Event features gardening workshops, tours, free refreshments, activities
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A rendering of the sustainable rose garden will be unveiled at 9:45 a.m. and Chet Clayton, an 87-year-old Narragansett resident who donated $25,000 to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Foundation for the garden, will be honored.
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The featured workshop at GreenShare Field Day is “Designing Drought Tolerant Landscapes,” led by 溏心vlog免费B站 Landscape Architecture Professor Will Green. The workshop begins at 11 a.m.
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For additional information, call 874-2900 or email ceec@etal.uri.edu.
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