Entries by Mary

Great Swamp Botanizing Walk – Revisit August 2022

RIWPS Great Swamp Field Trip 16 August 2022 Beth Dickson Seventeen plant enthusiasts joined Anne Wagner and Kathy Barton to explore the Great Swamp on August 20, 2022, following the same path taken earlier in the spring (see earlier blog).

Urban Wild

When asked to picture a place where people can connect to nature, rarely does one think about cities. Yet for many, city parks, community gardens, and schoolyard habitats are their primary connection to nature.

In Praise of Mosses

I’ve discovered a way to keep my botanical spirits up even in the flowerless days of the bleakest midwinter.

Healing Gardens

A personal journey, the pollinator garden on the Narragansett Tribal Farm

Reseeding Rhode Island

Reseeding Rhode Island, is RIWPS new multi- year initiative to Increase substantially the availability of seeds, and plants grown from locally
sourced Rhode Island native wild plant seeds.