Beechwood Lecture: Gardening with Ferns
Ostrich Fern, photo GGardner Gardening With Native Ferns On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join Karen Asher, native plant specialist and former president of Rhode Island […]
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Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States
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Please DO Eat the Daisies: The Comestible Virtues of Non-native Weeds and Invasives of the Ocean State
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center 1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RIWednesday 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 […]
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Shannon Kingsley, botantist for ReSeeding RI will speak about this initiative at Transforming the Landscape Symposium
Rhode Island Audubon's spring symposium Transforming The Landscape focuses on how to become part of a sustainable community and support our native species by creating beautiful pollinator habitat at home. The […]
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First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Ben Utter Trail, Acadia Management Area
Exeter, RITrillium cernuum, nodding trilium. DMcGrady On May 2, 2024 from 10 am to noon, join us at the Ben Utter Trail, Arcadia Management Area in Exeter, RI. On this walk with biologist Denise Poyer, we will discover early spring flowers deep in the Arcadia Management Area. We will first walk south on Sand Trail to […]
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Veteran RIWPS walk leader Garry Plunkett adding his expertise to Tiverton Land Trust’s Spring Ephemeral Walk
Tiverton, RIOn May 6, 2024, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, explore the Tiverton Land Trust to catch some spring ephemerals. Garry Plunkett, long appreciated for sharing his extensive knowledge of native plants, will be joining host Annie Bayer on this evening walk to see the short lived blooms that provide an early source of food for […]
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2024 Spring Native Plant Sale
Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, RI, United StatesOn May 11, 2024, starting at 9 am, find us at the Casey Farm, Farmers Market, 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown. For details about this sale and our other plant sales see our Native Plant Sales Page.
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Following the Seasons at Haile Farm Preserve
Anne Raver, will lead three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, with an eye to how a landscape changes with the seasons. Join us on May 14, 2024 from 10 am to noon for the first of these walks. The subsequent walks will be scheduled in August and October. Because […]
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Find RIWPS at Wellness for EveryBODY, an event sponsored by Westerly Land Trust and Westerly Hospital
Westerly, RINature nurtures us! Find RIWPS information table at Wellness for EveryBODY, a free event organized by the Westerly Land Trust and the Westerly Hospital, on May 18, 2024 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, at the Avondale Farm Preserve in Westerly. Lots of activities and lots to learn. For additional information or any updates to […]
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2024 Best Native Plant Sale
Find our largest selection of plants at this sale on June 1, 2024 at the URI Botanical Gardens, Kingston All details about this and our other sales can be found […]
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Plant Identification Workshop
University of Rhode Island, Kingston RIJoin 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, […]
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Beechwood Lecture – Gardening with Pollinators
Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesEutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady On Wednesday June 26, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm join Barbara Donnelly at the Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment, 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown. Barbara is the owner of Red Horse Farm, a small farm in Exeter. Barbara raises and sells annuals, perennials and herbs […]
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First (well…. Second) Thursday Botanizing Walk – Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge
Exeter, RIDue 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 […]
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First Thursday Botanizing Walk -Grills Preserve (rescheduled from June 6 due to heavy rain)
Bradford, RIred 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 […]
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First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Herb Hadfield Conservation Area
Westport, MALobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner On August 1, 2024 we welcome you to join Nate McCullin, Land Stewardship and Outreach Manager and Aaron Teixeira, Community Connections Coordinator of the Westport Land Conservation Trust for a walk at Herb Hadfield Conservation Area in Westport, MA from 10am to noon. Herb Hadfield is a 187 acre property […]
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Following the Seasons at the Haile Farm Preserve – Summer Walk
Warren, RIAnne 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. […]
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Beechwood Lecture: Growing and Enjoying Herbs
Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesButterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo credit Randi Eckel On August 28, 2024 from 2 - 3 pm join Debbie Brodie, a Master Gardener since 2007 and Master Composter since 2008, to consider gardening for herbs and pollinators, diversifying your garden and providing food for yourself and the pollinators! She […]