Daily Archives: June 6, 2023

Saturday, June 17, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Coastal Gardens of Little Compton, Rhode Island

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The Little Compton Garden Club is pleased to host you for our Coastal Gardens of Little Compton 2023 tour. This self-guided tour will take place June 17, 2023, rain or shine, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. You will have the chance to visit seven private gardens in picturesque Little Compton, RI. In addition, you can visit the historic herb garden at the Little Compton Historical Society and tour the historic home.

This tour celebrates the long tradition of the Little Compton Garden Club giving back to the community. Your ticket purchase makes it possible for the club to fund a wide range of environmental, conservation, and education programs, and to continue to make a difference in the lives of community residents.

Please purchase your tickets in advance on this website for early-bird pricing ($40). Tickets will be available the day of the tour at St. Andrews by the Sea Church, 182 Willow Avenue in Little Compton for $50 (preferably by credit card or check). The tour will happen, rain or shine. Tickets are nonrefundable (but you can give them to some lucky friends if you find you are unable to attend).

Everyone who registers will pick up their map for this self-guided tour at St. Andrew’s Church, 182 Willow Avenue, Little Compton. Lunch options will be listed on the map, including both restaurants and bring-your-own picnic spots.

The mission of the Little Compton Garden Club is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, and to work with its members to protect, preserve and enhance the character of its unique seaside community. $40. Purchase through Eventbrite HERE.

Wednesday, June 14, 7:00 pm Eastern – Conversations with Great American Gardeners: Ira Wallace, Online

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Ira Wallace is a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (www.SouthernExposure.com) which offers over 700 varieties of open-pollinated heirloom and organic seeds selected for flavor and regional adaptability. Ira serves on the boards of the Organic Seed Alliance, and the Virginia Association for Biological Farming.

She is a member of Acorn Community which farms over 60 acres of certified organic land in Central Virginia. Ira is a cofounder of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, (www.HeritageHarvestFestival.com) a fun, family-friendly event featuring an old-time seed swap, local food, hands-on workshops and demos, and more. She also writes about heirloom vegetables and seed saving for magazines and blogs including Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening and Southern Exposure.

She was named a 2019 Great American Gardener by the American Horticultural Society and is a 2023 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award Finalist. She is author of the Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast. Her new state specific book series including, Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia, are available online and at booksellers everywhere. Ira is currently working on creating an African Diasporic Seed Collection. 

On June 14, join the American Horticultural Society for this live program hosted by Holly Shimizu, former executive director of the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. and an AHS board member, who will lead a lively and engaging conversation with speakers that will tap into their knowledge and experience. The interactive webinar format will allow audience members to ask questions of the guests. 

Registration is free. RSVP is required HERE.

Friday, June 30 – Application Deadline for Community Preservation Grants from Historic New England

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Historic New England’s Community Preservation Grants program has supported more than seventy small to mid-sized heritage organizations from northern Maine to western Connecticut in their efforts to save and share the stories that tell the full history of their communities. Together, we are raising awareness of the power of preservation throughout New England.

Past project support includes exhibitions, exterior building repairs, interior building conservation, oral history documentation, publications, research on untold stories, collections care and access, and more.

The 2023 Community Preservation Grant application deadline is June 30. We encourage you to spread the word and apply for support for your local community preservation project. Apply HERE. HNE welcomes applications from 501(c)3 organizations based in New England whose primary mission is heritage preservation – saving buildings, landscapes, collections, and/or stories from the past to today to share with the public.

The Community Preservation Grants Program is committed to supporting small to mid-size organizations in achieving their goals of saving and sharing their communities’ heritage. While an annual operating budget limit is not specified, funding priority will be given to organizations for which grants of this size will have impact on project success.