After months of planning, June 27th “BUILD DAY” arrived and Mother Nature cooperated by blessing Providence with its first summery weather of the season. Under sunny skies and intense heat, a group of 340 volunteers came together and built a playground, picnic tables, benches, and a new fence at Davis Park. In addition there were [...]
On Monday June 8th, two gardeners volunteered to meet the compost delivery truck around 1pm and were surprised to find the water pipe installers busy at work with dirt compiled up at the location for the compost pile. Fortunately, the compost delivery truck was about 15 minutes late, and the pipe installers, once they knew [...]
IMPORTANT! The contact email address below has changed. If you emailed to volunteer or printed the flyer, please resend the message to the correct address and reprint the flyer. A new, specially designed playground will be constructed at Davis Park at the intersection of Chalkstone and Oakland Avenues in Providence, across the street from the [...]
On May 30, 2009, the Davis Park Community Garden was launched with first member workday. 21 garden beds were built, (16) 4’ x 10’, (2) 10 x 10 and (3) 4’ x 4’. All but one small bed have caretakers who have agreed to abide by the rules of the garden, signed a contract and [...]
