• Workshop – Winter Sowing Native Plants (Newport, RI)

    Interested in learning how to grow your own native plants? A team of gardeners from The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and Master Gardeners from Kettle Pond and Trustom Pond projects will provide gardeners with the materials and information needed to winter sow native plants.  Gardeners will sow seeds into a gallon milk jug and […]

  • Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop (Middletown, RI)

      Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop Join the Aquidneck Land Trust, Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS), and Middletown Public Library in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to turn your yard or community space into an oasis for wildlife! Thursday, January 22, 2026 · 5:30 - 7:o0pm  Middletown Public Library 700 West Main Road, Middletown, […]

  • Workshop – Winter Sowing Native Plants (Charlestown, RI)

    Interested in learning how to grow your own native plants? A team of gardeners from The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and Master Gardeners from Kettle Pond and Trustom Pond projects will provide gardeners with the materials and information needed to winter sow native plants.  Gardeners will sow seeds into a gallon milk jug and […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Native Plant Trends in the Nursery World

    Focus on Native and Sustainable Plants Wednesday February 18, 2026 | 1:30- 2:30 PM Beechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown, RI 02852   Jane Case, owner of Blue Moon Farm Perennials will highlight newly developed and other favorite plants. Blue Moon Farm Perennials is home to the " largest diversity of quality […]

  • Plant It Forward – Supporting Pollinators with Native Plants

    Bristol, RI

    Supporting Pollinators with Native Plants Spring is around the corner!  Learn how you can enhance your garden with native plants. Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady Thursday […]

  • Annual Meeting 2026: Guest Speaker Arthur Haines

    How Science, Fieldwork, and Time Reshape Our Understanding of New England’s Flora Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker Arthur Haines February 28, 2026 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm URI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI Driving directions, parking, how to find the building and lecture hall   Schedule • 1:00 pm - Refreshments and Fellowship […]

  • Tidal Salt Marsh Walk at Lathrop Wildlife Refuge (Westerly)

    Join us on March 26, 2026, from 11:30 an to 1:30 pm, to explore Audubon's Lathrop Wildlife Refuge on the shore of Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI. Salt marshes and salt ponds are both sensitive and resilient Rhode Island habitats. Scott Ruhren, Ph.D., Senior Director of Conservation, Audubon Society of Rhode Island will lead us around […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den Farm (Johnston)

    Our first First Thursday walk of the season is April 2, 2026, from 10 am to noon. We will explore the Snake Den Farm parcel of Snake Den State Park with Chris Modisette, a retired forester with more than 40 years of service with the National Resources Conservation Service. Managed by the Northern Rhode Island […]

  • Using Native Plants to Make Your Yard a Bird Sanctuary (Webinar)

    Using Native Plants to Make Your Yard a Bird Sanctuary (Webinar) hummingbird on wild bergamot (Monada fistulosa), photo Carmen Rugel April 12, 2026 | 4 - 5 :30 pm | online Register Below Turn yards of any size into truly bird-friendly habitats. How can we best feed birds in our yards? The accepted wisdom of […]