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  • 2024 Spring Native Plant Sale

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

    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 […]

  • 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

    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 […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Sprague Farm Town Forest

    Chepachet, RI

    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 the walk. On 5 September 2024 from 10 am to 12 pm join Tysh McGrail, long time RIWPS member, landscape designer and lover of native […]

  • First ( well…. Second )Thursday Botanizing Walk – Succotash Marsh State Management Area

    South Kingstown, RI

    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 area is located between Potter Pond and Point Judith Pond near the village of Jerusalem. The tide reaches the salt marsh system though a connection […]

  • 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 in the spring and/or summer walk along with new walkers to join Anne on October 15, 2024 from 10 am to noon to explore the preserve […]

  • 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, will lead this guided trail walk in Canonchet Farm, a 124 acre second growth woodland that has become infested with invasive plants, shrubs and vines. […]

  • 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) & Plant Community RI are pairing up with farmers and community scientists to get native seeds into the hands of growers around the area! Through its […]

  • Lisa Lofland Gould Progam: Introducing the Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network

    Rhode Island College, Gaige Hall - Auditorium 100

    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 Pleasant Ave Providence, RI 02908 Campus Map/Parking   This event is free and open to the public. Register Below Plants and insects are inextricably linked […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    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

    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

    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 yard or community space into an oasis for wildlife! Thursday, January 23 · 6 - 7:30pm EST Middletown Public Library 700 West Main Road, Middletown, […]

  • Growing Native Plants from Seeds – Winter Sowing

    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

    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 then gather around our screens to discuss Ben Goldfarb's book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. Goldfarb is an engaging, prize-winning writer. His […]

  • 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 will explore the Snake Den Farm parcel of Snake Den State Park in Johnston, RI. This parcel of Snake Den State Park, managed by the Northern […]

  • 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  […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]