• Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers

    Providence, RI

    Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers May 20, 2025 | 5:30 pm A pollen-dusted Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) on Lilium superbum (Turk's-cap lily) Rhode Island Historical Society| Aldrich […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Simmons Mill Pond

    Little Compton, RI

    Join Roger Greene on June 5, 2025 from 10 am to noon to explore Simmons Mill Pond Management Area in Little Compton, RI. We’ll take a walk along the historic […]

  • Walk – Wild Urban Plants of the Pawtuxet River

    Cranston, RI

    Join botanists Peter Del Tredici and Brian Maynard for an urban ecology walk on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon, along the Pawtuxet River and through Oxboes […]

  • Plant Identification Workshop

    URI, Kingston, RI

    Hone your botanical observation skills and learn to identify plants! Join botanist Elizabeth Dickson for a workshop on how to key wildflowers using Newcomb's and GoBotany. Bring a copy of […]

  • Edible Treasures -Trott-Perry Land Preserve in the Summer

    Scituate RI

    On July 27, 2025  from 10 am to 11:30 join this beginner-friendly, educational plant walk led by Keri Brule at Trott-Perry Land Preserve in Scituate, Rhode Island.  We’ll focus on […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Mushroom Hunting – Summer Session

    Mushroom Hunting: Summer Session Wednesday August 20, 2025 | 1:15- 2:45 PM Beechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown, RI 02852 On August 20, 2024 from 1:15 to 2:45, join Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt from the Mushroom Hunting Foundation at the Beechwood Center for Life in North Kingstown, RI to learn about […]

  • CANCELLED -First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Avondale Farm Preserve

    Westerly, RI

    Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady This walk is cancelled due to illness. On September 4, 2025  from 10am to noon, join Marc Doherty, Westerly Land Trust's (WLT) Land Stewardship Manager for a slow walk around the coastal grasslands, shrublands and salt marsh at Westerly Land Trust's founding property,  Avondale Farm Preserve. […]

  • 2025 Fall Native Plant Sale

    Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston

    On September 6, 2025, from 10 am noon,  find us at the Pawtuxet Village Farmer's Market, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI Note: Members Presale 9 am to 10 am   Not already a member?  Join now For details about this sale and our other plant sales see our Native Plant Sales Page.

  • Basic Botanical Identifying Field Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Vines (Carter Preserve)

    Kingston, RI

    On September 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to noon, join Nathan Lambstrom at the Carter Preserve in Charlestown. We will use commonly available field guides to hone our ability to identify unknown trees, shrubs, and vines. The walk will traverse several ecosystem types and offer a chance to see some familiar and unfamiliar plants in […]