SHELBY DOGGETT, right, is the executive director of What Cheer Flower Farm in Providence. At left is Marian Purviance, a farm co-founder and its director of horticulture. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
Shelby Doggett is a founder of What Cheer Flower Farm in Providence, a nonprofit established in 2018 that turned the former Colonial Knife property, a brownfield site, into a thriving urban farm. The nonprofit distributes flowers grown on-site, as well as reclaimed flowers from weddings and other events, to nonprofits, hospitals and community organizations. The…
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