Epigaea repens (trailing-arbutus), DMCGrady Enjoy a rite of spring on a short hike to see the early blooming trailing-arbutus (Epigaea repens) in the Arcadia Management area. It has been thriving for years in this same spot on a gravelly roadside bank just off the Mt. Tom Trail. We may see other early wildflowers beginning to […]
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner This walk has been cancelled due to the forecast for high heat. Opened in September 2021, the Nature Conservancy’s Moshassuck River Preserve offers three miles of blazed trails in a landscape of New England hardwood forest, river banks and glacial boulders. Witch-hazel, spicebush, ironweed and cardinal flower all flourish in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you ever wondered how to identify a tree in the winter? Come join us March 25, 2023 from 10 am to 12 pm at the Blackstone River State Park, […]
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 ..... , […]
The decision to garden with native plants in order to improve the resource base for wildlife need not be unpleasant medicine. And I hope it is not a decision that […]
This landscape is the second in a three part series, In the Landscape of ..... , open to members only as a special thanks for their support and in many […]
This landscape is the third in a three part series, In the Landscape of ..... , open to members only, as a special thanks for their support and in many […]