INFORMATION
Beyond Pesticides , Washington, DC, Tel. 202-543-5450 www.beyondpesticides.org See items under Services, Info & Issues categories. Also, Pesticide-Free Lawns Coalition: www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticidefreelawns
Frank Crandall, Horticultural Services
PO Box 132, Wood River Junction, RI 02894
E-Mail: FrankCrandall3@gmail.com Consulting for both homeowners & horticultural businesses. (See ad)
Ecological Landscaping Association ,
841 Worcester Rd, #326, Natick, MA 01760, Penny Lewis, Exec. Director,
E-Mail: ELA.info@comcast.net
Tel. 617-436-5838.
Website:
www.ecolandscaping.org,
Educational Events:
www.ecolandscaping.org/events
Garden Guys Talk Show , features hosts Sam Jeffries, Jim Zoppo, & Layanee DeMerchant, Sunday mornings from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (EST) Call in during the show with your questions at Toll Free 888-443-9473. Website: www.garden-guys.com/audio.html
Gardens Are …, Marlborough, MA, Tel. 888-526-7771
Organic Landscaping & News Forum. Find on the web at:
http://forums.gardensare.com
HomeAssist (URI), 401-874-5398, Basics for a healthy landscape: Sustainable landscaping and pollution prevention assistance.www.healthylandscapes.org
Master Gardener Program , www.urimga.org Call the Master Gardener Hotline, 800-448-1011 (only calls from RI, from March 1 to Oct. 31) with gardening questions.
NOFA-OLC, PO Box 164, Stevenson CT. www.organiclandcare.net Program Manager, Ashley Kremser, akremser@ctnofa.org or (203) 888-5146, Massachusetts OLC Coordinator, Kathy Litchfield kathylitch29@yahoo.com Also see national list of accredited professionals, including RI, at: www.organiclandcare.net/AOLCP/statelist.php
Northeast Organic Farming Association Of RI
Dan Lawton, Contact. 247 Evans Road, Chepachet, RI, 401 523-2653,
nofari@live.com,
www.nofari.com
NOFA-RI is an organization of farmers, consumers, gardeners, & environmentalists
working for organic farming & land care practices via advocacy & education
RI Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) P.O. Box 414, Exeter, RI
Tel. 401-789- RIWPS (789-7497) Website: www.riwps.org
E-Mail: office@riwps.org,
RIWPS works for preservation of native plants & habitats, offers guided nature walks,
educational programs, garden tours, & events
Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) 401) 273-9419
109 Somerset St., Providence, RI www.southsideclt.org
E-mail:
sclt@southsideclt.org. Oversees Providence Community Growers Network, offers workshops -
see plantprovidence.org - & educational programs for youth.
SUPPLIES
Good Earth Organic Gardening Center , 401-826-3130
Joyce & John Holscher 1800 Scituate Ave., Hope, RI
E-Mail: info@goodearthri.com
Web: www.goodearthri.com
The Worm Ladies Of Charlestown
www.wormladies.com
161 East Beach Road, Charlestown, RI 02813
Nancy Warner, 401-322-7675; Susie Fehrmann ,
845-559-4561. E-Mail:
wormladies@cox.net. ,
DESIGN, CONSULTING & SERVICES
American Landscape Llc, Sharon View Nursery
Jim Zoppo , 630 S. Main St., Sharon, MA 02067
Tel. 781-784-5858, E-Mail: jfzoppo@comcast.net
Web: www.american-landscape.com
Organic & natural fertilizers, trees & shrubs, statuary, plants.
Horticultural consulting, garden & landscape design & renovation, masonry, Irrigation.
See ad & Garden Guys show listing.
Dana Designs ... Naturally , Dana K. Millar
32 Hillsdale Road, West Kingston, RI 02892
Tel. 401-486-0495, E-Mail: dkmillar@cox.net
All Organic Installation, Maintenance, Restoration.
Elm Street Gardens , 38 Elm Street, Westerly, RI,
Jenifer LoVetere, Phone: 401-714-2239, E-mail:
jeniferlovetere@cox.net, Web:
www.organiclandcare.net
Go Organic, LLC,
John Tycz, NOFA OLC Organic Accredited Land Care Professional. Tel. 860-935-5235,
E-Mail: info@GoOrganicLLc.com.
Organic lawns, vegetable gardens, shrub care, athletic fields. Serving RI, CT & MA.
Website: www.GoOrganicLLc.com
Green Circle Design , Kate Lacouture, Providence, RI,
www.greencircledesign.net Tel. 401-421-9599
kate@greencircledesign.net All Organic, Consulting, Design, Landscape Architect,
Other - Alternatives to lawn, planting design, stonework design.
Sanne Kure-Jensen , Ecological Designs & Consulting
Portsmouth, RI, E-Mail:
GreenThumbs62@cox.net
(CP) 401-369-3303 Low- maintenance land care
using native plants. Beekeeper, NOFA Organic Land Care Professional,
Serves Newport &
Bristol counties, RI
Chip Osborne , Osborne Organics
11 Laurel Street , Marblehead, MA 01945
Tel. 781-631-2468, E-Mail:
co@osborneorganics.com
Website: www.osborneorganics.com
Consulting service for business, municipal, institutional, & residential clients
River Stone Development, LLC , Patrick Merner
89 County Drive, Charlestown RI 02813, 401-741-3035
E-Mail: riverstonedevelopment@gmail.com
Years of experience in RI with 100% organic landscape & lawn care.
Now offers commercial organic lawn services
Safer Yard Care/BioTech Pest Control, David Jones,
42 Canal Street, Westerly RI 02891, Tel. 401-315-2494,
www.saferyardcare.com
All organic, arborist, compost tea, IPM, maintenance, restoration, environmentally friendly
pest control, soil & tree medication & restoration.
Thompson Organic Landscaping , Paul Thompson, Providence, RI Tel.
401-861-3616, (CP) 401-368-0832. Since 1988, all-organic lawn care. Maintenance, mowing,
plant health care, renovation. Installation, restoration.
Planting: trees, shrubs & flowers. Consulting, Design.
Nancy Weiss-Fried , Garden Designer
10 Pleasant Hill Road, Cranston, RI 02910
Tel. 401-943-3743, E-Mail: nwf_la@yahoo.com
Nancy designs gardens & works with owners who want to install the gardens themselves,
in RI & nearby MA
OTHER
Klinkman Solar Design, Paul Klinkman & Liberty Goodwin, Providence, RI
www.KlinkmanSolar.com
Tel. 401-351-9193 E-mail: paul@klinkmansolar.com
Grow vegetables all winter in your sustainable no-heat greenhouse or use it as a sunspace or for
supplementary heat for your home or business.
Simply Safer Foundation (SSF), Contact: Mike Powers,
Tel. 508-922-0509, E-Mail: Saferlawncare@Yahoo.Com
SSF will provide organic lawn care to parks, athletic fields, municipal lawns, &
church grounds. As a public charity, it will seek donations of time, materials, &
money.
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KLINKMAN SOLAR DESIGN
Paul Klinkman & Liberty Goodwin, Owners, Providence, RI 02906 Tel. 401-351-9193 E-mail: paul@klinkmansolar.com Web: www.KlinkmanSolar.com
Grow vegetables all winter in your own sustainable no-heat greenhouse – or use it as a sunspace or for supplementary heat for your home or business. The KSD patent-pending, affordable, concentrating solar greenhouse delivers sunshine & retains good heat even in midwinter. Normal building materials, insulation and thermal mass are used instead of a chemical-venting plastic skin or heat-leaking glass. Come visit the 16-foot prototype greenhouse in Attleboro.
Organic & natural fertilizers, plant food, soil amendments. Large & hard to find trees & shrubs, statuary, garden accents, pottery, plants. Horticultural Consulting, Garden & Landscape Design & Renovation, Masonry, Irrigation. Visit the new, state-of-the-art greenhouse! Informed personnel, in Sharon & on weekly Garden Guys radio show: (
Plants not doing What you want?
Often, the organic precept of “Right Plant, Right Place” prevents problems.
Dana can improve the well being of your plants & grasses by: removal, pruning, thinning, aerating,
raking, top dressing, mowing, mulching, & de-thatching. With this, a soil analysis as a basis for the
organic land care program he provides. Dana is a NOFA Accredited Land Care Professional.
Consulting service for business, municipal, institutional, & residential clients, to create & maintain natural, self-sustaining turf without synthetic fertilizers & chemical pesticides. On-site evaluations, public presentations; product specs, maintenance schedules; construction design; training programs: Chip is a foremost authority on organic land care, especially turf. 