Sunflower field project beginning to bloom downtown

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — On an overcast and windy Monday, several bright yellow heads seemed to perk up in a field between South Main and South Water Streets, near the Point Street Bridge. 

The project, 10,000 Suns, was started by Adam E. Anderson, a landscape architect and Rhode Island School of Design adjunct professor, on a deserted piece of land. Students, volunteer artists, and others lent a hand, and the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission gave their approval for the project. 

The sunflowers are set in circles, with paths in between so people can walk through. Anderson has said he hoped that the flowers would have been in full bloom in September.  

Although not all of them have bloomed, many could be seen swaying in the wind Monday afternoon as Hermine made its way up the east coast. 

— Carol Kozma