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SUMMARY:Winter Sowing Native Plants
DESCRIPTION:Winter Sowing Native Plants\nFebruary 4 | 6 – 7 pm \nHarmony Library\, Chepachet RI \n  \nInterested in learning how to grow your own native plants?  Our team will provide gardeners with the materials and information needed to winter sow native plants.  Gardeners will sow seeds into a gallon milk jug and will be provided with instructions for winter care\, transplanting\, summer care\, and fall planting. Gardeners will be provided with seeds to take home for additional sowing. \nGardeners will need to bring a 1 gallon clear/translucent milk jug.  Gloves (optional).\nIn addition\, gardeners will need to have an outdoor place to store the milk jug over the winter. \nGardeners will be provided with links to websites that will provide information\n• How to hold the jugs over the winter and transplant the seedlings from the jugs to pots\n• How to grow the seedlings over the summer and plant the seedlings into the ground\n• Gardening guides for plants native to Rhode Island \nWe are a team of Master Gardeners and Rhode Island Wild Plant Society members\, including Betsy Lennon\, Susan Ricercato\, Kristen Buckley\, Mark Cordle\, Kate Sullivan\, Elaine Roman\, Noelle Wood\, Mari Nadolny\, Mary OConnor and Tricia Cass. We are coodinating with the Grow Rhode Island Native Seeds (GRINS) organization to provide winter sowing workshops.  We have been working with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for several years to create native plant gardens at Kettle Pond\, Trustom Pond\, and Sachuest Point and to propagate and plant thousands of native plants at wildlife refuges\, schools\, and public parks throughout Rhode Island.   \nThis program is offered at Harmony Library\, 195 Putnam Pike\, Chepachet\, RI 02814.  Reregister for this event online at https://www.glocesterlibraries.org/events.html (on the ‘Events’ calendar) or call the library at 949-2850. \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/winter-sowing-native-plants/
LOCATION:Chepachet\, RI
CATEGORIES:RIWPS Associated Events
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SUMMARY:Beechwood Lecture: Backyard Ecology
DESCRIPTION:Backyard Entomology: Who’s Who in Your Garden’s Ecosystem\nWednesday February 19\, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM \nBeechwood Center | 44 Beach Street | No Kingstown\, RI 02852 \nSpeaker: Pam Gilpin\, Estate Gardener and Certified Horticulturist \nInsects play an essential role as  pollinators\, predators and recyclers of decomposing animal and plant material. They are of vital importance as a source of food for birds\, mammals and other insects. Given the right habitat\, you can help to sustain the all-important ecosystem in your garden and have the insects working for you. \nThis lecture is offered by Beechwood Life Center and is a joint collaboration of URI Master Gardeners and RIWPS. \nThe program is free and open to the public. Registration is required due to space limitations \nTo Register: Contact the Volunteer/Program Coordinator at The Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment –  401-268-1594 or maylward@northkingstownri.gov. \n\nRegistration is for this lecture only\, not for upcoming lectures.\nPlease note:  Although the Beechwood Garden programs are offered to members and the public\, if you have not attended past lectures and/or registered your contact information with the Beechwood Center in the last three (3) years\, you may need to provide an updated information form.  The form will be provided by Beechwood Staff at the time of the lecture. Completion of this form is required for participation in all Beechwood Programs.\n\n\nSave the dates! Upcoming Beechwood Garden Lectures in 2025\nApril 16\, 2025: GET TO KNOW THE RARE PLANTS OF RHODE ISLAND\nKaren Asher\, Former President\, RI Wild Plant Society\, certified in Native Plant Studies from the Native Plant Trust\, publisher of numerous articles on Native Plants and program presenter. \nAugust 20\, 2025: SUMMER MUSHROOM FORAGING\nRyan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt\, The Mushroom Hunting Foundation \nOctober 15\, 2025: MISUNDERSTOOD ARBORICULTURAL PRACTICES: GETTING IT RIGHT\nChris Fletcher\, Certified Arborist
URL:https://riwps.org/event/beechwood-lecture-backyard-ecology/
LOCATION:Beechwood Center\, 44 Beach Street\, North Kingstown\, RI\, 02852\, United States
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