Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner On August 1, 2024 we welcome you to join Nate McCullin, Land Stewardship and Outreach Manager and Aaron Teixeira, Community Connections Coordinator of the Westport […]
Anne Raver's three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, focus on how the landscape changes with the seasons. We invite those who participated in the […]
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 […]
Acer pensylvanicum (goosefoot maple, striped maple), photo DMcGrady Note: Details of this walk have been updated as of August 6 to reflect a change from the original planned route of […]
Join Beth Dickson from 10am to noon on Thursday, 10 October 2024 for a leisurely walk within the Succotash Marsh State Management Area in South Kingstown, RI. The 182-acre management […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 November 10th, 2024 3:00 - 6:00 pm Tillinghast Place, Barrington RI 231 Nayatt Rd, Barrington, RI 02806 Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) & […]
Lisa Lofland Gould Program Introducing the Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network Saturday, November 23, 2024 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Gaige Hall, Auditorium 100 Rhode Island College 600 Mt […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 February 4 | 6 - 7 pm Harmony Library, Chepachet RI Interested in learning how to grow your own native plants? Our team will provide […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 the Spring Garden Expo April 5, 2025 | 11 am to 3 pm Tiverton Public Library | 34 Roosevelt Ave. | Tiverton, RI This FREE annual event […]
Find RIWPS at the Party for the Planet at Roger Williams Park Zoo! Celebrate Earth Day and enjoy a family fun-filled day that emphasizes the importance of protecting our planet. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
Join Roger Greene on June 5, 2025 from 10 am to noon to explore Simmons Mill Pond Management Area in Little Compton, RI. We’ll take a walk along the historic […]