Plants & Their Places – Sweet Pond, Big River Management Area
West Greenwich, RISweet Pond ,West Greenwich RI (DMcGrady 2015) Join Doug Mcgrady for the second walk in our Plants & Their Places walk series on Saturday August 13, 2022 from 10 am […]
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Beechwood Lecture: Residential Landscape Design Basics
Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesJoin Kevin Alverson, owner and principal of Kevin M. Alverson Landscape Architecture, (Wickford, RI.) to learn the basics of residential landscape design -- from identifying your goals, to conceptualizing solutions […]
A Great Swamp Escapade, South Kingstown, RI
South Kingstown, RIJoin Anne Wagner and Kathy Barton, veteran RIWPS walk leaders, on Saturday, August 20, 2022 from 9:00 to 11:00 am, as we go adventuring in search of the botanical denizens […]
Fall Native Plant Sale
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, CranstonSolidago sempervirens, seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly Find our booth at the Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market 60 Rhodes Place from 9 AM to noon. We will be offering about 900 plants of 60 […]
First Thursday Botanizing Walk -Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge
Coventry, RINote. This walks starts at 9:30 a half hour earlier than our normal First Thursday Walks. Solidago sempervirens (seaside-goldenrod) and Junonia-coenia (common buckeye butterfly) In late summer the flora begins […]
First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Simmons Mill Pond
Little Compton, RISolidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod), GGardner Simmons Mill Pond in Little Compton offers a variety of habitats within a short distance. Guided by Dennis Webster, RIWPS member and board member of […]
Beechwood Lecture – URI Chestnut Orchard Research Project
Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesRhode Islanders Helping to Restore the American Chestnut Our speaker Yvonne Federowicz is a Master Gardener and the former President of the RI/MA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation as well as the current Project Leader for the University of Rhode Island (URI) Chestnut Orchard Research Project. She will discuss the latest developments and findings […]
Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion
URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RIphoto (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 […]
Beechwood Lecture: Modern Tree Care & Arboriculture Techniques
Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesModern Tree Care and Arboriculture Techniques Nationally-known tree expert, Matthew "Twig" Largess, and "Voice of the Forest", is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist with a qualification in Tree Risk Assessment and a license in Integrated Pest Management. He is the founder and president of Largess Forestry in North Kingstown, RI. Largess […]
Annual Meeting + Presentations
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RIRIWPS 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, […]