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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 […]

The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island 2023

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Save the date!   June 3, 2023 | 9 am - noon   URI Botanical Garden, Kingston, RI   (Member's pre sale from 8 to 9  am)   More Details to follow!   Learn more about our Native Plant Sales

Plants & Their Places – Burlingame Management Area

Charlestown, RI

On June 4, 2023 from 10 am to noon, explore the forest and the flat, sunny rocks in the section of Burlingame Management Area (Charlestown RI) south of the road with Doug McGrady in the first of the walks in his series, Plants & Their Places. Expect to see Minuartia glabra, Oxalis violacea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, […]

Plant Identification Workshop

URI, Kingston, RI

Join URI Professor Brian Maynard and botanist Elizabeth Dickson for a workshop on how to key wildflowers using Newcomb's and GoBotany. Bring a copy of Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, a hand lens, and your cell phone, tablet or laptop and we will key out as many wildflowers as we can, and learn about the Mystery Plant […]

Wild Things – Family Walk, Carter Preserve

Charlestown, RI

On June 12, 2023 at 10 am we will have a family walk at the  Nature Conservancy's Carter Preserve in Charlestown.  Our walk along the Pawcatuck River in a unique pine barrens ecosystem should reveal plenty of interesting plants, and likely many lady slipper orchids in full bloom. As always, please bring plenty of water, […]

In the Landscape of … the Foleys (members only)

Cranston, RI

THIS PROGRAM IS STILL PLANNED FOR SATURDAY.  WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING IN CASE OF SHOWERS.  This landscape is the first in a three part series, In the Landscape of ..... , open to members only, as a special thanks for their support and in many cases, countless volunteer hours. Members are invited to take an informal […]

Nature Walk – Plants & Insects, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge 1040 Matunuck Schoolhouse Road, South Kingstown 02879, Rhode Island

The decision to garden with native plants in order to improve the resource base for wildlife need not be unpleasant medicine. And I hope it is not a decision that will only be popular with bird lovers. But if you delight in a gold-crowned kinglet foraging in your oak tree or indigo bunting singing from […]