KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 21, 2016 \u2013 Gardeners looking for inspiration are encouraged to attend one of 16 open house events at demonstration gardens throughout Rhode Island as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Program\u2019s first Project Open House on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n
The free events will be held at gardens designed and maintained by 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners, who will be available to teach new gardening techniques and share their knowledge about how to grow vegetables, flowers, herbs and just about anything else that grows in the state.<\/p>\n
“You can learn to cultivate mushrooms in Providence, to cook with your garden’s harvest and extend the season in Kingston, to grow medicinal plants in Pawtucket, how to attract pollinators and beneficial insects in Newport and Middletown,\u201d said Vanessa Venturini, the state program leader of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Program. \u201cThis is an opportunity to visit a garden right in your community and learn from 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners.\u00a0 With 16 projects across the state featuring unique workshop topics, this event has something for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
In northern Rhode Island, open house events will be held in at the gardens at Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, the Dr. Reuben Mason House and the Glocester Senior Center in Glocester, and the Cumberland Monastery in Cumberland. At Roger Williams Park in Providence, open houses will take place at the Edible Forest Garden, the Betsey Williams Cottage garden and the Botanical Center display gardens. Other open houses will be held at the Coventry Community Garden, Wilcox Park in Westerly, Mt. Hope Farm in Bristol, the Newport Harbor Walk, and at three sites in Middletown – Norman Bird Sanctuary, Prescott Farm, and the Middletown Community Garden. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s East Farm will also host two open houses, which will last until 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event draws on the success of the biennial Gardening with the Masters tour of the private gardens of 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener volunteers.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone loves peering into the private gardens during the Gardening with the Masters tour.\u00a0 This new event is held in the year opposite the garden tour to invite the community to learn the most cutting edge, practical gardening tips in our public demonstration gardens,\u201d said Venturini.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit http:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mastergardener\/openhouse<\/a> or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Extension Outreach Center at 401-874-2900 or outreach@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 21, 2016 \u2013 Gardeners looking for inspiration are encouraged to attend one of 16 open house events at demonstration gardens throughout Rhode Island as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Program\u2019s first Project Open House on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon. The free events will […]<\/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-72324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72324","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=72324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}