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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2026:  Guest Speaker Arthur Haines
DESCRIPTION:How Science\, Fieldwork\, and Time Reshape Our Understanding of New England’s Flora\n\nAnnual Meeting & Guest Speaker Arthur Haines\nFebruary 28\, 2026 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm\nURI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI\nDriving directions\, parking\, how to find the building and lecture hall \n  \nSchedule \n• 1:00 pm – Refreshments and Fellowship \n• 1:30  pm – Short business meeting to include voting for Trustees at Large and celebrating our Lifetime Service Award recipient\, Peter Lacouture and Volunteer of the Year awardees\, Pam Matson and Denise Reniere\,  followed by the talk by Arthur Haines. \n  \nThe public is welcome to attend the full program or arrive later for the talk. \n  \nREGISTER BELOW \n\nArthur Haines: Senior Research Botanist\, Native Plant Trust \nArthur is a plant biologist specializing in the taxonomy and identification of New England tracheophytes. He is the author of Flora Novae Angliae published by New England Wild Flower Society and Yale University Press\, and several other books\, including Flora of Maine\, A New Path\, and two books on foraging/medicinal plants. In addition to his work studying advancement in plant systematics\, Arthur is an administrator for the Go Botany and Plant Share websites and a Flora of North America regional reviewer. \nThe Second Edition: Updating the Flora Novae Angliae and Changes to the Taxonomy and Conservation of Rhode Island Plants\nArthur Haines’ Flora Novae Angliae manual\, first published in 2011\, was a new resource created to update the taxonomy and assist the conservation of plants in New England.  It formed the base for names used in the online Go Botany resource and informed the last update to Flora Conservanda: New England. Fifteen years later\, the 2nd edition will again bring a summary of new information for the region’s higher vascular plants. This talk will discuss new research and discoveries in the northeast with an emphasis on Rhode Island. \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-2026-guest-speaker-arthur-haines/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,General Meeting,Programs
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker
DESCRIPTION: Experience the Lure of \nObserving Plants in Wild Places\nAnnual Meeting & Guest Speaker\nMarch 1\, 2025 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm\nURI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI\nDriving directions\, parking\, how to find the building and lecture hall \n  \nMeeting is free and open to the public. REGISTER below to let us know you are coming. \nJoin us for refreshments and fellowship from 1:00 to 1:30\, followed by short business meeting and then our guest speaker Doug McGrady. The business meeting includes electing the Board of Trustees (Nomination Slate BoT 2025-2026)\, voting on changes to the Bylaws  (Proposed 2025 Bylaws-RIWPS for member approval). \nAdd your congratulations to our Volunteer Award Recipients!\n Volunteer of the Year Awards: Dottie Dylag & Diana McDonnell\nLifetime Service Award: Susan Shuster \nHelp reseed RI. Purchase some of our ReSeedingRI seeds which come with planting instructions. More details \nGuest Speaker Doug McGrady\nExploring the Flora of the American Southeast\nWhat flora caught Doug’s keenly focused photographic eye on a trip to the American southeast last spring? Well known to us for his sense of adventure\, Doug will show us what he discovered. We can ponder how it compares to what we know without having to leave EcoRegion 59. \nDoug McGrady\, intrepid RIWPS walk leader\, explores plant communities in and around RI so closely that he identifies dozens of rare plants among the usual suspects.  He records his excellent observational skills for the rest of us in stunning photographs\, some of which we’ll see today. In 2016\, RIWPS acknowledged his contributions to our collective botanical knowledge with a Lifetime Service Award. The RI Natural History Survey honored Doug with their Golden Eye Award in 2009. Doug also tracks rare and endangered plants as a Plant Conservation Volunteer with the Native Plant Trust. \nRecommendations: \nEnjoy Doug’s explorations on Flickr. \nExplore Among RI Wild Flowers\, RIWPS companion website dedicated to those wandering in the woods looking for plants \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-guest-speaker/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
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SUMMARY:The Best Native Plant Sale in Rhode Island  2023
DESCRIPTION:Save the date!\n  \nJune 3\, 2023 | 9 am – noon \n  \nURI Botanical Garden\, Kingston\, RI \n  \n(Member’s pre sale from 8 to 9  am) \n  \nMore Details to follow! \n  \nLearn more about our Native Plant Sales
URL:https://riwps.org/event/best-native-plant-sale-ri-2023/
LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,Plant sale,Programs
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting + Presentations
DESCRIPTION:RIWPS annual meeting will take place at the URI Pharmacy Building on Saturday\, March 11\, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. (Directions below). The business meeting  includes the annual report\, elections for Board of Trustees. We will also be  celebrating our volunteer award recipients. Lifetime Service Volunteer Awards  –  Mary Lou Upham & Nancy Weiss Fried. Volunteer of the Year Awards  – Gayle Anderson & Brenda Woodward. Read about their service! \nSo Many Ways to Go Wild with Native Plants\nBe inspired by a sample of different ways that we support native plants and their habitats. From Shannon Kingsley\, our botanist\, and our ReSeeding RI Steering Committee\, learn about the progress and challenges of our multi-year journey to increase the supply of first-generation ecotypic seeds and plants sourced from native wild plant populations.  Discover the impact of three recent annual grants.  Brian Maynard\, Professor of Plant Science at URI updated and maintains the website Among Rhode Island Wild Flowers\, a treasure trove of resources originally begun by RIWPS members with a passion for early botanical studies in Rhode Island.  David Vissoe\, Master Gardener uses the rain garden as a teaching tool at the Native Plant Demonstration Garden at Kettle Pond. Susan Gorelick\, Founder and Executive Director of Coalition Center for Environmental Sustainability has been spearheading an endeavor for improving environmental health in the Washington Park and Port of Providence communities. Native plants are being incorporated into a community garden that is being built. \nFriends and members welcome!  RSVP appreciated.  (form below) \nDIRECTIONS \nAvedisian Hall (Room 170) is located in the URI pharmacy building\, 7 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI. \nUse the campus map to find the building and parking  Click here to find a pdf of the campus map (which you can enlarge) \n\nFinding the Building – While the building is referred to as the Pharmacy Building\, it is mapped under 3 names\, corresponding to areas in the building: Avedisian\, Tyler and Woodward.  Room 170 is located in the Woodward wing of the building. \nParking – Use the Fine Arts (labeled 6 on the map). You do not need a visitors pass or permit to park.
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LOCATION:University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, RI
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