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.