The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island 2022
URI Kingston, RIOur June 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island will be held at URI Cooperative Extension Center Botanical Garden. This is our largest sale. Choose […]
Our June 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island will be held at URI Cooperative Extension Center Botanical Garden. This is our largest sale. Choose […]
Heather Faubert from the Plant Sciences and Entomology Department at the University of Rhode Island will talk about how to detect and treat some of the common - and not […]
Botanizing Walk at Blue Pond We have moved this walk to the second Thursday in July to avoid the 4th of July holiday week! Join URI Professor Brian Maynard for an exploration of the Blue Pond Trail in Hopkinton, RI. We will walk through mountain laurel and black birch woods to the edge of Blue […]
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner This walk has been cancelled due to the forecast for high heat. Opened in September 2021, the Nature Conservancy’s Moshassuck River Preserve offers three miles of blazed trails in a landscape of New England hardwood forest, river banks and glacial boulders. Witch-hazel, spicebush, ironweed and cardinal flower all flourish in […]
Sweet 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 to about 2 pm. Sweet Pond, located in the Big River Management Area, is no longer a pond. Similar to Blue Pond, in Hopkinton, this […]
Join 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 […]
Join 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 of the Great Swamp Management Area, in South Kingstown, RI. Against the colorful backdrop of white boneset, yellow goldenrod and the lavender pink Joe Pye […]
Solidago 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 species. More details
Note. 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 to change as asters and goldenrods bloom and seeds and fruits mature. Animals rely on many plants for food and shelter while many plants rely […]
Solidago 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 […]