Doug Tallamy has filmed a recent version of this talk and generously made it available to us. Click here for this announcement and watch. Join Doug Tallamy for a talk about his […]
Spectacle Pond, photo DMcGrady The Matunuck Hills area of South Kingstown is part of the glacial moraine where the mounds and kettles form a scalloped landscape. Many of the kettles […]
Doug Tallamy was scheduled to deliver this talk for RIWPS this summer in cooperation with the Warren Land Commission Trust. Doug has generously shared a video of a recent presentation. Please enjoy it as you shelter in place and plan your post- quarantine native plant garden! Link to our previously recorded programs/events. Doug Tallamy talks […]
Watch the recording on our Previously Recoded Programs/Events On November 21, RIWPS invited Dr. Susan Barton from the University of Delaware Plant and Soil Science Department to give a virtual […]
This program is full. We are not accepting any new registrations. If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please contact office@riwps.org. RIWPS bookworms are invited to read Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm, by Isabella Tree, for a Zoom discussion. Settle in with your favorite cup of tea and a cookie […]
Watch on Recording of Previous Programs/Events Join a conversation with ecologist Doug Tallamy, as he discusses his latest research and most recent book, Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. RIWPS member Anne Raver will lead off with some key questions about Tallamy’s work over the past 20 years, […]
THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. Even in a normal year it feels like spring cannot come soon enough and in this year of COVID it is […]
Registration for this progam has closed. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter RIWPS bookworms are invited to read Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb for a Zoom discussion. Settle in with your favorite cup of tea and a cookie or two, to […]
Woonasquatucket River Greenway Our annual meeting will focus on a success story. The paths, parks, and festivals that have been built along a river that flows from the densely populated, and formerly industrial areas, of North Providence, Johnston and Providence were hard to imagine when a small group of visionaries got together thirty years ago. […]
Join Garry Plunkett on a leisurely walk for RIWPS members through his varied micro-habitats and learn from his 30-year, oxymoronic quest to “create nature.” Wander with Garry through his meadow, old field, pond, mini-marsh, and woodland, while he shares an enduring attempt to manipulate natural succession. The workshop is scheduled to enjoy spring wildflowers while […]
Join Garry Plunkett on a leisurely walk for RIWPS members through his varied micro-habitats and learn from his 30-year, oxymoronic quest to “create nature.” Wander with Garry through his meadow, old field, pond, mini-marsh, and woodland, while he shares an enduring attempt to manipulate natural succession. The workshop is scheduled to enjoy spring wildflowers while […]