On April 11, 2023 at 10:30 join us for a hike through George Parker Woodland Audubon Preserve. We’ll see an old field meadow, beech forests, and a boardwalk over a swamp before ending at a rocky stream in a wooded valley. Please pack sunscreen, bug spray, snacks, and water. We’ll be out between 90 minutes […]
Pollinator Friendly Plants in the Residential Nursery World Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady This program has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled next year. On April 19, 2023 at 2 pm, join Barbara Donnelly to learn how to create pollinator friendly landscapes in your own backyard using […]
Canada mayflower, DMcGrady On this May 4th walk with biologist Denise Poyer, we will discover early spring flowers deep in the Arcadia Management Area. We will first wander south on Sand Trail to look for Indian cucumber root (Medeola virginiana), dolls-eyes (Actaea pachypoda), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) and many other ephemeral flowers. There is a wonderful patch […]
Save the date! May 13, 2023 | 9 am to 2 pm Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI More Details to Follow! Learn more about our Native Plant Sales
On June 1, 2023 from 10 am to noon, join Jeanne Cooper, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) photo, SJacobi The Preserve is laced with trails through a variety of distinctive New England habitats including woodlands, forested swamps, streams, a small […]
Save the date! June 3, 2023 | 9 am - noon URI Botanical Garden, Kingston, RI (Member's pre sale from 8 to 9 am) More Details to follow! Learn more about our Native Plant Sales
On June 4, 2023 from 10 am to noon, explore the forest and the flat, sunny rocks in the section of Burlingame Management Area (Charlestown RI) south of the road with Doug McGrady in the first of the walks in his series, Plants & Their Places. Expect to see Minuartia glabra, Oxalis violacea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, […]
Join URI Professor Brian Maynard and botanist Elizabeth Dickson for a workshop on how to key wildflowers using Newcomb's and GoBotany. Bring a copy of Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, a hand lens, and your cell phone, tablet or laptop and we will key out as many wildflowers as we can, and learn about the Mystery Plant […]
On June 12, 2023 at 10 am we will have a family walk at the Nature Conservancy's Carter Preserve in Charlestown. Our walk along the Pawcatuck River in a unique pine barrens ecosystem should reveal plenty of interesting plants, and likely many lady slipper orchids in full bloom. As always, please bring plenty of water, […]
THIS PROGRAM IS STILL PLANNED FOR SATURDAY. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING IN CASE OF SHOWERS. This landscape is the first in a three part series, In the Landscape of ..... , […]