Parade in Carolina on Monday Where: Starts at the Richmond-Carolina Fire Station and continues South on RT. 112 and ends at Grand Pre Park, just past RT 91. and St. Mary’s Church in Charlestown. The organizers of the Carolina parade welcome any and all who wish to participate with floats, antique cars/trucks, tractors, police, fire, […]
Join the Charlestown Land Trust for their annual "Trust Me, You'll Love It" 10K Trail Run Where: Amos Green Farm, #223A Route 112 in Charlestown. Run continues on The Nature Conservancy's Carter Preserve. When: Saturday, June 10. Registration/check-in is 9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Runners start at 10:00 am sharp, walkers at 10:15 a.m. Cost: Entry […]
Learning the fundamentals of basic tree identification is an easy way to begin learning about the environment around us. During this workshop, participants will learn the basics of tree identification and then practice their new skills on a field walk. Suggested reading: May Theilgaard Watts: Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by […]
Project partners, including staff from the Town of Charlestown, URI, Salt Ponds Coalition, and Save the Bay, will be in attendance to discuss their work on the Allen's Cove-Eastern Ninigret Pond Pilot Watershed Project funded through the EPA's SNEP Program. As part of the evening, the project partners are looking forward to the opportunity to […]
Why: To Celebrate The Summer Solstice and Charlestown's Beautiful Star-Filled Skies Who: Charlestown RI Dark Sky Advocates in Cooperation with Frosty Drew Observatory & Science Center As We Celebrate The Shortest Night Of The Year, We Can Party With The Stars Westerly may have Taylor Swift, but Charlestown has the entire cosmos Let's celebrate the […]
The market will be every Friday throughout the summer. You can look forward to once again enjoying local fresh produce, fruits, honey, shellfish, specially prepared dishes, baked goods, and more. Directions: Take a right off of Rt. 1 North onto Falcone Lane. The Church of the Holy Spirit is across from the Washington Trust Bank, […]
Kettle Pond Native Plant Gardens will be open for tours each day. URI Master Gardeners will greet visitors in all the gardens, ready to answer questions and share science-based horticultural information about best gardening practices. Kettle Pond Native Plant Gardens were established in 2017 and are populated with over seventy RI native plants, including grasses, […]
Presentation and Book Signing Tiny and Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere is a new book published in March about building a small-scale meadow anywhere. The book was written by Rhode Island native and URI Department of Landscape Architecture alum Graham Laird Gardner ‘06. Graham Gardner also designed the native plant garden at Kettle Pond […]
Presentation and Book Signing Tiny and Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere is a new book published in March about building a small-scale meadow anywhere. The book was written by Rhode Island native and URI Department of Landscape Architecture alum Graham Laird Gardner ‘06. Graham Gardner also designed the native plant garden at Kettle Pond […]
Kettle Pond Native Plant Gardens will be open for tours each day. URI Master Gardeners will greet visitors in all the gardens, ready to answer questions and share science-based horticultural information about best gardening practices. Kettle Pond Native Plant Gardens were established in 2017 and are populated with over seventy RI native plants, including grasses, […]
The market will be every Friday throughout the summer. You can look forward to once again enjoying local fresh produce, fruits, honey, shellfish, specially prepared dishes, baked goods, and more. Directions: Take a right off of Rt. 1 North onto Falcone Lane. The Church of the Holy Spirit is across from the Washington Trust Bank, […]