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Beechwood Lecture: Modern Tree Care & Arboriculture Techniques

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Modern 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, RI

RIWPS 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, elections for Board of Trustees. We will also be  celebrating our volunteer award recipients. Lifetime Service Volunteer Awards  -  Mary Lou Upham & Nancy Weiss […]

Member Book Discussion: The Triumph of Seeds

Online

Join us on Sunday March 26, 2023 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.for an online discussion on The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant […]

First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Goddard Memorial State Park

Our first walk in the 2023 First Thursday series takes place in Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick, one of Rhode Island’s most popular metropolitan parks. With its spacious lawns, fields and forested areas, Goddard Park offers a variety of trees from all over the world, including 62 deciduous and 19 evergreen species. On April […]

Wild Things – Family Walk George B. Parker Woodland Audubon Preserve

Exeter, RI

On April 11, 2023 at 10:30 join us for a hike through George Parker Woodland Audubon Preserve. We’ll see an old field meadow, beech forests, and a boardwalk over a swamp before ending at a rocky stream in a wooded valley. Please pack sunscreen, bug spray, snacks, and water. We’ll be out between 90 minutes […]

Beechwood Lecture: Pollinator Friendly Plants in the Residential Nursery World – cancelled

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Pollinator Friendly Plants in the Residential Nursery World   Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady This program has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled next year. On April 19, 2023 at 2 pm, join Barbara Donnelly to learn how to create pollinator friendly landscapes in your own backyard using […]

First Thursday Botanizing – Acadia Manangement Area

Exeter, RI

Canada mayflower, DMcGrady On this May 4th walk with biologist Denise Poyer, we will discover early spring flowers deep in the Arcadia Management Area. We will first wander south on Sand Trail to look for Indian cucumber root (Medeola virginiana), dolls-eyes (Actaea pachypoda), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) and many other ephemeral flowers.  There is a wonderful patch […]

Early Native Plant Sale 2023

Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, RI, United States

Save the date!   May 13, 2023 | 9 am to 2 pm   Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI   More Details to Follow!     Learn more about our Native Plant Sales  

First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock

Lincoln, RI

On June 1, 2023 from 10 am to noon, join Jeanne Cooper, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) photo, SJacobi The Preserve is laced with trails through a variety of distinctive New England habitats including woodlands, forested swamps, streams, a small […]