Learn about the Rhody Native Project at the next RI Wild Plant Society meeting!
Rhody Native is an initiative to make indigenous plant material available to homeowners and organizations involved in habitat restoration. The Rhode Island Natural History Survey, along with the University of Rhode Island, Outreach Center, Master Gardeners Association, and the Plant Sciences Department, as well as the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, have partnered to source native plant material from Rhode Island wild stock through seed collection and stem cutting, to be grown and sold by the RI nursery industry. At present, much of the native plant material sold in Rhode Island, is sourced from material grown around the country in ecotypes that differ from those of Rhode Island. Differences in phenology place plants on time schedules that differ from those of our native flora and fauna. Rhody Native is an opportunity to promote local Rhode Island businesses, educate the public about RI’s native biodiversity, and improve our natural environment. The initiative is made possible by an American Reinvestment and Recovery Act grant, administered through the United States Forest Service, and awarded to the RINHS in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
The speaker, Hope Leeson, is currently the botanist for the Rhode Island Natural History Survey. Her lecture is presented by the RI Wild Plant Society at Providence Country Day School in East Providence. See What Grows On in RI for all the details.
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