Exhibit – Entwined: Botany, Art and the Lost Cat Swamp Habitat

John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence

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 […]

Free

General Meeting & Lecture

John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence

Botanical Art: The History of Botanical Art from Early Times to the Present  Botanical art, with its rich history and high standards, has always informed and promoted botany and the plant world. Pam Harrington, botanical illustrator and horticulturist will trace the evolving role of this art form starting with botanical art and illustrations in medieval […]

Annual Meeting & Lecture

Tiverton Public Library 34 Roosevelt Ave, Tiverton, Rhode Island

 The Memory of Trees & Insights on the Ecology of Forests How will forests in the northeastern U.S. respond to a hotter climate? The simple answer to this question is that it is not completely obvious. Through the use of the growth rings of trees, a synthesis of observations regarding tree mortality, and model experiments, Neil Pederson, […]

Tour Brown University Herbarium

Providence, RI

Please note.  This program is also offered on March 29.  We are pleased that we are able to offer another session of this program.   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. Join Tim Whitfeld, Collections Manager, […]

Spring Ephemerals and Arbutus Walk, Arcadia Management Area

Arcadia, RI

trailing-arbutus photo, MLacouture Join veteran RIWPS member Marnie Lacouture  for a gentle walk along Parris Brook, a short leg of the Mt. Tom Trail, to look for early blooming wildflowers. Parris Brook is a tributary of the Wood River in the Arcadia Management Area. If Mother Nature cooperates we will see trailing arbutus and marsh […]

First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock

Lincoln, RI

red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis: photo SJacobi Join Cheryl Wiitala, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. The Preserve is laced with trails through a variety of distinctive New England habitats including woodlands, forested swamps, streams, a small reservoir and calcareous ledges. These ledges of dolomitic marble […]

Early Native Plant Sale

Casey Farm 2325 Boston Neck Rd, North Kingstown, RI

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Best Native Plant Sale in RI

URI, East Farm 1 East Farm Road, Kingston, RI

Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island 2019. Features wildflowers, ferns, shrubs and more for all growing conditions. Learn from our experts. Add sustainable plants that maintain biodiversity in your landscape. Bring nature to your landscape.

Fall Native Plant Sale

Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston

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Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture – Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming?

URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI

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. The ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator […]