Our December 4 Wild Garden Party we be putting together seed starter kits at the home of Sally Johnson in Riverside, RI, starting at 1 pm. Bring your salad containers, responsibly collected native seeds, extra plug trays, and lunch bags. We will supply other materials as needed (based on our discussion on November 9). It […]
DUE TO THE MOST RECENT COVID CONDITIONS, THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL A DATE LATER IN 2022. Join us for a Potluck Luncheon. Let's enjoy spending time with fellow native plant enthusiasts. Brian Maynard, long time RIWPS member and URI professor, Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, will also be sharing his perspectives in a […]
How Native Plant Cultivars Affect Pollinators This lecture was originally scheduled in November. It has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00pm. The webinar will now be via a Zoom Webinar platform. If you registered for the original session you need to reregister. New registrations are also welcome. Click here to REGISTER Native […]
All Master Gardener indoor programs have been called through March 1. The program will be rescheduled. Community-Based Science and the Biodiversity in Our Backyards Even in Rhode Island, the plainest pieces of land can be home to a thousand species of animal and plant. BioBlitz is an effort by volunteers to count as many species as […]
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Come join us in a discussion of the fascinating book, Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake on February 27, 2022 at 2 PM. Entangled Life comes to us from the award-winning author and biologist, Merlin Sheldrake, who beautifully shares his love of […]
Fortifying the Living Seed Bank Native plants are vital to restoring our landscape, but where are we getting our plants from? Join us for a talk by Sefra Alexandra about […]
Round-leaved Sundew, DMcGrady Are there plants in bloom this early in the Spring? We will find out as we stroll along a trail at Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area in […]
Come join us for a discussion of the Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again by Page Dickey on Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 pm. When Page Dickey moved away […]
Welcome to our first walk of the 2022 First Thursday Botanizing series. Forester and long-time RIWPS volunteer Paul Dolan will guide us through an area in Lincoln Woods State Park […]
Join Karen Asher to learn how to use native plants to create beautiful, well-balanced and thriving landscapes. Turn your backyard into a bio-diverse refuge for the plants, birds, pollinators and […]