Big & Little Bluestem, Michigan roadside. Photo Rhobin's Garden Blog Meadows of Native Warm-Season Grasses and Forbs Coming to New England's Roadsides? A major research project of the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC), funded by the Department of Transportation in all six New England states, aims to find the most affordable, reliable, and expeditious methods for establishing meadows of […]
Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants In celebration of RIWPS 30th Anniversary, Lisa Lofland Gould, founding member and first president of RIWPS will address the question, Why […]
Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently, there has been major focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator abundance in agricultural areas. The ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator […]
Go Wild about Native Plants with RIWPS Members & Friends Social & Potluck Luncheon Join us for visual wild plant storytelling and socializing. This is an opportunity to mingle with your fellow native plant enthusiasts. Seed Starts East will be offering packets of seeds for butterfly milkweed, swamp milkweed, red cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, […]