Press Mentions

May 31, 2023 | Press Release by Senator Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse & Seth Magaziner
“Announces $500,000 to Support Revitalization of Blighted Colonial Knife Factory into Budding What Cheer Flower Farm”

May 31, 2023 | Press Release by the Environmental Protection Agency 
“Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island”

May 12, 2023 | Providence Journal [front page]“What Cheer Flower Farm is demolishing Colonial Knife building in Olneyville. What’s next?”

March 22, 2023 | Slow Flowers with Debra Prinzing Podcast
“Episode 602: Flower Farming for a Cause at What Cheer Flower Farm with Erin Achenbach”

February 15, 2023 | WJAR NBC 10 News 
“Nonprofit distributes 600 bouquets made up of leftover Valentine’s Day flowers”

February 14, 2023 | WPRI 12 The Rhode Show
“What Cheer Flower Farm” shares about their 3rd Valentine’s Bouquet-a-thon

February 13, 2023 | Rhode Island Monthly
“‘Bouquet-a-thon’ Spreads Smiles Across Rhode Island

January 17, 2023 | Cranston Herald
“Spreading smiles through flowers”

January 4, 2021 I Boston Globe
“What Cheer Flower Farm blossoms on former factory site in Providence”

December 29, 2020 I WJAR NBC 10 News [Video]Despite pandemic, Champion continues to deliver

November 18, 2020 I Providence Business News
What Cheer Farm Honored by PBN Business Excellence Award 

November 2, 2020  I Providence Monthly
10 Ways to Give Back This Season

August 24, 2020  |  Hey Rhody
DIY Tips for Rhody Summer Soirees

July 16, 2020  |  WJAR NBC 10 News
What Cheer named Champion in Action for environmental stewardship

July 8, 2020  |  Hey Rhody
Summer Special Issue

January 1, 2020 | Providence Business News
5 Questions with: Shelby Doggett

November 25, 2019 | Rhode Island Inno
Meet 5 Social Impact Startups to Watch in Rhode Island

November 24, 2019 | Rhode Island Monthly
What Cheer’s Shelby Doggett Named a Rhode Islander of the Year 

November 19, 2019 | Social Enterprise Greenhouse Blog

What Cheer Flower Farm: Because Everyone Deserves a Bouquet

September 17, 2019 | Providence Daily Dose
What Cheer Flower Farm Festival

September 16, 2019 | The Rhode Show [Video]Blossoming Hope at the “What Cheer” Flower Farm

June 6, 2019  | Edible Rhody magazine
An Inner-City Flower Farm Sparks Joy with Its Mission to Donate Beautiful Blooms

April 23, 2019  |  Providence Monthly (via Providence Online)
The Buzz About Bees: What Cheer Flower Farm and Little Rhody Beekeeping team up for tours and classes

February 15, 2019  |  ecoRINews (via Instagram)
What Cheer’s Valentine’s Day Flower Recycling

November 15, 2018  |  The Providence Journal
Women in Action: Providence’s What Cheer Flower Farm Brings Beauty to Those in Need

Oct 31, 2018  |  GoLocalProv
RI DEM Awards $2.6 Million in Brownfields Grants to 12 Projects

August 25, 2018  |  WPRI Eyewitness News [Video]An Oasis Grows from an Abandoned Patch of Asphalt

August 3, 2018  |  ecoRINews
New Urban Farm Gives Back to the Community

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