Journal Sketch, Frances Topping The Beechwood Lecture Series returns! The first speaker in this 2021 series, offered jointly by the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program is Frances Topping, naturalist, artist and educator. She will focus on why nature journaling and sketching are perfect for naturalists and gardeners […]
How Native Plant Cultivars Affect Pollinators This lecture was originally scheduled in November. It has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00pm. The webinar will now be via a Zoom Webinar platform. If you registered for the original session you need to reregister. New registrations are also welcome. Click here to REGISTER Native […]
All Master Gardener indoor programs have been called through March 1. The program will be rescheduled. Community-Based Science and the Biodiversity in Our Backyards Even in Rhode Island, the plainest pieces of land can be home to a thousand species of animal and plant. BioBlitz is an effort by volunteers to count as many species as […]
Fortifying the Living Seed Bank Native plants are vital to restoring our landscape, but where are we getting our plants from? Join us for a talk by Sefra Alexandra about the The Ecotype Project. Learn how this project has created a model for native plants material development utilizing the ecoregional framework to ensure we are- […]
Heather Faubert from the Plant Sciences and Entomology Department at the University of Rhode Island will talk about how to detect and treat some of the common - and not so common plant pathogens that we may find in our landscapes. She will also discuss additional measures we can take to help our plants. If […]
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 […]
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 old this year, and we want to celebrate our history – and discuss where we go from here, in this era of climate change and […]
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 in Tree Risk Assessment and a license in Integrated Pest Management. He is the founder and president of Largess Forestry in North Kingstown, RI. Largess […]
On June 22, 2023 from 5 to 6:30 pm join URI botanist Dr. Brian Maynard for some plant exploration along Gewirz Trail on Spruce Acres Farm in Middletown, RI. Dr. Maynard has over 40 years of experience teaching field botany, horticulture and plant science. This walk is sponsored in collaboration with RIWPS. If you have […]
NOTE. Page updated on November 12 with NEW LOCATION OF THIS PROGRAM Thomas Ryan Auditorium, Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (CBLS) Upstairs Lobby and Lecture Hall 120 Flagg Road on the URI Kingston Campus. What are the challenges, opportunities and issues related to sourcing and supplying native plants, especially as demand for these plants […]
Wednesday April 17, 2024 from 6 to 7:30 pm. Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center, 1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI 02809 While we look for practical opportunities for promoting ecological restoration through the successful removal of invasives and replacement with natives, what should we do with all these non-native weeds and invasives? The answer for […]