{"id":67295,"date":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-greenshare-field-day-on-sept-16\/"},"modified":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-greenshare-field-day-on-sept-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/09\/uri-greenshare-field-day-on-sept-16\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 GreenShare Field Day on Sept. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSustainable roses, garden lighting, renewable energy

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\nEvent features gardening workshops, tours, plant sales, kids activities<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. — September 1,, 2006 — Visitors to the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Botanical Garden will immediately notice the new sustainable rose garden and elaborate lighting system, as well as the new solar roof on the adjacent Cooperative Extension Education Center. These features will highlight the workshops and activities at the 16th annual GreenShare Field Day on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n


\nThe free event, held in and around the 溏心vlog免费B站 Botanical Gardens on the corner of Upper College Road and East Alumni Avenue on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus, will include plant sales, gardening workshops and tours, and environmental activities that are free and fun for the whole family. Rain date is Sunday, Sept. 17.<\/p>\n


\nGreenShare Field Day will kick off with a dedication of the recently completed sustainable rose garden, which was made possible by a gift from Narragansett resident and Master Gardener Chester Clayton. The garden features disease resistant roses, a dramatic circular arbor, and an innovative garden lighting system.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis new rose garden and lighting truly make the Botanical Garden distinctive, so we\u2019re excited to show it off to the public and show them how they can create distinctive gardens in their yards as well,\u201d said Kate Venturini, coordinator of the event and a staff member at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Cooperative Extension Education Center. <\/p>\n


\nAnother highlight of the day will be a workshop on solar and wind power, led by Tom Wyman of Clean Energy Design, that will include discussion of the new solar roof shingle system installed this summer at the Cooperative Extension Education Center. Unlike old-fashioned solar panels, this new technology lays flat on the roof in place of typical roofing shingles and serves as both a roof surface and solar power generator.<\/p>\n


\nThe schedule of workshops and demonstrations include:<\/p>\n


\n10:15 am – Sustainable Rose Gardening

\n11:00 am – Composting 101

\n11:00 am \u2013 Basic perennial designs

\n11:45 am – Wire mesh compost bin construction

\n11:45 am – How to plant a tree

\nNoon – The latest in solar and wind power

\n12:30 pm – Composting in the city

\n12:30 pm – Container gardening

\n1:00 pm \u2013 Worm compost bin construction

\n1:15 pm – Community supported agriculture<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, the Ask a Master Gardener and Ask a Master Composter \/ Recycler booths will provide visitors with answers to gardening and waste reduction questions; the Plant Protection Clinic will diagnose plant diseases and pests; the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will sell plastic compost bins at wholesale prices; and free soil testing by trained 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners will be available to visitors who bring a cup of soil for testing. <\/p>\n


\nOther exhibits will provide information on programs such as Coastal Buffers, Learning Landscape, Master Composter\/Recycler, GreenShare Winterschool, Master Gardeners, Healthy Landscapes, 溏心vlog免费B站 \/Food Bank Collaborative, Sustainable Agriculture and several garden and plant organizations.

\nModeled after a country fair, GreenShare Field Day will also offer a variety of activities for children, including an interactive butterfly pavilion, a scavenger hunt, 4-H activities, and a \u201cBuild Your Own Scare Crow\u201d competition.<\/p>\n


\nSponsors of this year\u2019s event are Holly Ridge Nursery, Clark Farms, Roselands Nursery, Clean Energy Design and the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and Life Sciences. For more information call the 溏心vlog免费B站 Cooperative Extension at 401-874-2900.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sustainable roses, garden lighting, renewable energy highlight Event features gardening workshops, tours, plant sales, kids activities KINGSTON, R.I. — September 1,, 2006 — Visitors to the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Botanical Garden will immediately notice the new sustainable rose garden and elaborate lighting system, as well as the new solar roof on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}