• Tour the Brown Herbarium

    Brown University Herbarium 171 Meeting Street (Room 225), Providence, RI

    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

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

    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 […]

  • Shannon Kingsley, botantist for ReSeeding RI will speak about this initiative at Transforming the Landscape Symposium

    Providence

    Rhode Island Audubon's spring symposium Transforming The Landscape focuses on how to become part of a sustainable community and support our native species by creating beautiful pollinator habitat at home. The keynote speaker Dr. Doug Tallamy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware is well known for his […]

  • 2024 Spring Native Plant Sale

    On May 11, 2024, 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.

  • Following the Seasons at Haile Farm Preserve

    Anne Raver, will lead three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, with an eye to how a landscape changes with the seasons.  Join us on […]

  • 2024 Best Native Plant Sale

    Find our largest selection of plants at this sale on June 1, 2024 at the URI Botanical Gardens, Kingston All details about this and our other sales can be found […]

  • Plant Identification Workshop

    University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI

    Join botanist Elizabeth Dickson for a workshop on how to key wildflowers using Newcomb's and GoBotany. Bring a copy of Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, a hand lens, and your cell phone, […]

  • Beechwood Lecture – Gardening with Pollinators

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

    Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady On Wednesday June 26, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm join Barbara Donnelly at the Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment, 44 […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Growing and Enjoying Herbs

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

    Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo credit Randi Eckel On August 28, 2024 from 2 - 3 pm join Debbie Brodie, a Master Gardener since […]

  • 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 […]