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  • 30th Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker – Lisa Lofland Gould

    URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI

    Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants In celebration of RIWPS 30th Anniversary, Lisa Lofland Gould, founding member and first president of RIWPS will address the question, Why […]

  • Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture – Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming?

    URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI

    Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently, there has been major focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator abundance in agricultural areas. The ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator […]

  • Social & Potluck Luncheon

    Rhode Island Historical Society, Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI

    Go Wild about Native Plants with RIWPS Members & Friends Social & Potluck Luncheon Join us for visual wild plant storytelling and socializing. This is an opportunity to mingle with your fellow native plant enthusiasts. Seed Starts East will be offering packets of seeds for butterfly milkweed, swamp milkweed, red cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, […]

  • ONLINE PLANT SALE FOR MEMBERS – STARTING AUGUST 1

    ONLINE PLANT SALE FOR MEMBERS STARTING AUGUST 1, 2020 • SHOP ONLINE  • DRIVE THROUGH PICK UP AT PLANE VIEW NURSERY, PORTSMOUTH, RI See all the details     

  • Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion

    URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI

    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

    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

    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, […]

  • The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island 2023

    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

    Save the date!   June 3, 2023 | 9 am - noon   URI Botanical Garden, Kingston, RI   (Member's pre sale from 8 to 9  am)   More Details […]

  • Wild Things – Family Walk, Carter Preserve

    Kingston, RI

    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)

    Cranston, RI

    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

    URI East Farm, Kingston, RI

    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

    Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston

    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 […]