Due to the holiday we have moved this First Thursday Walk to the second Thursday in July! On Thursday, July 11, 2024 join Audubon's Director of Properties, Laura Carberry from 10 am to 12 pm for a morning walk at Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, Exeter, RI. Come explore several different habitats including forest, fields and […]
red columbine On Thursday July 18, 2024, from 10 am to noon, join Marc Doherty, Westerly Land Trust's Land Stewardship manager, for a walk at WLT's Grills Preserve. Located along the Pawcatuck River in Bradford, Grills has a wide variety of habitats and soil types, including a diversity of wetlands, rocky outcrops, pitch pine uplands […]
Anne Raver's three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, focus on how the landscape changes with the seasons. We invite those who participated in the Spring Walk and new walkers to join Anne on August 14, 2024 from 10 am to noon to explore the preserve in its summer attire. […]
Acer pensylvanicum (goosefoot maple, striped maple), photo DMcGrady Note: Details of this walk have been updated as of August 6 to reflect a change from the original planned route of the walk. On 5 September 2024 from 10 am to 12 pm join Tysh McGrail, long time RIWPS member, landscape designer and lover of native […]
Join Beth Dickson from 10am to noon on Thursday, 10 October 2024 for a leisurely walk within the Succotash Marsh State Management Area in South Kingstown, RI. The 182-acre management […]
Anne Raver’s series of three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, focuses on how the landscape changes with the seasons. We invite those who participated […]
Asian Bittersweet, photo from Invasive Plants: The Threat They Pose On 26 October 2024, from 1:30 to 3 pm, Tom Hoagland, President, Friends of Canonchet, and Alan Woodmansee, Master Gardener, […]
Join a beginner-friendly, educational plant walk led by Keri Brule at Trott-Perry Land Preserve in Scituate, Rhode Island. This easy, accessible walk will take place mostly along an open field. We’ll focus on identifying early emerging and spring edible plants, exploring their habitats, uses, and sustainable foraging practices. No experience is required—just bring your curiosity […]
On June 7, 2025 from 10:00 am to noon, join Nathan Lambstrom, for a walk through the various ecosystems at George B. Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Coventry RI. Participants will review basic identifying features of various native plants in leaf and flower, as well as practice the pattern recognition and other techniques used by […]
Join botanists Peter Del Tredici and Brian Maynard for an urban ecology walk on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon, along the Pawtuxet River and through Oxboes State Park in Cranston. Peter Del Tredici, has written a field guide, Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast, featuring 268 common urban species – native […]
On July 27, 2025 from 10 am to 11:30 join this beginner-friendly, educational plant walk led by Keri Brule at Trott-Perry Land Preserve in Scituate, Rhode Island. We’ll focus on identifying summer edible plants, exploring their habitats, uses, and sustainable foraging practices. This easy, accessible walk will take place mostly along an open field. […]
On September 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to noon, join Nathan Lambstrom at the Carter Preserve in Charlestown. We will use commonly available field guides to hone our ability to identify unknown trees, shrubs, and vines. The walk will traverse several ecosystem types and offer a chance to see some familiar and unfamiliar plants in […]