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 […]

Landscaping with Natives: They Are Tougher Than You Think Native plants are becoming increasingly popular for creating sustainable and ecologically vibrant landscapes. Designers and landscapers sometimes think that these species might not survive the tough growing conditions associated with commercial and institutional landscapes, foundation plantings, or other challenging sites. Yet many native species will perform […]

BROWN UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM: A Resource for Appreciating, Studying & Protecting Our Native Plants Brown University Herbarium offers a priceless snapshot of botanical life, in Rhode Island and across the nation and the world, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It serves as an important resource to the scientific community for studies of climate change, […]

Salt Marsh Habitats Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise Many of Rhode Island’s salt marshes are not keeping pace with accelerated sea level rise, showing signs of degradation including die […]

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 […]