garden II, March 2012 (EcoRI)
Manton Heights rain garden installation, April 2011 (EPA Region 1)
West Greenwich Library rain garden, March 2012 (WJAR Plant Pro)
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center rain garden I, September 2011 (WJAR Plant Pro)

URI Sustainable Agriculture Program
Brownfield Remediation: Solutions for Urban Agriculture
City Fahttp://www.cityfarmer.info/about/rmer: a comprehensive site about urban agriculture, community gardening and sustainable agriculture.
Community Garden Start-Up Guide: from the Common Ground program of the University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles.
Community Gardening Toolkit: University of Missouri Extension.
How Does Our Garden Grow? A Guide to Community Garden Success: an extensive manual on garden start up by the American Community Gardening Association.

URI Master Gardener Hotline

Answers to all your gardening questions, including soil testing!

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Call: 1-800-44585