Join RIWPS

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Become a Member of the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society

If you value Rhode Island’s unique environment and want to protect our native plants and their habitats, then please consider becoming a member of the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society.

RIWPS is a volunteer organization. We rely on our members’ support to continue our many plant conservation and education activities.

Membership Benefits

As a member, you not only receive the satisfaction of protecting our threatened native plants and their habitats, but also numerous other benefits.

• Meet new people who share a similar interest and participate in RIWPS initiatives such as native plant propagation, native gardens and restoration projects.

• Receive the WildfloraRl bulletin two times a year including wild flower cultivation notes.

• Get our monthly E-News delivered directly to your inbox. It will keep you up to date on all our activities.

• Enjoy early admission for non-organizational memberships and first pick at our June Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island featuring a large selection of native plants and shrubs, great deals for all gardeners.

• Receive invitations to our General Meetings (in November, January, and March) with highly-regarded guest speakers.

• Participate in special events for members only.

• Obtain reduced rates on programs, events and workshops year ’round.

• Join fellow members in our Facebook group – Rhode Island Wild Plant Society Members Hub 

• Contribute to our blog.

• For members who offers professional ecological gardening services, list your business in our Directory of Professional Landscape Services.

• Borrow our weed wrench, an amazingly helpful tool for pulling out invasives.

Membership Types

Individual ($40)
Membership benefits for one individual.

Affiliate ($40)
Designed for groups e.g.  partner organizations, environmental organizations and garden clubs, entitles group to membership benefits of one individual.

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Limited Income/Full-time Student ($10)
Membership benefits for one individual.

Family ($55)
Membership benefits for two adults and their children living in the same household under the age of 18.

Contributing ($75)
All Family benefits.

Sponsoring ($150)
All Family benefits.

Benefactor ($500)

Life – Individual ($1000)
All Sponsoring benefits for life.

Life – Family ($1500)
All Sponsoring benefits for life.

Gift Membership
A membership to RIWPS is a perfect way to observe an anniversary, graduation, wedding, or other special occasion. RIWPS will send a gift acknowledgment to you and a notification of the gift to the person you designate.