Join a celebration of water, science, and art at the fourth annual Rain Harvest Festival hosted by the Stormwater Innovation Center and City of Providence Parks Department! This free …
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The Details on the Rain Harvest Festival in Providence
It s a free, outdoor, family-friendly celebration of water, life, science, art and community.
June 9, 2021
Courtesy of Stormwater Innovation Center/Wolf Matthewson.
The Rain Harvest Arts Festival is a free, outdoor, family-friendly celebration of water, life, science, art and community in Roger Williams Park on June 12 from 2 to 6 p.m. The festival’s theme is caring for water, and home base is the area around the Boat House. The park has long been plagued by contaminated storm runoff, which fouls its lakes and ultimately flows into Narragansett Bay. Over the last several years, more than forty green infrastructure projects have been implemented in and around RWP; if you’ve walked through the park lately, you’ve probably passed berms, bioswales and other installations some of which look like patios and gardens whose function is to combat flooding and water pollution. The festival is sponsored by the Providence Stormw