Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop

Join the Aquidneck Land Trust, Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS), and Middletown Public Library in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to turn your yard or community space into an oasis for wildlife!

Thursday, January 22, 2026 · 5:30 – 7:o0pm 

Middletown Public Library

700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI 02842

Are you or someone you know interested in learning how to grow your own native plants from seed? It’s a fun and easy way to make your yard more beautiful, ecologically productive. Surprisingly, January is the best time to get started! This workshop offers an overview on how to obtain native seeds, sow them and then care for seedlings until fall planting in the garden.

Please bring a one gallon clear/translucent milk jug and learn how to repurpose it into an outdoor native seed sowing container. Soil and native seeds from RIWPS’ ReSeeding Rhode Island program will be provided. Participants will be able to keep their newly sowed native seeds to care for and eventually plant at home.

Workshop leader:  Sue Theriault, is a propagator with RIWPS and leads their ReSeeding Rhode Island program, an initiative to make our home-grown native seeds more accessible and plentiful.

Recommended Resource  RIWPS’ handout on Winter Sowing

Registration required as enrollment is limited. 

THIS IS EVENT IS FULL. YOU CAN JOIN A WAITLIST

 Register through Aquidneck Land Trust via eventbrite.  CLICK HERE