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  • Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion

    photo (D.Vissoe) WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, November 12, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the University of Rhode Island Pharmacy building (Rm 170), Kingston, RI. WHY: RIWPS is 35 years […]

  • Annual Meeting + Presentations

    RIWPS annual meeting will take place at the URI Pharmacy Building on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. (Directions below). The business meeting  includes the annual report, […]

  • Wild Things – Family Walk, Carter Preserve

    On June 12, 2023 at 10 am we will have a family walk at the  Nature Conservancy's Carter Preserve in Charlestown.  Our walk along the Pawcatuck River in a unique […]

  • In the Landscape of … the Foleys (members only)

    THIS PROGRAM IS STILL PLANNED FOR SATURDAY.  WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING IN CASE OF SHOWERS.  This landscape is the first in a three part series, In the Landscape of ..... , […]

  • Small Scale Meadow Workshop

    Creating a mini meadow in your landscape? Whether you are beginning a project soon or have one in progress, find inspiration, ideas and practical information tailored to strengthen your project […]

  • Fall Native Plant Sale 2023

    Solidago sempervirens, seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly On August 26 from 9 AM to noon find our booth at the  Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market 60 Rhodes Place from 9 […]

  • Nature Walk: Birds & Their Habitat – Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

    Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge 1040 Matunuck Schoolhouse Road, South Kingstown 02879, Rhode Island

    Hummingbirds buzzing wild bergamot (Monada fistulosa), Trustom Pond. Photo: Carmen Rugel September is a great time to look for migrating birds! Come on a nature walk with fellow bird and native plant enthusiasts on Friday September 15, 2023 from 10 am to noon at the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingston, RI. From […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Taylor Point Nature Preserve

    Jamestown, RI

    On Thursday October 5, 2023, from 10 am to noon, come explore some of the Taylor Point Nature Preserve. It has a variety of natural communities within its 20 acres, including maritime woodlands and shrub lands and 4000 feet of shoreline along the East Passage.  A multi-year plant inventory has produced a list of 143 […]

  • Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture: Native Plant Supply Chain

    URI Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Thomas Ryan Auditorium 120 Flagg Rd, Kingston, RI

    NOTE.  Page updated on November 12 with NEW LOCATION OF THIS PROGRAM Thomas Ryan Auditorium, Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (CBLS) Upstairs Lobby and Lecture Hall 120 Flagg Road on the URI Kingston Campus. What are the challenges, opportunities and issues related to sourcing and supplying native plants, especially as demand for these plants […]

  • 2024 Annual Meeting & Presentations

    RIWPS annual meeting will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Fellowship Hall of the Kingston Congregational Church, 2610 Kingstown Road Kingston, RI on Saturday, March 23, 2024.  […]

  • Tour the Brown Herbarium

    Tour Brown University Herbarium on April 1 from 10 to 11:30 am.  The Brown Herbarium is located on the second floor of the Biomedical Center, 171 Meeting St, Providence.   […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Gardening with Ferns

    Ostrich Fern, photo GGardner Gardening With Native Ferns   On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join Karen Asher, native plant specialist and former president of Rhode Island […]