Barrington Land Trust

Student Stewardship Team - Osamequin Nature Preserve
2025-11-16 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Osamequin Nature Preserve, 1580 Rte. 114 North, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be working at Osamequin Nature Preserve.
Dress for the weather and wear long pants, socks, shoes, and your Land Trust t-shirt and hat (optional). Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Thanks for participating!

Art in Nature: Nature Journaling at Sowams Woods
2025-11-13 10:00 - 13:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
Join artist Allison Wilbur for our next Nature Journaling session. This session will take place on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 10 am to 1 pm at Sowams Woods off Washington Road in Barrington, RI.
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Allison has been leading us on an exploration of Land Trust properties to improve our powers of observation and keep a record of the changing seasons.
You’ll be invited to share ideas on what to enter into your journal and encourage each other as you explore and document the natural world.
Each participant should bring their own journal and pens, pencils, watercolors or whatever supplies fit your practice. This group is focused on sharing of ideas and approaches (not artistic instruction).
This event is open to all ages (as long as children are accompanied by an adult).
About Allison Wilbur
Allison Wilbur is a quilt artist who focuses on the natural world and women’s empowerment. Living on the edge of one of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust properties, she enjoys daily walks in the field and often records the passing of the seasons in her journal. Allison has recently shared her work at the Audubon Society and the Blithewold Gallery in Bristol. You can learn more about Allison and her work at AllisonWilburQuilts.com.

Student Stewardship Team - St. Andrews Farm
2025-11-08 09:00 - 11:00 | St. Andrews Farm, 101 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9-11 am, we’ll be working at St. Andrews Farm, 101 Middle Highway, Barrington.
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear and socks, long pants and your t-shirt and hat (optional). Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT

Learning Series: The Secret Life of Birds
2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Join us on Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 pm for “The Secret Life of Birds” with wildlife videographer Gerald “Gerry” Krausse. The presentation will take place in the Salem Family Auditorium at the Barrington Public Library, our partner in the event.
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Gerry is a patient man. He sits with his camera for hours at a time, waiting for birds to fly back and forth from their nest, building it one twig at a time. He’s there when the eggs begin to hatch and the chicks take their first wobbling flights into the world.
Gerry will present a series of short videos featuring a variety of birdlife and other creatures. His videos are peaceful and inspiring to watch, set to a background of ethereal music. He’ll discuss his experience as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker and take your questions.
About Gerry Krausse
Gerry Krausse served as a professor for 30 years at the University of Rhode Island, teaching courses in Geography, Coastal and Marine Resources Management, Tourism, and Conservation. He now devotes his time to wildlife videography. Follow Gerry on YouTube.

Student Stewardship Team - Event Support
2025-11-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
We’re looking for two or three people to help at the registration desk at the Barrington Public Library (upstairs) from 6:30 to 7:15 pm at the Learning Series event, “The Secret Life of Birds.” You’re welcome to stay for the event if you’re interested.
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Student Stewardship Team - Sowams Woods
2025-10-25 09:00 - 11:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Saturday, October 25, from 9-11 am, we’ll be working at Sowams Woods.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear and socks, long pants and your Land Trust t-shirt and hat (optional). Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the trailhead of Sowams Woods off Washington Road (on South Lake Drive, a dirt road bordering the golf course), across from Lighthouse Lane.
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team: Osamequin Nature Preserve
2025-10-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Osamequin Nature Preserve, 1580 Rte. 114 North, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, Oct. 19, from 1 – 3 pm, we’ll be working at Osamequin Nature Preserve.
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes and socks, long pants, and your Land Trust hat and t-shirt (optional). Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Osamequin Nature Preserve is located on the northbound side of Rte. 114, approximately one mile north of the intersection of County Road and Massassoit Ave, in Barrington, RI, shortly after you pass Walker Farm on your right. The preserve’s parking lot is marked with a sign.

Guided Walk: St. Andrews Farm
2025-10-18 09:30 - 10:30 | St. Andrews Farm, 101 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
Join us on Saturday, October 18, at 9:30 am for a guided walk at St. Andrews Farm. This 28-acre expanse of field, forest and athletic fields off Middle Highway in Barrington, RI is owned by the Town and managed by the St. Andrews Farm Management Committee, which is composed of Land Trust members, abutters, and several Town officials.
The terrain is gentle and the property is open to the public year-round, dawn to dusk. The guided walk will last about an hour. All ages are welcome.
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The walk will be led by Property Steward Ginger Brown. Ginger is a former president of the Land Trust and author of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Rhode Island. Ginger has more than 30 years of experience as a professional biologist and has been a staff member at The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Natural History Survey, and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
The property was operated by St. Andrews School as a working farm from the 1890s until the 1960s. In 2000, the McAdams Charitable Foundation, through the generosity of Norman (“Sandy”) and Dorothy (“Dotty”) McCulloch, purchased the property from St. Andrews School and donated it to the Town of Barrington.
Ginger Brown with visitors to St. Andrews Farm
This generous gift ensured that the property would be preserved and maintained as open recreational space for the benefit of the public. Part of the property was set aside for the construction of an athletic field. The remaining acres of rolling grassland and trees bounded by upland and wetland forests are preserved as conservation land.
Consistent with the McCullochs’ goals for the property, the Town and the Land Trust have worked together to restore the property to its original condition and encourage greater public use for walking, birding and educational purposes.

The McCulloch Fields contain a mix of plant communities ranging from field grasses and wildflowers interspersed with islands of shrubs and trees to a woodland buffer around the periphery. Of particular note are a rare Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticullata) and a champion white oak tree with a trunk exceeding 12 feet in diameter. The fields provide a habitat for a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects. Their proximity to the coastal flyway makes it a potentially important stop-over for migratory birds.
For more information about the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, please email Executive Director Cindy Elder.

Art in Nature: Nature Journaling at St. Andrews Farm
2025-10-16 10:00 - 13:00 | St. Andrews Farm, 101 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
Join artist Allison Wilbur for our next Nature Journaling session. This session will take place on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 am to 1 pm at St. Andrews Farm, 101 Middle Highway, Barrington.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Allison has been leading us on an exploration of Land Trust properties to improve our powers of observation and keep a record of the changing seasons.
You’ll be invited to share ideas on what to enter into your journal and encourage each other as you explore and document the natural world.
Each participant should bring their own journal and pens, pencils, watercolors or whatever supplies fit your practice. This group is focused on sharing of ideas and approaches (not artistic instruction).
This event is open to all ages (as long as children are accompanied by an adult).
About Allison Wilbur
Allison Wilbur is a quilt artist who focuses on the natural world and women’s empowerment. Living on the edge of one of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust properties, she enjoys daily walks in the field and often records the passing of the seasons in her journal. Allison has recently shared her work at the Audubon Society and the Blithewold Gallery in Bristol. You can learn more about Allison and her work at AllisonWilburQuilts.com.

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Pollinator Garden
2025-10-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 – 11 am, we’ll be working at the Pollinator Garden behind the Barrington Middle School at 261 Middle Highway.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear with socks, long pants and Land Trust hat and t-shirt (optional). Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Learning Series: How Healthy is Narragansett Bay?
2025-10-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7 pm for a presentation on the health of Narragansett Bay by Dr. Warren Prell, Professor of Oceanography Emeritus, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University.
The presentation will take place in the Salem Family Auditorium at the Barrington Public Library, our partner in the Land Trust Learning Series.
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Fifty years ago, Narragansett Bay was heavily polluted with excess nutrients (mostly Nitrogen) and coliform bacteria. These conditions led to hypoxia (low oxygen), high chlorophyll levels, fish kills, and much of the upper bay closed to shell fishing.
Today, the Bay is greatly improved. The nitrogen input to the Bay have been reduced by 50%, the area of hypoxia and excess chlorophyll has been dramatically reduced, and the upper bay and part of the Providence River are conditionally open to shell fishing.
Warren will review how the Narragansett Bay estuary works, what leads to hypoxia, the changes that were made to reduce pollution levels, and how the improvements to the Bay were monitored. He will also speculate on how climate change may affect future hypoxia levels in the Bay.
About Warren Prell
Dr. Warren Prell received a BA in 1966 with Honors from Hanover College and a PhD in 1974 from Columbia University. He became director of oceanographic and geologic programs for the NYC Energy Research and Development Authority before being appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Brown in 1975. He was promoted to full professor in 1989 and was appointed to the Henry L. Doherty Chair in Oceanography in 1990.

Thanks to our 2025 Land Trust Learning Series Sponsors!

Meridian Custom Homes ~ Providence
Charles E. Millard, Inc. General Contractors – Bristol
Tiffany’s Salon & Spa – Barrington
PODS Swimming – East Providence
Rosemary’s School of Dance – Warren, Bristol, Rehoboth
Jaffe Orthodontics – Barrington & Portsmouth

Student Stewardship Team - Event Support
2025-10-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
We’re looking for two or three people to help at the registration desk at the Barrington Public Library (upstairs) from 6:30 to 7:15 pm at the Learning Series event, “How Healthy is Narragansett Bay?” You’re welcome to stay for the event if you’re interested.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT

International Coastal Cleanup at Barrington Beach
2025-10-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Barrington Town Beach, 88 Bay Road, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
On Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 am to noon, you can become part of the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean by participating in a clean up at Barrington Town Beach coordinated by Save the Bay and the Barrington Land Conservation Trust.
Advance registration is required on Save the Bay’s website. You will need to create a volunteer account with Save the Bay (if you don’t already have one) to complete the registration process.
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The International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean. People all over the world remove trash from the shores and document what they find. The data is published in an annual by report on marine debris the Ocean Conservancy.

Student Stewardship Team - Pokanoket Community Garden
2025-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Pokanoket Community Garden, Prospect Street, Seekonk, MA, 02771
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, Oct. 2, from 9 to 11 am, we’ll be helping out at the Pokanoket community garden in Seekonk. This is a special outreach project and a wonderful opportunity to meet members of our local Pokanoket Tribe.
Wear long pants, sturdy shoes and socks, and your Land Trust hat and t-shirt (optiona) Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-09-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team: Mussachuck Grove
2025-09-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Mussachuck Grove, Corner of Appian Way and Grove St., Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, Sept. 21, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be working at Mussachuck Grove.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear and long pants with socks. Wear your Land Trust hat and t-shirt (optional). Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team - Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
2025-09-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9-11 am, we’ll be working at Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear and long pants with socks. Wear your Land Trust hat and t-shirt (optional). Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-09-16 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Guided Walk: Osamequin Nature Preserve
2025-09-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Osamequin Nature Preserve, 1580 Rte. 114 North, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
Experience the late summer beauty of Osamequin Nature Preserve with a guided walk on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 1 pm. The walk will be led by Kathryn Beauchamp from the Barrington Garden Club, which co-stewards the property with the Barrington Land Conservation Trust and the Town of Barrington.
Dress for the weather and bring your camera. All ages are welcome. The walk will last about an hour over moderate terrain, some of which may be wet.
REGISTER FOR THE WALK
Osamequin Nature Preserve is a 42-acre property located on the Wampanoag Trail, bordering Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, RI. Visit the Osamequin Nature Preserve page for more information, including map and GPS coordinates.
We’ll meet in the parking area at the entrance to Osamequin Nature Preserve, which is located on the northbound side of Rte. 114, shortly after you pass Walker Farm on your right. Round trip, the walking distance is about 2 miles.

Learning Series: Thirst for Justice (documentary film)
2025-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Mary Lyons, an Ojibwe elder and spiritual advisor, at Standing Rock.
Join us for a free screening of Thirst for Justice, an award-winning documentary film about the quest for clean water, directed and produced by Leana Hosea. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 pm in the Salem Family Auditorium at the Barrington Public Library. The 58-minute film will be followed by audience response.
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This event is part of the Land Trust Learning Series, a partnership between the Land Trust and the Barrington Public Library and supported by local sponsors.
Armed only with facts and their illnesses, extraordinary citizens take on industry and government, risking arrest to protect clean water. From Flint to the Navajo Nation, via Standing Rock, this is their story.
THIRST FOR JUSTICE follows Janene Yazzie as she searches for the source of contamination in her son’s school’s water in Sanders, Arizona. She suspects drinking uranium-contaminated water from the 1979 Church Rock dam spill caused her ovarian cancer.
Armed with a geiger counter she begins investigating radioactive waste on the Navajo Nation and finds areas hotter than evacuation zones in Chernobyl.
When the epic movement for water justice ignites in Standing Rock, Janene is compelled to join. There she meets Flint water activist Nayyirah Shariff and their struggles converge.
Janene travels to Flint, where she sees first hand the similarities between what’s happening in this inner-city and the Navajo experience.
The sacredness of water flows through the film, with the water ceremonies and teachings from water carriers, like Mary Lyons and other Water Protectors.

Thanks to our 2025 Land Trust Learning Series Sponsors!

Meridian Custom Homes ~ Providence
Charles E. Millard, Inc. General Contractors – Bristol
Tiffany’s Salon & Spa – Barrington
PODS Swimming – East Providence
Rosemary’s School of Dance – Warren, Bristol, Rehoboth
Jaffe Orthodontics – Barrington & Portsmouth

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-09-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Saturday, Sept. 6, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-08-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, August 26, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Veterans Memorial Park
2025-08-25 09:00 - 11:00 | Veterans Park, West Street, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, Aug. 25, from 9-11 am, we’ll be doing trail work and picking up litter at Veterans Memorial Park.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the YMCA parking lot at 70 West St.

Art in Nature: Being [with] Trees with Kendall Reiss
2025-08-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust’s “Art in Nature” Series presents a community workshop, “Being [with] Trees,” on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 9 am to noon, with artist Kendall Reiss. The workshop will take place at Sowams Woods in Barrington, RI. Participants will learn to produce molds from natural materials and transform them into art objects and wearables.
This free workshop is open to adults and students age 12+. No prior artistic experience is required. Registration is limited to 20 people.
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Sowams Woods, one of the properties protected by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, is part of the ancestral homelands of the Pokanoket people. The preserve is considered a sacred area by the Pokonoket Tribe, a place of peace that was once set aside for women and for childbirth. In 2006, the Land Trust acquired Sowams Woods with the support of local, state, and federal funding and local philanthropists. The property encompasses 12 acres of forested land with a network of trails bordering Echo Lake.

Molding a Relationship with Trees
“With their ability to sequester carbon and provide clean water, forests are integral to understand earth’s climate and cultivate sustainable ecosystems,” says artist Kendall Reiss, a Professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
In this community workshop, participants will work with two different types of alginate to produce molds from trees, rocks, pinecones, and natural materials found at Sowams Woods. From these molds, participants will cast objects and wearables in concrete.
Kendall Reiss has conducted artistic projects among indigenous tree-species reforestation sites in Portugal, in networks of old growth forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, in the pine-esker forests of Finland, and with an indigenous tulip tree elder in her hometown of Bristol, R.I. Her work takes many forms: jewelry, objects, conversations, writings, rituals, exhibits, shared understandings, and community workshops.
“My hope is to fuel an ongoing collaboration in which trees are participants in artistic creation and biologic exchange,” she says.
Worksop Handout
Kendall Reiss
About Kendall Reiss
Kendall Reiss is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, where she serves as Chair of the 3D & Performance Department. A native of Bristol, she grew up exploring the rocky shoreline of Narragansett Bay. She earned a BS in Geology from Dickinson College, studied at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and received an MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Kendall will be exhibiting cast glass objects from the Being [with] Trees series in an upcoming exhibition this fall at contemporary art gallery Sala 1 in Rome, Italy. Curated by Dr. Martina Tanga, the show, titled Learning from Trees: Artists & Climate Solutions, opens at the end of September and includes four artists from the Boston region. Her work also has been exhibited at museums in Finland and Portugal, the New York City Jewelry Week, the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Bristol Art Museum, and Haskell Public Gardens. Kendall recently presented her ongoing research project, BEING [with] TREES at the College Art Association annual conference in the session, Learning from Trees: Artists & Climate Solutions.
Kendall has worked on curatorial projects at Brooklyn Metal Works, The Hotel Wilshire, Velvet da Vinci, and Alloy Gallery. She has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Fuller Craft Museum, and with Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft.
Kendall owns and operates the local arts initiative, Kendall Reiss Gallery & Studio, at 469 Wood Street in Bristol, RI. The business focuses on exhibiting the work of contemporary artists and jewelers, offers private instruction and small group classes in jewelry making and metalworking, in addition to serving as Kendall’s studio.

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Garden
2025-08-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, Aug. 21, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be working at the Pollinator Garden behind the Barrington Middle School at 261 Middle Highway.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-08-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, August 12, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Pokanoket Community Garden
2025-08-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Pokanoket Community Garden, Prospect Street, Seekonk, MA, 02771
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, Aug. 11, from 9 to 11 am, we’ll be helping out at the Pokanoket community garden in Seekonk. This is a special outreach project and a wonderful opportunity to meet members of our local Pokanoket Tribe.
Wear sturdy shoes, shorts or lightweight long pants, a t-shirt or workshirt, and your Land Trust hat. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT

Student Stewardship Team - PIC-WIL Nature Preserve
2025-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Pic-Wil Nature Preserve, Washington Rd., Barrington, RI, United States
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, from 10 am to noon, we’ll be working at PIC-WIL Nature Preserve, removing debris and doing trail maintenance. We’ll meet at the PIC-WIL parking area on Washington Road, across from Tallwood Drive.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Wear long pants, knee-high waterproof boots, and your land trust hat and t-shirt. Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Guided Walk: Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
2025-08-09 09:00 - 10:30 | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
Experience one of Barrington’s rarely seen wilderness areas with the Barrington Land Conservation Trust.
On Saturday, Aug. 9, at 5 9 am, join a guided walk through the Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve, a 32-acre expanse of field, forest and wetland between Sowams Road and the Palmer River. The walk will be led by Property Steward Bill Kirkpatrick.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dogs are not allowed because of the birds and animals that make this wildlife preserve their home.
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve is located on Sowams Road, 0.7 miles north of Sowams Elementary School.
The walk takes approximately one and a half hours over moderate terrain, which may be wet in places. We recommend you wear lightweight long pants, sturdy shoes and socks, and a lightweight long-sleeved shirt to protect against mosquitos and ticks. Bug spray will be available. Parking is available on site.
Be aware that the primary bridge which connected the two sides of the property was washed out during a king high tide storm. You will be able to walk both sides of the property, but you won’t be able to walk it as a loop trail. A new bridge is in the works.
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve was acquired by the Land Trust in 1991 through a combination of Rhode Island and Barrington Open Space bonds and charitable donations to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. Due to the sensitive native plants and animals on the property, it is not generally open to the public. The Land Trust hosts several guided walks each year to enable the public to experience the property, which has been preserved as a wilderness reserve in perpetuity.

Student Stewardship Team - Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
2025-08-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Friday, Aug. 8, from 9 to 11 am, the Student Stewardship Team will be doing trail maintenance Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve.
Wear lightweight long pants, socks, shoes, and your Land Trust hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve is located on Sowams Road in Barrington. The entrance lies between 461 Sowams Road and 475 Sowams Road. You can park in the grassy area indicated on the map. If you get lost or will be late, call/text me at 508-733-2443.
