Backyard Entomology: Who’s Who in Your Garden’s Ecosystem
Wednesday February 19, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Beechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown, RI 02852
Speaker: Pam Gilpin, Estate Gardener and Certified Horticulturist
Insects play an essential role as pollinators, predators and recyclers of decomposing animal and plant material. They are of vital importance as a source of food for birds, mammals and other insects. Given the right habitat, you can help to sustain the all-important ecosystem in your garden and have the insects working for you.
This lecture is offered by Beechwood Life Center and is a joint collaboration of URI Master Gardeners and RIWPS.
The program is free and open to the public. Registration is required due to space limitations
To Register: Contact the Volunteer/Program Coordinator at The Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment – 401-268-1594 or maylward@northkingstownri.gov.
- Registration is for this lecture only, not for upcoming lectures.
- Please note: Although the Beechwood Garden programs are offered to members and the public, if you have not attended past lectures and/or registered your contact information with the Beechwood Center in the last three (3) years, you may need to provide an updated information form. The form will be provided by Beechwood Staff at the time of the lecture. Completion of this form is required for participation in all Beechwood Programs.
Save the dates! Upcoming Beechwood Garden Lectures in 2025
April 16, 2025: GET TO KNOW THE RARE PLANTS OF RHODE ISLAND
Karen Asher, Former President, RI Wild Plant Society, certified in Native Plant Studies from the Native Plant Trust, publisher of numerous articles on Native Plants and program presenter.
August 20, 2025: SUMMER MUSHROOM FORAGING
Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt, The Mushroom Hunting Foundation
October 15, 2025: MISUNDERSTOOD ARBORICULTURAL PRACTICES: GETTING IT RIGHT
Chris Fletcher, Certified Arborist