Community Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots
Fresh Mulch
Ann Muldoon, right, a volunteer from Fidelity Investments, takes a shovel full of fresh mulch from Maurice Lewis, of Warwick, on Sunday, when Revive the Roots hosted a Seed Exchange on the property. Here, a garden area was being prepared for the planting season.
- Breeze photos by Robert Emerson
Preparing a garden for planting
Fidelity employee Maria Dacosta, a volunteer of Rumford, fills a wheelbarrow with mulch on Sunday as Revive the Roots, on Farnum Pike, prepared a garden for planting and sponsored a Seed Exchange.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
A soil blocking demonstration
Leah Goodwin, of Smithfield, took part in a soil blocking demonstration at Revive the Roots on Sunday afternoon. Several different soils were combined to produce a mixture conducive for the best seed germination.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Checking out the free seeds
Fern Chamberlain and Paige Leon, of Providence, look through the selection of heirloom and cross-bred seeds that were available at the Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots in Smithfield on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Searching for specific seeds
Kaplan Trudo, left, and Decatur Foster, both of Providence, browse available seeds at Sunday’s Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots in Smithfield, in search of those of pollinating plants to benefit the rest of their garden. See more photos on page 2.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Fresh Mulch
Ann Muldoon, right, a volunteer from Fidelity Investments, takes a shovel full of fresh mulch from Maurice Lewis, of Warwick, on Sunday, when Revive the Roots hosted a Seed Exchange on the property. Here, a garden area was being prepared for the planting season.
- Breeze photos by Robert Emerson
Preparing a garden for planting
Fidelity employee Maria Dacosta, a volunteer of Rumford, fills a wheelbarrow with mulch on Sunday as Revive the Roots, on Farnum Pike, prepared a garden for planting and sponsored a Seed Exchange.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Seeds
Seed envelopes identify free seeds for the taking during Sunday’s Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots in Smithfield.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
A soil blocking demonstration
Leah Goodwin, of Smithfield, took part in a soil blocking demonstration at Revive the Roots on Sunday afternoon. Several different soils were combined to produce a mixture conducive for the best seed germination.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Making a decorative plant marker
Liz Bayer, of Seekonk, watches as Mimi Lemoine, of Harrisville, makes a decorative plant marker during the Seed Exchange event at Revive the Roots on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
More free seeds
Robert Munrayos, of Cranston, reads from an envelope of free seeds when he visited the Seed Exchange event at Revive the Roots on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Collecting and spreading mulch
Volunteers collect mulch to help prepare the garden area for a spring planting at Revive the Roots, in Smithfield, during their Seed Exchange event on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Checking out the free seeds
Fern Chamberlain and Paige Leon, of Providence, look through the selection of heirloom and cross-bred seeds that were available at the Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots in Smithfield on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Searching for specific seeds
Kaplan Trudo, left, and Decatur Foster, both of Providence, browse available seeds at Sunday’s Seed Exchange at Revive the Roots in Smithfield, in search of those of pollinating plants to benefit the rest of their garden. See more photos on page 2.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
Seed exchanging
Gardeners converge on Revive the Roots in Smithfield doing a Seed Exchange event on Sunday afternoon.
- Breeze photo by Robert Emerson
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