The Garden Conservancy Events
The Garden Conservancy
11 Old Postal Road
P.O. Box 219
Cold Spring, NY 10516
(845) 265-5384, www.gardenconservancy.org

Rhode Island Wild Plant Society Events
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED for all events with fees (and sometimes for those without fees). Register: 401-789-7497 or office@riwps.org 48 hours before walk. Fee. Make payment 48 hours ahead. Send check to RIWPS, PO Box 414, Exeter, RI 02822. Registered participants receive directions and details by e-mail or telephone. Walks rated easy, moderate, or strenuous for healthy people of average physical ability. Leaders are volunteers with no special training in first aid; participants assume full responsibility for their own well being. CANCELLATION:notify us asap so we may notify those on waiting list. DRESS AND EQUIPMENT: Usually long pants and sturdy shoes and socks (poison ivy, briers, ticks). Equipment might include insect repellent, hat, rubber boots, field guides, hand lens, small notebook, and/or hiking stick.
June 26 - THE LEDGES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 9-Noon
Leader: Doug McGrady: 401-935-5367, demcgrady@hotmail.com Late spring in Burlingame has many geological and botanical features. Varied terrain and habitats: Atlantic White Cedar Swamps, Red Cedar Rocky Summits, hilly areas of Oak / Heath forest. Bedrock exposed as vertical ledge and as broad expanses of flat rock. Moderate – Strenuous. Email: office@riwps.org | Voicemail: 401-789-7497. Fee. Charlestown, Burlingame State Park
June 26 - MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST 9-11
Carolina Management Area. Join herbalist and holistic veterinarian, Liz Hassinger, on walk to discover native medicinal plants. Discuss historic and modern uses of plants as medicines. Dress for tick prevention. Easy. Fee. Weather date: June 27
The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
Providence
401-453-3777, office@riwps.org www.riwps.org