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Plant Sale Press Release – for immediate release
RI Wild Plant Society’s: “Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island”
June 6, 2015 | 9AM -1PM, rain or shine
@URI’s East Farm | Rt. 108, Kingston, RI
Are you a bird-lover? Do you delight in seeing butterflies? Are you committed to supporting pollinators?
Co-evolving over millennia, our local wildlife has formed complex and specialized relationships with our native plants. To support them we must plant the native species on which they depend. Some of those available at the sale include:
Why Native Plants Matter
New England Wild Flower Society has released its “State of the Plants” report, the most comprehensive assessment of New England plants and plant communities ever assembled.
The report discusses the critical importance of plant diversity, profiles five key habitat types, and identifies primary threats to these habitats and to NewEngland’s plant life as a whole. It assesses the status of hundreds of rare and declining plant species. The report also outlines priorities for researching, conserving and managing thousands of species that together comprise NewEngland’s vibrant flora.
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