BROWN UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM: A Resource for Appreciating, Studying & Protecting Our Native Plants Brown University Herbarium offers a priceless snapshot of botanical life, in Rhode Island and across the nation and the world, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It serves as an important resource to the scientific community for studies of climate change, […]
Salt Marsh Habitats Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise Many of Rhode Island’s salt marshes are not keeping pace with accelerated sea level rise, showing signs of degradation including die off of vegetation, shallow, impounded water on the marsh surface and unstable peat conditions. Wenley Ferguson, Director of Habitat Restoration at Save the Bay, will […]
Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants In 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 […]
This program is the first of two, specifically designed for the volunteers at our May and June plant sales. This class is a valuable learning opportunity for our volunteers to pass onto the public. Volunteers will learn how to use native plants to create beautiful, well-balanced, and thriving landscapes. Backyards represent opportunities for our native plants, animals, birds, and […]
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo Randi Eckel Randi Eckel: Native Plants & the Creatures That Love Them A discussion of who eats what! Which plants are favored by butterflies (and caterpillars), birds, wildlife and people… Dr. Randi Eckel has been working with native plants for over 30 years, and founded […]
January Social & Luncheon Potluck Style Please let us know if you are coming! Scroll down to RSVP. Turks-cap lily (Lilium-superbum), photo DFisher Several members will share their experiences and photos with native plants and you too are encouraged to share as well. Garry Plunkett will talk about the transformation of Barbara Chapman’s Ocean Drive […]
Plants are Better than Mulch! Senna hebecarpa (northern wild senna), photo DJaffe We have a strange relationship with mulch in America. Landscaping often means a sea of red mulch dotted with a few over-pruned arborvitae shrubs. But how many gardeners got into the hobby for a love of mulch? There are good reasons to use […]
NATIVE GARDENS RIWPS & Trinity Rep invite you to A Special Afternoon at the Theater Enjoy Native Gardens a play about two couples with different gardening styles. One loves elaborate English gardens and the other loves native plants and wildflowers. They all agree that the chain link fence separating their yards has got to to! Everyone starts […]
Rare Plants of New England and their Conservation Bill Brumback, Conservation Director, New England Wild Flower Society, will talk about rare species of the region, reasons for their rarity, and the actions we can take to conserve them. Among other topics, he will discuss efforts to manage rare plant populations, bank seeds of rare species, and […]
Entwined: Botany, Art and the Lost Cat Swamp Habitat Exhibit Gallery, John Hay Library, Brown University January 10, 2019 through April 30, 2019 This exhibition is a unique collaboration between […]