Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo Randi Eckel Randi Eckel: Native Plants & the Creatures That Love Them A discussion of who eats what! Which plants are favored by butterflies (and caterpillars), birds, wildlife and people… Dr. Randi Eckel has been working with native plants for over 30 years, and founded […]
January Social & Luncheon Potluck Style Please let us know if you are coming! Scroll down to RSVP. Turks-cap lily (Lilium-superbum), photo DFisher Several members will share their experiences and photos with native plants and you too are encouraged to share as well. Garry Plunkett will talk about the transformation of Barbara Chapman’s Ocean Drive […]
Plants are Better than Mulch! Senna hebecarpa (northern wild senna), photo DJaffe We have a strange relationship with mulch in America. Landscaping often means a sea of red mulch dotted with a few over-pruned arborvitae shrubs. But how many gardeners got into the hobby for a love of mulch? There are good reasons to use […]
NATIVE GARDENS RIWPS & Trinity Rep invite you to A Special Afternoon at the Theater Enjoy Native Gardens a play about two couples with different gardening styles. One loves elaborate English gardens and the other loves native plants and wildflowers. They all agree that the chain link fence separating their yards has got to to! Everyone starts […]
Rare Plants of New England and their Conservation Bill Brumback, Conservation Director, New England Wild Flower Society, will talk about rare species of the region, reasons for their rarity, and the actions we can take to conserve them. Among other topics, he will discuss efforts to manage rare plant populations, bank seeds of rare species, and […]
Entwined: Botany, Art and the Lost Cat Swamp Habitat Exhibit Gallery, John Hay Library, Brown University January 10, 2019 through April 30, 2019 This exhibition is a unique collaboration between […]
Botanical Art: The History of Botanical Art from Early Times to the Present Botanical art, with its rich history and high standards, has always informed and promoted botany and the plant world. Pam Harrington, botanical illustrator and horticulturist will trace the evolving role of this art form starting with botanical art and illustrations in medieval […]
The Memory of Trees & Insights on the Ecology of Forests How will forests in the northeastern U.S. respond to a hotter climate? The simple answer to this question is that it is not completely obvious. Through the use of the growth rings of trees, a synthesis of observations regarding tree mortality, and model experiments, Neil Pederson, […]
Please note. This program is also offered on March 29. We are pleased that we are able to offer another session of this program. Brown University Herbarium offers a priceless snapshot of botanical life, in Rhode Island and across the nation and the world, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Join Tim Whitfeld, Collections Manager, […]
trailing-arbutus photo, MLacouture Join veteran RIWPS member Marnie Lacouture for a gentle walk along Parris Brook, a short leg of the Mt. Tom Trail, to look for early blooming wildflowers. Parris Brook is a tributary of the Wood River in the Arcadia Management Area. If Mother Nature cooperates we will see trailing arbutus and marsh […]