Event features gardening workshops, tours, free refreshments, activities<\/p>\n
KINGSTON, R.I. — September 2, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 will unveil plans for a sustainable rose garden and sell disease-resistant and pest-resistant rose bushes at bargain prices during the 15th annual GreenShare Field Day on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event will be 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. Sponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Cooperative Extension Education Center, GreenShare Field Day will include plant sales, gardening workshops and tours, free refreshments, and environmental activities that are free and fun for the whole family.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe roses we\u2019ll be selling are the same hard-to-find varieties that we\u2019ll be planting in the garden next spring, so I\u2019m expecting demand for them will be high,\u201d said Marion Gold, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Cooperative Extension Education Center and the event\u2019s coordinator.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a timely issue because gardeners all around New England are struggling with water issues in times of drought,\u201d said Green. \u201cWhat can we do to give plants what they need without taxing our water supplies? Selecting and placing plants appropriately will certainly be our first consideration — from lawns to groundcovers to trees and shrubs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another highlight of the day will be a demonstration of plant dyeing by 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Ellen Stone, who has practiced this ancient art for many years. According to Stone, when certain plants are boiled they release various colors from their leaves, roots or flowers that can be used to dye fabrics.<\/p>\n
Other workshops scheduled include \u201cOrganic Landscaping Today,\u201d \u201cInterpreting Your Soil Test Results,\u201d and \u201cStrategies for Backyard Tick Bite Protection.\u201d Demonstrations will also be held on weed control, corsage making, butterfly gardening, compost bin construction and mosquito prevention. Free pH testing is also available to gardeners bringing a one-cup soil sample, and compost bins will be on sale \u201cdirt cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n
For additional information, call 874-2900 or email ceec@etal.uri.edu.<\/p>\n
For more information on this and other gardening questions, go to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener website at www.urimga.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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