Beechwood Lecture: Residential Landscape Design Basics

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Join Kevin Alverson, owner and principal of Kevin M. Alverson Landscape Architecture, (Wickford, RI.) to learn the basics of residential landscape design -- from identifying your goals, to conceptualizing solutions and implementation. Kevin will focus on ways to integrate beneficial and attractive native plantings and how to use low impact techniques to create a beautiful […]

A Great Swamp Escapade, South Kingstown, RI

South Kingstown, RI

Join Anne Wagner and Kathy Barton, veteran RIWPS walk leaders, on Saturday, August 20, 2022 from 9:00 to 11:00 am, as we go adventuring in search of the botanical denizens of the Great Swamp Management Area, in South Kingstown, RI. Against the colorful backdrop of white boneset, yellow goldenrod and the lavender pink Joe Pye […]

Fall Native Plant Sale

Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston

Solidago sempervirens, seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly Find our booth at the  Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market 60 Rhodes Place from 9 AM to noon. We will be offering about  900 plants of 60 species. More details

First Thursday Botanizing Walk -Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

Coventry, RI

Note.  This walks starts at 9:30 a half hour earlier than our normal First Thursday Walks. Solidago sempervirens (seaside-goldenrod) and Junonia-coenia (common buckeye butterfly) In late summer the flora begins to change as asters and goldenrods bloom and seeds and fruits mature. Animals rely on many plants for food and shelter while many plants rely […]

First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Simmons Mill Pond

Little Compton, RI

Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod), GGardner Simmons Mill Pond in Little Compton offers a variety of habitats within a short distance. Guided by Dennis Webster, RIWPS member and board member of […]

Beechwood Lecture – URI Chestnut Orchard Research Project

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Rhode Islanders Helping to Restore the American Chestnut Our speaker Yvonne Federowicz is a Master Gardener and the former President of the RI/MA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation as […]

Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion

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

photo (D.Vissoe) WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, November 12, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the University of Rhode Island Pharmacy building (Rm 170), Kingston, RI. WHY: RIWPS is 35 years […]

Beechwood Lecture: Modern Tree Care & Arboriculture Techniques

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Modern Tree Care and Arboriculture Techniques   Nationally-known tree expert, Matthew "Twig" Largess, and "Voice of the Forest", is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist with a qualification […]

Annual Meeting + Presentations

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

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, […]