VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY 

Adult volunteers are needed to continue control efforts of Japanese spiraea and garlic mustard in the Bear Pen Run area of Savage River State Forest. Bear Pen is designated as a Type 1 Wildland and like other natural areas around the State is threatened by a variety of exotic invasive species. Savage River State Forest is providing logistical support. Local community members will provide snacks for volunteers.  

Participants should bring their own water & tick spray, and wear water-proof trail shoes/boots since there are several stream crossings with rough terrain. There will be a limited number of work gloves available, if needed. Sorry, but no pets are allowed and no rest rooms are available. 

For more information on the project or to volunteer, please contact Ron Boyer by email at lmcd.mnps@gmail.com  Volunteers will be asked to provide a phone # and/or email address that could be used in case of last minute cancellation due to severe weather or unforeseen circumstances. If cancelled, the rain/snow date will be on the following day, Wednesday April 12.

Sponsor: Church of the Redeemer
Locations: 5603 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21210

Directions: From Baltimore Beltway (1-695), take exit 25 south. Follow Charles St. for 4.0 miles and turn left into the church entrance.

Need more information? Contact Dorothea Lankford at (410) 868-4804 or dortjabl@gmail.com

Visit us online: www.facebook.com/BaltimoreNativePlantSale

Not all vendors accept credit cards. Please be prepared to pay with cash or check.

Sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

Native plants add beauty and interest to your garden all year long and provide important habitat for wildlife. Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Native Plant Sale is the place to buy spring-blooming flowers, vines, trees, shrubs and ferns from four local native plant nurseries. The sale will be staffed by volunteers knowledgeable about native plants who can advise you on selecting natives for your garden.

In addition to selling plants, the Sale provides an opportunity to learn about some of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s programs. Our Wild Shop will be there with books, T shirts, mugs and other merchandise for sale. Community partners—including the Banshee Reeks Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists and Loudoun County Master Gardeners—will have booths at the sale, as well. We’ll also have TLC, a fertilizer and deer deterrent, to give away.

Find more information about the LWC Native Plant Sate at: https://loudounwildlife.org/event/spring-native-plant-sale/

Sponsored by Assateague State Park
Location: Assateague State Park Marina
7100 Verrazano Bridge RD
Berlin, MD 21811


Help us  welcome spring by  planting native plant species  in  our  pollinator  garden and learn  from our local  vendors!  Bring  your friends  and family  and join us  for this  FREE  event. Festivities  will be held at Assateague State Park Marina located on  the left  side of Route 611, just before the bridge to Assateague  Island.

For  questions, please contact: kara.holland@maryland.gov

Speaker: Bethany Bradley

YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK

We can accommodate the 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Registering does not guarantee a space in the Zoom meeting. 

Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM. 

The program is free and open to the public.

This presentation explores how planting native can help to reduce invasions and build ecological resilience to climate change.

Bethany Bradley is a Professor of Biogeography and Invasion Ecology in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Her research has a strong focus on terrestrial plant invasions, with a goal of understanding how invasive plant distributions, abundance, and impact vary spatially. Bethany also leads the Northeast Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (RISCC) Management network, which addresses the question of how we can better manage for upcoming biological invasions in light of climate change.

This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.

The program is free and open to the public.

If you enjoy MNPS programs please consider clicking here to make a donation. And don't forget to renew your membership!

Note that if you donate through the event registration, and subsequently cancel, the donation will temporarily appear as a credit.  It will take time for the donation to be reinstituted to your account.  Donations and membership dues are non-refundable.

Sponsored by Robinson Nature Center

10the Annual Native Plant Palooza

Location: Robinson Nature Center; 6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia

For information: Georgia Hardesty ghardesty@howardcountymd.gov www.howardcountymd.gov/plantnatives

Discover the important connection between native plants, people, & wildlife! Download event flyer

Plants native to the mid-Atlantic region! 

Note: orders may be placed in advance with EHC & Wood Thrush for pick-up at the event. Please contact them directly; only cash or check accepted at event!

Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery - Floyd, VA

woodthrushnatives.com 

Evergreen Heritage Center - Mount Savage, MD

evergreenheritagecenter.org

Friends of New Germany State Park - Grantsville, MD

facebook.com/friendsofnewgermanystatepark 

Nature-themed artwork!

Note: due to limited cell service, only cash or check accepted the day of the event!

Peggy Nixon Designs - Salisbury, PA

slatelady3190@yahoo.com

Marta Fiscus Photography - Cumberland, MD

martafiscusphotos.com

Keen and Bright - Swanton, MD

keen-bright.com

Mountain Creek Glass - Masontown, WV

facebook.com/MountainCreekGlass

Special guest speaker!

“Eat Your Backyard! Tasty and Nutritious Treats from Maryland’s Native Plants”

Dr. Candy DeBerry, Washington & Jefferson College

Family-friendly activities & nature walks!

More details as they become available.

Conservation education displays!

University of Maryland Extension - Garrett County Master Gardeners

extension.umd.edu/locations/garrett-county/home-gardening 

Evergreen Heritage Center

evergreenheritagecenter.org

Garrett Trails

garretttrails.org

Maryland Conservation Corps

dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/mcc.aspx

Garrett County Forestry Board 

facebook.com/garrettcountyforestryboard

Trout Unlimited 

tu.org

American Forest Foundation

familyforestcarbon.org

Garrett County Solid Waste & Recycling

garrettcounty.org/solid-waste-recycling

Friends of New Germany State Park

facebook.com/friendsofnewgermanystatepark

Maryland Native Plant Society

mdflora.org

New Germany State Park, the Friends of New Germany State Park,

and the Maryland Native Plant Society are sponsoring this FREE event!

The public is welcome to attend!

Your support of vendors & organizations through your purchases is deeply appreciated!

Only snacks & drinks available at the Lake House, so pack a picnic lunch! 

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

Driving Directions: 

From Baltimore: West on I-70 to Hancock. Pick up I-68 and travel through Cumberland, MD. Continue west to Exit 22. Enter the roundabout and take the fourth exit onto Chestnut Ridge Road. Pass the Comfort Inn and follow Chestnut Ridge Road for three miles to New Germany Road. Turn left and travel two miles to the New Germany State Park entrance on left. Travel time ~ three hours. Signs will direct you to parking for this special event. 

From Washington, D.C.: Take 270 north to Frederick, MD. Pickup I-70 west and follow directions above for Baltimore. Travel time ~ 3.5 hours.

From Pittsburgh, PA/Morgantown, WV: Take I-79 to I-68 east into Maryland to Exit 22 toward the Comfort Inn. Enter the roundabout and take the first exit onto Chestnut Ridge Road. Travel about three miles to New Germany Road. Turn left and travel to the New Germany State Park entrance on left. Travel time ~ one hour from Morgantown and 2 hours from Pittsburgh. Signs will direct you to parking for this special event. 

Additional information to follow as details become available. 

Questions? Phone the park office at 301-895-5453 or email Liz McDowell at lmcd.mnps@gmail.com

Sponsored by  Irvine Nature Center

Native Plant Sale & Workshop

The event will consist of 9 workshop presentations and the sale of native plants by area nurseries. The workshops, led by professional ecologists and master gardeners, ranging from grass identification to planting for a variety of soil conditions will run all day and be fee based. The sale will free and open to the public.

Location: Irvine Nature Center,  11201 Garrison Forest Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117

https://www.explorenature.org/event/native-plant-sale-2023/

Speaker: Heather McCargo

YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK

We can accommodate the first 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Registering does not guarantee a space in the Zoom meeting. 

Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM. 

The program is free and open to the public.

Heather will discuss the fascinating life cycles of some New England native plants and describe how we can change our landscape practices to support wild plant reproduction, pollinators, and wildlife. She will demonstrate simple outdoor seed sowing methods to help increase native plant populations. Growing native plants from seed is a great way to protect the genetic diversity of our native flora and to produce an abundance of plants inexpensively. Be part of a grassroots movement to sow native seeds!

Heather founded Wild Seed Project in 2014 and served as Executive Director from 2014 to 2021. She now focuses her work on expanding our native seed collection and propagation center.

Heather is an educator with 30 years’ experience in plant propagation, landscape design, horticulture, and conservation. A former head plant propagator at the New England Wild Flower Society’s (now Native Plant Trust) Garden in the Woods during the 1990s, Heather has also worked at several landscape architecture/planning firms specializing in ecological design, and has contributed to research projects with USAID, the National Gardening Association, and MOFGA. She has lectured nationally and is widely published in journals and magazines such as Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s “Growing from Seed,” Horticulture, American Nurseryman, Ecological Landscape Alliance, and many others. Heather designed the master plan for the medicinal gardens at Avena Botanicals in Rockport and was the creator of the Bay School Agricultural Arts program in Blue Hill. Heather has a BA in plant ecology from Hampshire College and an MA from the Conway School of Landscape Design.

This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.

If you enjoy MNPS programs please consider clicking here to make a donation. And don't forget to renew your membership!

Note that if you donate through the event registration, and subsequently cancel, the donation will temporarily appear as a credit.  It will take time for the donation to be reinstituted to your account.  Donations and membership dues are non-refundable.

Speaker: Ellen Lake

YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK

We can accommodate the first 100 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Registering does not guarantee a space in the Zoom meeting. 

Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM. 

The program is free and open to the public.

This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.

The program is free and open to the public.

If you enjoy MNPS programs please consider clicking here to make a donation. And don't forget to renew your membership!

Note that if you donate through the event registration, and subsequently cancel, the donation will temporarily appear as a credit.  It will take time for the donation to be reinstituted to your account.  Donations and membership dues are non-refundable.