Recently completed project in Newport

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Here are two photos of one of our recently completed projects.

Thanks from The Healing CoOp

Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
What you have all given us cannot be described in words. It could, however, be felt tonight as I guided 17 women with cancer through a prayerful meditation – sitting on the strong and warm granite that anchored them to the earth while gazing peacefully into the colors and shapes that surrounded them. I hoped you could feel the gratitude flowing to each and every one of you.
From the top, middle and bottom of my and our hearts, thank you.
 
With oceans of gratitude,
 
Linda and the Co-Op

Healing Garden Update Planting Day

 Thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered and to those of you who were there in spirit! Thank you to fellow KFA employee Beth Greenleaf who, for some reason, evaded the camera!

Healing CoOp founder Linda Phelan moving plants with her tractor

Patrick Sweeney

Dan Titus, Charlie Page, and Jake Mather moving plants into place

Garden from the house

Ray Maiello and Charlie Page with Charlie’s two sons

Kate working her magic

Healing CoOp volunteer Laura Peters and her pet bird Poppi

We could not have done it without the donuts!

Look how beautiful it is….Laura watering the new garden

Peace, tranquility, healing

Lucy Williams moving a tree that weighs more than she does

Healing Garden Update

Fostering plant donations in the driveway

We are ready to plant this weekend, Saturday, August 22nd 2009! We have over 200 plant donations from Fields of Dreams, Hoogendorn Nursery, Sylvan Nursery, Newport Restoration Foundation, The Rhode Island Nurseries, Inc., Chaves Nursery, and Island Garden Shop. Thank you for your kind donations! You can come watch (or help) us plant between 9am and noon at The Healing CoOp at 272 Mitchell’s Lane, Middletown RI.

Healing Garden Update

Check out the site shoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miguel and his team from D Schumacher Landscaping are hard at work installing the granite benches and stepping stones.

 

Healing Garden Update

Back gathering area

 

Front gathering area

This is what the Healing Garden looked like on August the 5th after Rick Miranda, from Aquidneck Landworks, finished at the site. He further graded the area for us and laid the pea stone gravel beds. It was difficult working in the water logged area after having ten inches of rain in July. Rick persevered and did an outstanding job. Here are the pea stone gravel areas that will become the gathering spots in the garden with benches and chairs for groups of people.

 

Healing Garden

Dave Schumacher says it has to look bad before it looks good!

This year here at KFA we decided to do a little volunteer work. We are in the process of installing a 42 x 42 foot Healing Garden for the Healing Co-Op, www.thehealingcoop.org  in Middletown, RI. The Healing Co-Op is a non profit center celebrating and supporting the lives of women with cancer and their families since 1995. The garden will provide contemplative seating area’s incorporated into a cutting garden. The idea is to make available a connection between nature and people and to facilitate health and wellness through a therapeutic landscape.

We thought that you might enjoy seeing what we are doing at the Healing Garden so we will be posting our progress.

Also, as with many large volunteer projects, we are not working alone on this.  We have a great team of volunteers, who we are delighted to work with, and we will be recognizing all of these wonderful companies and individuals who are helping with the garden. 

Thanks to the contractor’s who are clearing the area, forming the layout and the beds, procuring donations for materials, or dontating materials themselves, and who will be installing various elements into the garden.

Enos Landscaping, Dave Enos and Al DaCunha, Bristol, RI 401-254-1126

Aquidneck Landworks, Rick Miranda, Middletown, RI   www.aquidnecklandworks.com

D. Schumacher Landscaping, Dave Schumacher, Miguel Castanheira and Pedro Castanheira, West Bridgewater, MA  www.dschumacher.com

Fields of Dreams, Michael Ward, North Stonington, CT www.fieldsofdreams.info

Rick Miranda forming the beds and pea stone gravel areas

Employee becomes LEED certified

Congratulations to Designer Charlie Page on passing the LEED certification exam. Having  LEED certified designers enables Katherine Field and Associates to provide our clients with the knowledge and expertise of the latest in green building  practices.

Shrub rose Bonica, a perfect rose?

 

This rose is a winner. Bonica is a compact shrub rose that is filled with delicate, clear pink flowers all summer long. It is marked as extremely disease resistant and is a hardy plant performing well with little attention.  It can grow between 3 to 8 feet and is ideal for a hedge or as an addition to your border garden.

Rain, Rain go away!

I promise, all of this rain really is good for the plants! It is quite beneficial to newly planted trees, shrubs and flowers to have all of this soaking rain.