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Sep 28, 2016

Volunteers Plant Therapeutic Garden on Grounds of Newport County Community Mental Health

Johnny Cake Road, is open 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and serves Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Jamestown, Tiverton, and Little Compton. No appointment is necessary. Anyone can come in and be seen by a specialist, he said. Caption1 : Garden in progress on Friday at the mental health center. Caption 2: Blue Cross volunteers build the therapeutic garden. Caption 3: Dyan Daley, a nurse at Blue Cross, transfers a potted plant to the earth. Credit: Margo Sullivan Get free real-time news alerts from the Middletown Patch. (Patch.com)

Jul 5, 2016

Why the Westcountry is after a slice of £2billion flower market

The Good Flower Company and Common Scents in Exeter on Wednesday and Thursday, flowers for the vase at National Trust Knightshayes, near Tiverton, Devon and workshops at Academy of Floral Art, Exeter and Hotel Endsleigh, Devon. Read next: The Devon meadow of one million orchids ... (Plymouth Herald)

Feb 3, 2016

Open Doors listings for Jan. 30

Krista Weller Burns Foundation). 490-9476; artists-exchange.org. Calligraphy and Valentines Workshop, Four Corners Arts Center, 3852 Main Rd., Tiverton. Ages 8 and older learn calligraphy skills needed to make valentines during the class. Sat., Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-noon. $15. Materials provided and attendees bring home their works. 624-2600; fourcornersarts.org. Snowflake Making Fest, Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St., Jamestown. Sat., Jan 30, 1-3 p.m. Participants celebrate winter by creating snowflakes in mediums including printmaking, 3D printing, vinyl cutting, knitting/crocheting, digital design and paper. Arts center instructors and volunteers guide participants in making snowflake stickers, prints, textiles and more. All ages welcome. Adults must accompany children 9 and younger. Ages 10 to adult $15; adult and child 9 and younger $15, $5 each additional child. Registration required. 560-0979; jamestownartcenter.org. Lectures, workshops Starting Seeds Indoors, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Mass. Sat., Jan. 30, 1-4 p.m. Attendees get their gardens off to a good start by starting vegetable, flower and herb seeds indoors. This workshop helps participants decide which plants will benefit most from a head start, what tools and supplies are needed, the best sowing and nurturing techniques, and when and how to transition the seedlings into the garden. Participants will sow two flats to take home. $45. With instructor Christie Higginbottom. Registration required. (508) 869-6111; towerhillbg.org. Arnold Arboretum programs, Harvard University, Boston. Grafting Techniques for Ornamental Trees, Sat., Feb. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dana Greenhouses, 1050 Centre St., Boston. Arboretum plant propagator Jack Alexander teaches methods of grafting; attendees will practice making graft unions on both deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. $120. Snow day: Feb. 20. Botany Blast: Plant Morphology, Sat., Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m., Weld Hill Building, 1300 Centre St. Arboretum director Neil Friedman talks abou... (The Providence Journal)