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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2026:  Guest Speaker Arthur Haines
DESCRIPTION:How Science\, Fieldwork\, and Time Reshape Our Understanding of New England’s Flora\n\nAnnual Meeting & Guest Speaker Arthur Haines\nFebruary 28\, 2026 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm\nURI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI\nDriving directions\, parking\, how to find the building and lecture hall \n  \nSchedule \n• 1:00 pm – Refreshments and Fellowship \n• 1:30  pm – Short business meeting to include voting for Trustees at Large and celebrating our Lifetime Service Award recipient\, Peter Lacouture and Volunteer of the Year awardees\, Pam Matson and Denise Reniere\,  followed by the talk by Arthur Haines. \n  \nThe public is welcome to attend the full program or arrive later for the talk. \n  \nREGISTER BELOW \n\nArthur Haines: Senior Research Botanist\, Native Plant Trust \nArthur is a plant biologist specializing in the taxonomy and identification of New England tracheophytes. He is the author of Flora Novae Angliae published by New England Wild Flower Society and Yale University Press\, and several other books\, including Flora of Maine\, A New Path\, and two books on foraging/medicinal plants. In addition to his work studying advancement in plant systematics\, Arthur is an administrator for the Go Botany and Plant Share websites and a Flora of North America regional reviewer. \nThe Second Edition: Updating the Flora Novae Angliae and Changes to the Taxonomy and Conservation of Rhode Island Plants\nArthur Haines’ Flora Novae Angliae manual\, first published in 2011\, was a new resource created to update the taxonomy and assist the conservation of plants in New England.  It formed the base for names used in the online Go Botany resource and informed the last update to Flora Conservanda: New England. Fifteen years later\, the 2nd edition will again bring a summary of new information for the region’s higher vascular plants. This talk will discuss new research and discoveries in the northeast with an emphasis on Rhode Island. \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-2026-guest-speaker-arthur-haines/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker
DESCRIPTION: Experience the Lure of \nObserving Plants in Wild Places\nAnnual Meeting & Guest Speaker\nMarch 1\, 2025 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm\nURI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI\nDriving directions\, parking\, how to find the building and lecture hall \n  \nMeeting is free and open to the public. REGISTER below to let us know you are coming. \nJoin us for refreshments and fellowship from 1:00 to 1:30\, followed by short business meeting and then our guest speaker Doug McGrady. The business meeting includes electing the Board of Trustees (Nomination Slate BoT 2025-2026)\, voting on changes to the Bylaws  (Proposed 2025 Bylaws-RIWPS for member approval). \nAdd your congratulations to our Volunteer Award Recipients!\n Volunteer of the Year Awards: Dottie Dylag & Diana McDonnell\nLifetime Service Award: Susan Shuster \nHelp reseed RI. Purchase some of our ReSeedingRI seeds which come with planting instructions. More details \nGuest Speaker Doug McGrady\nExploring the Flora of the American Southeast\nWhat flora caught Doug’s keenly focused photographic eye on a trip to the American southeast last spring? Well known to us for his sense of adventure\, Doug will show us what he discovered. We can ponder how it compares to what we know without having to leave EcoRegion 59. \nDoug McGrady\, intrepid RIWPS walk leader\, explores plant communities in and around RI so closely that he identifies dozens of rare plants among the usual suspects.  He records his excellent observational skills for the rest of us in stunning photographs\, some of which we’ll see today. In 2016\, RIWPS acknowledged his contributions to our collective botanical knowledge with a Lifetime Service Award. The RI Natural History Survey honored Doug with their Golden Eye Award in 2009. Doug also tracks rare and endangered plants as a Plant Conservation Volunteer with the Native Plant Trust. \nRecommendations: \nEnjoy Doug’s explorations on Flickr. \nExplore Among RI Wild Flowers\, RIWPS companion website dedicated to those wandering in the woods looking for plants \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-guest-speaker/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
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SUMMARY:2024 Annual Meeting & Presentations
DESCRIPTION:RIWPS annual meeting will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Fellowship Hall of the Kingston Congregational Church\, 2610 Kingstown Road Kingston\, RI on Saturday\, March 23\, 2024.  Enjoy refreshments and fellowship followed from 1:00 to 1:30 followed by the business meeting and presentations.  The business meeting includes the annual report\, elections for Board of Trustees and celebration of our volunteer award recipients. Dick Fisher will receive the Lifetime Service Volunteer Award and Kate Rakosky the Volunteer of the Year Award.  \nSo Many Ways to Go Wild with Native Plants\nBe inspired by a sample of different ways that we are currently supporting native plants and their habitats. Learn about the Seed Starters efforts to find a new home. Consider the progress and challenges of ReSeeding RI\, our multi-year journey to increase the supply of first-generation ecotypic seeds and plants sourced from native wild plant populations.  Discover the positive reverberating impact of four recent annual grants.  We will also be announcing the recipients of this year’s grants.  Ask questions\, add ideas! \nComplete the form below if you will be attending. Contact office@riwps.org should you need to cancel. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-presentations/
LOCATION:KIngston Congregational Church (Fellowship Hall)\, 2610 Kingstown Road\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting + Presentations
DESCRIPTION:RIWPS annual meeting will take place at the URI Pharmacy Building on Saturday\, March 11\, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. (Directions below). The business meeting  includes the annual report\, elections for Board of Trustees. We will also be  celebrating our volunteer award recipients. Lifetime Service Volunteer Awards  –  Mary Lou Upham & Nancy Weiss Fried. Volunteer of the Year Awards  – Gayle Anderson & Brenda Woodward. Read about their service! \nSo Many Ways to Go Wild with Native Plants\nBe inspired by a sample of different ways that we support native plants and their habitats. From Shannon Kingsley\, our botanist\, and our ReSeeding RI Steering Committee\, learn about the progress and challenges of our multi-year journey to increase the supply of first-generation ecotypic seeds and plants sourced from native wild plant populations.  Discover the impact of three recent annual grants.  Brian Maynard\, Professor of Plant Science at URI updated and maintains the website Among Rhode Island Wild Flowers\, a treasure trove of resources originally begun by RIWPS members with a passion for early botanical studies in Rhode Island.  David Vissoe\, Master Gardener uses the rain garden as a teaching tool at the Native Plant Demonstration Garden at Kettle Pond. Susan Gorelick\, Founder and Executive Director of Coalition Center for Environmental Sustainability has been spearheading an endeavor for improving environmental health in the Washington Park and Port of Providence communities. Native plants are being incorporated into a community garden that is being built. \nFriends and members welcome!  RSVP appreciated.  (form below) \nDIRECTIONS \nAvedisian Hall (Room 170) is located in the URI pharmacy building\, 7 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI. \nUse the campus map to find the building and parking  Click here to find a pdf of the campus map (which you can enlarge) \n\nFinding the Building – While the building is referred to as the Pharmacy Building\, it is mapped under 3 names\, corresponding to areas in the building: Avedisian\, Tyler and Woodward.  Room 170 is located in the Woodward wing of the building. \nParking – Use the Fine Arts (labeled 6 on the map). You do not need a visitors pass or permit to park.
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-speakers/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Meeting,Programs
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SUMMARY:Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:photo (D.Vissoe) \nWHEN & WHERE: Saturday\, November 12\, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.\, at the University of Rhode Island Pharmacy building (Rm 170)\, Kingston\, RI. \nWHY: RIWPS is 35 years old this year\, and we want to celebrate our history – and discuss where we go from here\, in this era of climate change and exploding interest in native plants. \nWHO: Brian Maynard\, longtime board member and professor of plant sciences at URI\, will moderate a panel discussion with Lisa Lofland Gould\, a founder and longtime leader of RIWPS\, Uli Lorimer\, horticulture director of the Native Plant Trust\, and Heather McCargo\, founder of the Wild Seed Project\, in Maine. \nNote: Copies of Uli Lorimer’s recently published book The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden will be available for purchase.  \nand YES\, we will have CAKE! \nThis event is free and open to the public.  RSVP BELOW\nURI Pharmacy Building is located at 7 Greenhouse Rd\, Kingston. \nLink to the campus map.  Finding the Building – While the building is referred to as the Pharmacy Building\, it is mapped under 3 names\, corresponding to areas in the building: Avedisian\, Tyler and Woodward.  Room 170 is located in the Woodward wing of the building. Parking – Use the Fine Arts lot off of Flagg Road (labeled 7 on the map) or Greenhouse Parking lot (labeled 9 on the map). You do not need a visitors pass or permit to park. \n\n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/seeding-the-future-a-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture - Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming?
DESCRIPTION:Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently\, there has been major focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator abundance in agricultural areas. \nThe ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator species\, however\,  are not considered in such strategies because they do not visit crop plants. These wild pollinators play a critical role in maintaining the function and diversity of natural ecosystems through their unique relationship with native flowering plant species – the products of native plant pollination\, for example\, provide food\, shelter\, and nesting habitat for birds and other wildlife. The continued degradation of native pollination systems therefore poses a significant threat to life on our planet. \nPlease join Dr. Robert J. Gegear for a discussion on what you can do to help protect and restore our native pollination systems\, and the ecological networks that they support\, in your own backyard.  The lecture will begin at 3:30 but will be preceded by refreshments and fellowship starting at 3:00. \n  \nDr. Robert J. Gegear is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Gegear’s research focuses on the neuroecology and conservation of plant-pollinator interactions\, with particular focus on bumblebees pollination systems. He is also the Director of the Beecology Project\, a citizen science effort to rapidly collect ecological data on pollination systems in New England in order to increase the effectiveness of conservation strategies for threatened species. For his community outreach activities related to the Beecology Project\, Dr. Gegear was awarded the 2018 Regional Impact Award by the Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society). \n  \nThis lecture is underwritten by the Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Program Fund and cosponsored by Rhode Island Natural History Survey and University of Rhode Island\, Master Gardener Program. \nThe event is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  — Kindly RSVP BELOW\n \nProgram Schedule \n3:00 to 3:30 — Refreshments & Fellowship*\nIf you would like to bring refreshments to share\, please do! \n3:30 to 5:00 — Talk – Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming? \n*RIWPS Seed starters are busy collecting seeds they will be selling butterfly milkweed\, swamp milkweed and cardinal flower seeds that they can harvest.\nAdditionally RIPWS will be selling its baseball style caps and the 3rd edition of its coloring book\, A Walk through the Seasons with Rhode Island Wild Plants Cash\, checks\, credit cards accepted. \n  \nInterested in research on native bees in RI including how you can help with the URI survey of bumble bees in RI? click here \nDriving and parking. \nThe pharmacy building is located at 7 Greenhouse Rd on the URI Campus in Kingston. \nPARKING AND ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.  See the campus map.  Parking lots 9\, 6 and 7 are closest and there are a few spots outside Tyler building and the Mallon Center.  As it is the weekend you do not need to stop and register at the visitors center and you can park in anyplace where parking is allowed.   Note: The main entrance to the Pharmacy Building is under construction.  The red arrows on the map indicate the entrances to the building. PDF Campus Map \n  \n  \n RSVP  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/lisa-lofland-gould-lecture-ecological-pollinator-conservation-how-do-we-keep-our-native-ecosystems-humming/
LOCATION:URI Pharmacy Building\, Room 170\, 7 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881
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SUMMARY:30th Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker - Lisa Lofland Gould
DESCRIPTION:Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants\nIn celebration of RIWPS 30th Anniversary\, Lisa Lofland Gould\, founding member and first president of RIWPS will address the question\, Why should anyone care about plants\, and especially about that seemingly obscure and often subtle flora we Wild Folks so enjoy?  She will consider the pivotal role that plants play in our lives\, some history of human knowledge of the plant world\, and how we seek to understand plants today. \nLisa grew up in Winston-Salem\, NC in a family of nature lovers. Not surprisingly\, she majored in Biology at UNC-G and went on to earn an MS in Zoology (ecology and behavior of birds) at the University of Rhode Island. At URI she met her husband\, Mark\, who was also an ecologist. Lisa taught biology at URI for many years and was a research associate in the Department of Natural Resources Science. In addition to her legacy at RIWPS\, she cofounded and served as first executive director of the RI Natural History Survey\, and initiated the RI Invasive Species Council. \nWhile in New England\, Lisa especially enjoyed leading walks and teaching plant identification courses for state and regional environmental organizations. Among other publications\, she is a coauthor of Vascular Flora of Rhode Island and Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral (UNC Press). \nNow that she is back in North Carolina\, she enjoys participating in activities with the NC Audubon Society\, the Piedmont Land Conservancy\, the Carolina Butterfly Society\, and the NC Native Plant Society (where she currently serves as Secretary of the board of directors). Most her travel these days involves visiting her daughters and their families in New York City and the Albuquerque\, New Mexico area\, where she hopes to pass along her passion for nature to her three fabulous granddaughters. \nTalk cosponsored by\nRhode Island Natural History Survey and URI Master Gardener Program\, Extension Outreach Center \nDetail for parking below. \n\nSchedule of Events\n1:00 to 1:30 — Business Meeting\nIncludes electing the Board of Trustees\, announcing the recipients of the  RIWPS Volunteer Awards and the recipient of RIWPS annual grant \n1:30 to 2:00 — Refreshments & Fellowship\nIf your last name begins with the letters N through Z\, please bring refreshments to share. \n2:00 to 3:30 — Guest Speaker\, Lisa Lofland Gould \nFree and Open to the Public \n\nThanks to our Seed Starters East we offering two different Spring Ephemerals for sale \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				trailing arbutus\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				virginia bluebells\n				\n		\n\nEnjoy the small (3 -4″) woodland Trailing Arbutus with its white flower. It likes shade and is found in pine and oak tree forests and the taller (1-2′) Virginia Bluebells\, whose pink buds open to purple flowers.  It thrives in partial to full shade in rich soils. Both plants are best in mass plantings. Happy Spring! \nOnly cash and checks accepted. \n\nParking \nThe closest parking lot to the Pharmacy building is at the Coastal Institute\, 1 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston. Enter this parking lot from Flagg Road.  Additional parking is found in the Fine Arts Parking lot\, also accessed from Flagg Road. \nCampus Map.  Please note the Coastal Institute on the campus map is marked URI Watershed Watch and the Pharmacy building is marked Brett M. Ferret. \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-lisa-gould-guest-speaker/
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SUMMARY:General Meeting & Guest Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Big & Little Bluestem\, Michigan roadside. Photo Rhobin’s Garden Blog \nMeadows of Native Warm-Season Grasses and Forbs Coming to New England’s Roadsides?\nA major research project of the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC)\, funded by the Department of Transportation in all six New England states\, aims to find the most affordable\, reliable\, and expeditious methods for establishing meadows of native warm-season grasses (NWSG) and forbs along New England roadsides. These meadows would replace a large portion of the existing introduced cool-season turf grasses that require high resource inputs and frequent mowing. By transitioning to more sustainable management practices\, Departments of Transportation can save on fuel costs\, reduce harmful emissions\, increase pollinator populations\, increase carbon sequestration\, reduce erosion\, improve storm water infiltration\, restore native ecological system functions\, and possibly increase soil rhizodegradation of petroleum pollutants given off by vehicles. \nJohn Campanelli\, a graduate student in ecological restoration at the University of Connecticut\, will discuss his research finding for this project. One of the easiest ways to transition from current populations of predominantly introduced cool season grasses to native warm season ones is to reduce mowing to once a year or once every other year. Wild NWSGs\, such as Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)\, as well as native cool-season grasses\, such as many varieties of Carex\, currently populate a large portion of New England roadsides. By pursuing a practice that could be labeled “benign neglect”\, these existing colonies of native grasses can grow more dense by out-competing the non-native cool-season grasses and weeds previously introduced by Department of Transportation management practices. In addition\, John will discuss the specific “ecosystem services” of these meadows of NWSGs and forbes. \nJohn Campanelli received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and Columbia Universities. His graduate research is conducted with Professor Julia Kuzovkina\, Department of Plant Science\, University of Connecticut. \nSchedule of Events\n1:00 to 1:30 — Business Meeting \n1:30 to 2:00 — Refreshments & Fellowship\nIf your last name begins with the letters O-Z\, please bring refreshments to share. \n2:00 to 3:30 — Guest Speaker: John Campanelli\, Graduate Student\, Department of Plant Science\, University of Connecticut \nMaps of the URI Kingston Campus
URL:https://riwps.org/event/general-meeting-guest-lecture/
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