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  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den Park

    Johnston, RI

    Join Christopher Modisette, State Resource Conservationist for the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Warwick, RI, from 10 to noon on April 3, 2025 for our first walk of the season. We […]

  • Find RIWPS at Tiverton Library Spring Garden Expo

    Tiverton, RI

    Find RIWPS at the Spring Garden Expo April 5, 2025 | 11 am to 3 pm Tiverton Public Library | 34 Roosevelt Ave. | Tiverton, RI This FREE annual event sponsored by the Tiverton Public Library features soil testing, free seeds, family activities, local experts including RIWPS members ready to address your questions about native […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Get to Know the Rare Plants in Rhode Island

    Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

    GET TO KNOW THE RARE PLANTS OF RHODE ISLAND Wednesday April 16, 2025 | 1:30- 2:30 PM Beechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown, RI 02852 Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), South Kingstown, RI. State Endangered, photo DMcGrady Although small in size, Rhode Island has a wide range of ecological habitats that support a […]

  • Botanizing Adventure (Member Event)

    Richmond, RI

    Beaver River Field Visit Members can find details about this event in an email to them on March 26 (via Constant Contact) If you are a member and did not receive this email please contact office@riwps.org

  • Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers

    East Greenwich Library 82 Pierce Street, East Greenwich, Rhode Island

    Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers Come to a RIWPS presentation on April 22, 2025 at 6 pm for a talk at the East Greenwich Library 82 Pierce Street, East  Greenwich. Want to turn your backyard into a bio-diverse refuge for the plants, birds, pollinators and animals that share our planet? Come and learn about […]

  • Pollinator Night

    South Kingstown, RI

    Pollinator Night at the Glass Station April 24th, 2025 | 6-7:30pm Glass Station | 446 Main Street | South Kingstown RSVP required - see link below Join the URI Bee Lab, RIWPS, and The Glass Station to learn about our local bees and the importance of pollinating flowering native and crop plants as we discuss […]

  • Find RIWPS at Transforming the Landscape Symposium

    North Kingstown, RI

    Transforming the Landscape Supporting Native Plants and Pollinators Audubon's 2025 Transforming the Landscape symposium will feature workshops and lectures with scientists, master gardeners, and environmental organizations including RIWPS. Take advantage of the opportunity to purchase of some ecotypic seeds, including from some ReSeedingRI species. RIWPS' ReSeeding RI initiative aims to increase the supply of these […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Grills Wildlife Sanctuary

    Bradford, RI

    Early blooms. Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum (American trout-lily), Grills, Westerly, RI Join biologist Denise Poyer on May 1 from 10 am to noon to discover early spring flowers at the […]

  • 2025 Spring Native Plant Sale

    Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, RI, United States

    On May 10, 2025, 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.

  • Edible Treasures -Trott-Perry Land Preserve

    Scituate RI

    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 […]

  • Spring in Arcadia: Ben Utter Trail

    Exeter, RI

    doll's eye, white baneberry (Actea pachypoda), photo KAsher Join biologist Denise Poyer on May 16 from 10am to noon on the Ben Utter Trail in Exeter RI. We will discover […]

  • Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers

    Providence, RI

    Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers May 20, 2025 | 5:30 pm A pollen-dusted Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) on Lilium superbum (Turk's-cap lily) Rhode Island Historical Society| Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street | Providence 02906 Join the Rhode Island Historical Society  and the Wild Plant Society for a talk on how to use native […]