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  • Following the Seasons at Haile Preserve – Fall Walk

    Warren, RI

    Anne Raver’s series of three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, focuses on how the landscape changes with the seasons.  We invite those who participated […]

  • Beechwood Lecture Series: A Panel of Gardening Experts to Answer Your Questions

    Get your  Questions Answered Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady On Wednesday October 16, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm bring your gardening questions to our panel of experts. The panel includes Kevin Alverson, Landscape Architect who donates some of his time to the design and management of the Jules A. Cohen […]

  • Identifying Common Invasive Plants Walk – Narragansett

    Narragansett, RI

    Asian Bittersweet, photo from Invasive Plants: The Threat They Pose  On 26 October 2024, from 1:30 to 3 pm, Tom Hoagland, President, Friends of Canonchet, and Alan Woodmansee, Master Gardener, […]

  • SE New England Native Seed Exchange

    Tillinghast Place 230 Nyatt Rd, Barrington, RHode Island

    SE New England Native Seed Exchange November 10th, 2024 3:00 - 6:00 pm  Tillinghast Place, Barrington RI 231 Nayatt Rd, Barrington, RI 02806 Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) & […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    Saunderstown, RI

    Winter Sowing Native Plants On January 4, 2025 from 10 to 11:30 the Willet Free Library, Saunderstown is offering a program on winter sowing. Learn all about growing native plant […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    Saunderstown, RI

    Winter Sowing Native Plants On January 11, 2025 from 10 to 11:30 the William Hall Library in Cranston is offering a program on winter sowing. Learn all about growing native […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    Saunderstown, RI

    Winter Sowing Native Plants On January 18, 2025 from 11 to 12:00 the Newport Public Library, Newport is offering a program on winter sowing. Learn all about growing native plant […]

  • Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop

    Middletown Public Library 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI

    Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop Join the Aquidneck Land Trust, Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS), and Middletown Public Library in this hands-on workshop and learn how to turn your […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    Saunderstown, RI

    Winter Sowing Native Plants On January 25, 2025 from 10 to 11:30 at the Cross' Mills Public Library, Charlestown, learn all about growing native plant from seeds and get hands-on-experience […]

  • Winter Sowing Native Plants

    Chepachet, RI

    Winter Sowing Native Plants February 4 | 6 - 7 pm Harmony Library, Chepachet RI   Interested in learning how to grow your own native plants?  Our team will provide […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Backyard Ecology

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

    Backyard Entomology: Who’s Who in Your Garden’s Ecosystem Wednesday February 19, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Beechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown, RI 02852 Speaker: Pam Gilpin, Estate Gardener and Certified Horticulturist Insects play an essential role as  pollinators, predators and recyclers of decomposing animal and plant material. They are of […]

  • Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker

    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

     Experience the Lure of Observing Plants in Wild Places Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker March 1, 2025 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm URI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI Driving directions, parking, how to find the building and lecture hall   Meeting is free and open to the public. REGISTER below to let us […]

  • RIWPS Member Event: Virtual Book Discussion – Crossings

    Online

     Virtual Book Discussion (for RIWPS members only) Book: Crossings Discussion date: Sunday 16 March, 3:00 to 4:00 While the days are still short and the temperatures near freezing, let's read and […]

  • Calling plant enthusiasts!

    March 20 from 6 - 8 pm Chop - Culinary House of Providence 211 Washington Street Providence, RI 02903 RIWPS is excited to co-host an in-person social event with Providence Green Drinks, Grab a drink (or don't) and prepare to talk native plants! click here to get your ticket  

  • 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 […]