Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
Open Tuesday – Sunday: 10am to 4pm
1 Floral Ave
Providence, RI 02905
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The Roger Williams Park Botanical Center is New England’s largest glasshouse display garden. Find a quiet reprieve in any one of the four year-round greenhouses. A wide variety of plants can be found, including majestic 40′ tall palms, carnivorous plants, 10′ cacti, and succulents. The rose maze is in bloom from June to September and the outdoor perennial gardens bloom with color from spring to fall. Visit the calendar to view special events, workshops, and other activities. Indoors or out, the Center is a magical place to visit in the heart of beautiful Roger Williams Park.
Membership
Support the Botanical Center and get a year of FREE admission to the Botanical Center during open public hours as well as discounts to events, workshops, and more. Membership levels start at just $25.
Volunteer
Have fun while helping the Botanical Center fulfill its mission and make some new friends while you’re at it. Many volunteer opportunities are available: gardening marketing, working with goats, and so much more.
Visit
Plan your visit and enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the Botanical Center. Fun for all ages, open year-round.
HAPPENING NOW
Soft Pastels in the Greenhouses & Winter Garden
For six consecutive weeks, learn how to use soft pastels with artist Jeneane Lunn. Using the techniques of the Impressionist painters, students will work to capture the changing light effects of nature in the tropical environment of the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center greenhouses, or weather permitting, in the outdoor Winter Garden. Soft pastels are a great medium for doing small studies or finished work. This class will offer an easy technique for starting pastels that you can develop into your own finished pieces of art. Our focus will be on increasing our perception of color to create more and more complex, beautiful layers of color while enjoying the serenity of the garden.
This series is appropriate for students of all levels.
Bring your lunch for a time of hanging out talking art following the class.