General Meeting & Guest Speaker

URI, Coastal Institute (Weaver Auditorium) 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI, United States

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo Randi Eckel Randi Eckel: Native Plants & the Creatures That Love Them A discussion of who eats what!  Which plants are favored by butterflies (and caterpillars), birds, wildlife and people… Dr. Randi Eckel has been working with native plants for over 30 years, and founded […]

General Meeting & Guest Lecture

URI, Coastal Institute (Weaver Auditorium) 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI, United States

Big & Little Bluestem, Michigan roadside. Photo Rhobin's Garden Blog Meadows of Native Warm-Season Grasses and Forbs Coming to New England's Roadsides? A major research project of the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC), funded by the Department of Transportation in all six New England states, aims to find the most affordable, reliable, and expeditious methods for establishing meadows of […]