2016 SPRING INTO SUMMER TIPS
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LESS TOXIC LIVING IN RI, MA & CT
**INSIDE THIS FLYER: GOOD NEWS, ACTIONS, GARDEN TIPS
**REQUEST FOR ABCS OF PESTICIDE-FREE GARDENING : The “ABCS” are too many to fit in a brief flyer. So, we plan to collect such ideas for a future section on our Less Toxic Landscaping web page. Check out the ones with links in the flyer. Then, please send us yours!
** PROVIDING MORE LOCAL INFO: We’ll be offering more local information (RI, MA, & CT in our flyers, which are only distributed in this area. We’ll add local sections in our monthly TIP TALKS E-Mail newsletter & on our website. SEE BACK PAGE FOR SOME LOCAL RESOURCES.
**RI LEGISLATION RE: PESTICIDES & GMO LABELING: Check http://toxicsinfo.org/legislation.htm on our website for comments we submitted to two RI Senate Committees on Pesticide & GMO bills. Included are thoughts re: the problems associated with Neonicotinoids (not just for bees, but for humans):. You can also find info there on finding & contacting RI General Assembly Committee members – & your own State Rep or Senator.
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ALSO SEE OUR LANDSCAPING & GARDENING RESOURCE LISTINGS FAR BELOW AND IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN. WE WILL BE UPDATING THEM PERIODICALLY. LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE OF A GOOD RESOURCE TO ADD! (Down the road, those in other parts of the country will be included.)
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ORGANIC-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING & GARDENING RESOURCES
INFORMATION & EDUCATION
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
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.
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Rhode Island (NOFA/RI), Dan Lawton, Contact. 247 Evans Road, Chepachet, RI, 02814. (401) 523-2653, nofari@live.com, www.nofari.org NOFA/RI is an organization of farmers, consumers, gardeners and environmentalists working for organic farming and land care practices with education and advocacy.
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) PO Box 888, N. Kingstown, RI 02852 401-789-7497 | office@riwps.org | www.RIWPS.org Appreciate, protect , study native plants & habitats
Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT)
109 Somerset Street, Providence, RI 02907
401-273-9419 www.southsideclt.org
SCLT provides access to land, education and resources so people in Greater Providence can
grow food in environmentally sustainable ways
and create affordable, healthy food systems for all.
Membership includes early admission and a 10% discount at our Rare & Unusual Plant Sale
(May 20-21, 2017), free organic compost
& discounts at many local retailers.
https://secure.donationpay.org/
southsideclt/membership.php
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. Featuring certified organic vegetable & herb plants and produce with many heirloom varieties. Fertilizers & pest control products sold are approved for organic land care. Flowering plants & shrubs are grown without chemical pesticides.
The Worm Ladies Of Charlestown
161 East Beach Road, Charlestown, RI 02813 www.wormladies.com Nancy Warner, 401-322-7675; E-Mail: wormladies@verizon.net. The Worm Ladies will help you get started in vermicomposting. Visit the website for our products and information.
DESIGN & SERVICES
BIO TECH ENVIRONMENTAL CARE, LLC
18 Granite Street, Westerly, RI 02891
Serving Washington County & New London County
Environmentally Friendly Treatments For All Kinds Of Pests: Pest Control, Organic Lawn Care, Trees, Mold Care, Tennis Treatments.
http://www.biotechpestcontrols.com
401-315-2400
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. Listen to the Jim Zoppo Gardening Show radio show - go to: www.jimzoppo.com
Go Organic LLC, Organic Lawn, Garden & Land Care
1244 Thompson Rd, Thompson, CT 06277 Tel:860-935-5235 , E-mail: info@GoOrganicLLc.com
Website: www.GoOrganicLLc.com 100% Organic: Lawn Care, Plant Health Care and Vegetable Gardens. For Residential, Commercial and Municipalities. NOFA-accredited. We use only OMRI certified products – not pseudo-organic/organic-based, but 100% organic – discern the difference! Serving Rhode Island, Massachusetts & Connecticut since 2007.
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. 781-254-7862, E-Mail: co@osborneorganics.com Website: www.osborneorganics.com Consulting service for business, municipal, institutional, & residential clients
Simply Safer Premium Lawn Care,
www.saferlawns.com
1-866-GO-SAFER, 1-508-384-4444.
Pet, Kid & Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care
Servicing Eastern Massachusetts and all of RI,
Fully-Organic & Organic-Based Fertilization Programs
(See discount info in ad – right column )
Tick & Mosquito Control & Lyme Disease Protection
Hydroseeding, Lawn Installation, Topdressing
w/Organic Compost, Aeration & Over- Seeding
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Thompson Organic Landscaping , Paul Thompson, Providence, RI Tel. 401-368-0832.
Since 1988, all-organic lawn care. Maintenance, mowing, plant health care, renovation. Installation, restoration. Planting: trees, shrubs & flowers. Consulting, Design.
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), A 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission includes improving the condition of the turf that children play on and to do so in a way that eliminates chemical use and thus the potentially toxic exposure to our children and environment. 508-384-4444 mike_powers@saferlawns.com
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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 revolutionary KSD affordable, concentrating solar greenhouse, patent #8408199, delivers world-class sunshine control, heat control and heavy snow collapse resistance in almost all midwinter climates for phenomenal January plant growth. Long-lived, nontoxic, sustainable building materials, insulation and thermal mass are used. After your expensive greenhouse supplier doesn't come within a mile of these high standards, call us!
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GROUNDS & GARDENS GUIDE
The 2011 Replacement for the Popular Less Toxic Landscaping Resource Directory
Download a printable version of the Grounds and Gardens Guide
THE UNIQUE GUIDE TO ORGANIC-FRIENDLY LAND CARE & GARDENING – WHY, HOW, & WHO CAN HELP
Compiled by Liberty Goodwin ©2011 Liberty Goodwin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
P. 2 WHY NOT PESTICIDES?
P. 3 PESTICIDE HUMOR
P. 4 ORGANICS – CAN THEY DO THE JOB?
P. 5 ORGANICS – HUMOR
P. 6 –7 LAWN FLAG SONG & PESTICIDE THOUGHTS
P. 8 HOW TO FIND RESOURCES FOR YOURSELF
P. 9 -15 SAMPLE RESOURCES FOR INFO, SERVICES & SUPPLIES
P. 16 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT!
THE BASICS OF HEALTHY LANDSCAPING & GARDENING
** Pesticides Are A Quick Fix That Fades
**Pesticides Are Poison & Humans Are Not Immune
**You, Your Kids & Pets – Are The Guinea Pigs
**Chemicals Are Addictive - the Cost Goes on Forever
**The Natives (Plants) Like The Local Climate!
**Organic Has Had Centuries Of Testing
**Lawns Are Dull! (Like Toxic Green Rugs)
**Healthy Kids & Pets At Play Delight The Eye!
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE GROUNDS AND GARDENS GUIDE
(NOTE: Though the Guide was prepared for
distribution in Rhode Island & Southeastern
New England, most of its content is information
valuable to all gardeners & homeowners).
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. 
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. Informed personnel. Visit the state-of-the-art greenhouse!
