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 the John Hay Library, The Brown University Herbarium, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society. It is the first public […]
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 […]
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. […]
red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis: photo SJacobi Join Cheryl Wiitala, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. The Preserve is laced with […]
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