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  • September 2023

  • Thu 7

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

    September 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Coventry, RI

    Seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly In late summer the flora begins to change as asters and goldenrods bloom and seeds and fruits mature. Animals rely on many plants for […]

  • Fri 15

    Nature Walk: Birds & Their Habitat – Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

    September 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Hummingbirds buzzing wild bergamot (Monada fistulosa), Trustom Pond. Photo: Carmen Rugel September is a great time to look for migrating birds! Come on a nature walk with fellow bird and […]

  • October 2023

  • Thu 5

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Taylor Point Nature Preserve

    October 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    On Thursday October 5, 2023, from 10 am to noon, come explore some of the Taylor Point Nature Preserve. It has a variety of natural communities within its 20 acres, […]

  • November 2023

  • Sat 18

    Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture: Native Plant Supply Chain

    November 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    NOTE.  Page updated on November 12 with NEW LOCATION OF THIS PROGRAM Thomas Ryan Auditorium, Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (CBLS) Upstairs Lobby and Lecture Hall 120 Flagg Road […]

  • January 2024

  • Thu 25

    ReSeeding RI – Class offered by the Native Plant Trust

    January 25, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    The program below, on our Reseeding RI initiative, comes from the class offerings of the  Native Plant Trust.  The registration link takes you to their website. In 2022, Rhode Island […]

  • February 2024

  • Wed 21

    Beechwood Lecture: Planning for Residential Turf Resilience Organically

    February 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join Dana Millar, owner of Dana Designs, at Beechwood Center, 44 Beach Street, North Kingston. Organically grown turf is not […]

  • Thu 22

    ReSeeding RI: Replenishing Native Plants – a URI Master Gardener Program

    February 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The program below is from the URI Master Gardener Program. It is free and open to the public. Join Dave Vissoe, University of Rhode Island Master Gardener 2017 Hall of […]

  • March 2024

  • Sun 3

    Book Discussion: Brave the Wild River (Members Only)

    March 3, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny (W.W. Norton Press) Join fellow RIWPS members on March […]

  • Sat 23

    2024 Annual Meeting & Presentations

    March 23, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    RIWPS annual meeting will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Fellowship Hall of the Kingston Congregational Church, 2610 Kingstown Road Kingston, RI on Saturday, March 23, 2024.  […]

  • April 2024

  • Mon 1

    Tour the Brown Herbarium

    April 1, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Tour Brown University Herbarium on April 1 from 10 to 11:30 am.  The Brown Herbarium is located on the second floor of the Biomedical Center, 171 Meeting St, Providence.   […]

  • Thu 4

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den State Park CANCELLED BASED ON WEATHER FORECAST

    April 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    yellow birch, photo PCahallan THIS WALK IS CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.  Our first walk of the season, from 10 am to noon on 4 April 2024, will be led […]

  • Wed 17

    Beechwood Lecture: Gardening with Ferns

    April 17, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    Ostrich Fern, photo GGardner Gardening With Native Ferns   On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join Karen Asher, native plant specialist and former president of Rhode Island […]

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The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) conservation organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of Rhode Island’s native plants and their habitats. All contributions and dues are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

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