ONLINE PLANT SALE FOR MEMBERS – STARTING AUGUST 1
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First Thursday Botanizing Walk at Swam Point Cemetery Cancelled
Providence, RIOur walk guide will be Kelly Perry. Check back later for a description of this walk. This walk is a part of our First Thursday Botanizing Walk Series. See our Botanizing Walks home page for important details you should know about the walks in this series.
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Nature’s Best Hope: A Talk by Doug Tallamy & Book Signing WATCH ONLINE
Hope & Main 691 Main Street, Warren, RIDoug Tallamy has filmed a recent version of this talk and generously made it available to us. Click here for this announcement and watch. Join Doug Tallamy for a talk about his newest publication, Nature’s Best Hope. Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in […]
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Plants & Their Places: Matunuck Hills Coastal Plain Ponds Cancelled
South Kingstown, RISpectacle Pond, photo DMcGrady The Matunuck Hills area of South Kingstown is part of the glacial moraine where the mounds and kettles form a scalloped landscape. Many of the kettles hold small ponds. These ponds are groundwater fed with water levels that fluctuate with the seasons. They typically fill up in the winter and drop […]
Recorded Lecture: Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
Doug Tallamy was scheduled to deliver this talk for RIWPS this summer in cooperation with the Warren Land Commission Trust. Doug has generously shared a video of a recent presentation. Please enjoy it as you shelter in place and plan your post- quarantine native plant garden! Link to our previously recorded programs/events. Doug Tallamy talks […]
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Recorded Virtual Lecture – Enhancing Delaware Highways: Lessons from the Roadside
OnlineWatch the recording on our Previously Recoded Programs/Events On November 21, RIWPS invited Dr. Susan Barton from the University of Delaware Plant and Soil Science Department to give a virtual lecture focusing on 20-year project with the Delaware Department of Transportation that has provided many experiences with using native plants in stressful situations. She discussed […]
RIWPS Member Book Discussion – Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm
ZoomThis program is full. We are not accepting any new registrations. If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please contact office@riwps.org. RIWPS bookworms are invited to read Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm, by Isabella Tree, for a Zoom discussion. Settle in with your favorite cup of tea and a cookie […]
A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG TALLAMY (Program for RIWPS Members)
ZoomWatch on Recording of Previous Programs/Events Join a conversation with ecologist Doug Tallamy, as he discusses his latest research and most recent book, Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. RIWPS member Anne Raver will lead off with some key questions about Tallamy’s work over the past 20 years, […]
Signs of Spring: iNaturalist
OnlineTHIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. Even in a normal year it feels like spring cannot come soon enough and in this year of COVID it is even more true. So, let's get outside and look for early signs of spring together. Together? Well yes, in a way. You can use the […]
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Eager: Book Discussion for RIWPS Members
OnlineRegistration for this progam has closed. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter RIWPS bookworms are invited to read Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers […]