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You can order online on https://evergreenheritagecenter.org/native-plants-at-ehc/ .
Pick-Up Dates at Evergreen Heritage Center: April 21, May 19, June 23, July 21, Sept 22 | 1:00-4:00pm
Pick-Up Date at New Germany State Park Native Plant Sale: May 11 | 10am – 3pm
Online Sale Only beginning May 1.
Pick Up May 11
Shop in-person: May 18-19 10am-2 pm
Pope Farm Nursery, 7400 Airpark Road | Gaithersburg, Maryland 20905 Please note Pope Farm is only open to the public during sale hours.
For more information visit MoCoParks.org/LGPlantNative
Beautify your backyard, be a good neighbor to wildlife, and support nature programming at Montgomery Parks by shopping our Native Plant Sales
This sale benefit Locust Grove Nature Center. Our herbaceous perennials are propagated from seeds collected by our team from parks, and then cultivated as local ecotypes at our facility, Pope Farm. We also offer a limited selection of trees.
The link is here: https://montgomeryparks.org/plant-sales/
Location: Providence Greenhouses
370 Shore Acres Road, Arnold, MD 21012 (Anne Arundel)
Providence is a non-profit supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Maryland. They grow native plants (and others) in-house.
info@providenceofmaryland.org
https://providenceofmaryland.org/event/mothers-day-spring-plant-sale/
New Germany State Park in Garrett County
Discover the important connection between native plants, people, & wildlife!
Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery - Floyd, VA Evergreen Heritage Center - Mount Savage, MD Native Roots, Inc - Mineral Wells, WV Wild Spirit Native Plants - Thurmont, MD
Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery - Floyd, VA
Evergreen Heritage Center - Mount Savage, MD
Native Roots, Inc - Mineral Wells, WV
Wild Spirit Native Plants - Thurmont, MD
Marta Fiscus Photography - Cumberland, MD (award winning macro photos) Peggy Nixon Designs - Salisbury, PA (hand-painted slates & note cards) Keen and Bright - Swanton, MD (glass creations) Peasant’s Parcel - Capon Bridge, WV (grow your own mushrooms) Appalachian Wax Works - Oakland, Maryland (quality goods from the bee hive)
Marta Fiscus Photography - Cumberland, MD (award winning macro photos)
Peggy Nixon Designs - Salisbury, PA (hand-painted slates & note cards)
Keen and Bright - Swanton, MD (glass creations)
Peasant’s Parcel - Capon Bridge, WV (grow your own mushrooms)
Appalachian Wax Works - Oakland, Maryland (quality goods from the bee hive)
10:30 to 11:30 am Jen Johnson, Owner/Operator, Native Roots Inc. “Restoring Ecological Services with Native Plant Gardening” 12 noon to 1:00 pm Ian Caton, Owner/Operator, Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery “Super Tough Wildflowers” 1:30 to 2:30 pm Mitch Hall, Director of Landcare Services, Fourth River Workers Guild, Pittsburgh, PA “Reading Between the Lines”
10:30 to 11:30 am
Jen Johnson, Owner/Operator, Native Roots Inc.
“Restoring Ecological Services with Native Plant Gardening”
12 noon to 1:00 pm
Ian Caton, Owner/Operator, Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery
“Super Tough Wildflowers”
1:30 to 2:30 pm
Mitch Hall, Director of Landcare Services, Fourth River Workers Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
“Reading Between the Lines”
Ranger-guided walks ("Eating Invasives" and "Tree ID") plus a unique bingo game!
University of Maryland Extension - Garrett County Master Gardeners Garrett Trails Maryland Conservation Corps American Forest Foundation Garrett County Solid Waste & Recycling Evergreen Heritage Center Maryland Department of Agriculture - Spotted Lanternfly Program Garrett County Forestry Board Friends of New Germany State Park West Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation Garrett Soil Conservation District Maryland Native Plant Society
University of Maryland Extension - Garrett County Master Gardeners
Garrett Trails
Maryland Conservation Corps
American Forest Foundation
Garrett County Solid Waste & Recycling
Evergreen Heritage Center
Maryland Department of Agriculture - Spotted Lanternfly Program
Garrett County Forestry Board
Friends of New Germany State Park
West Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation
Garrett Soil Conservation District
Maryland Native Plant Society
The Maryland Native Plant Society is partnering with both New Germany and the Friends of New Germany State Park to sponsor this FREE event! The public is welcome to attend (no registration required) but your support of the vendors & organizations through your purchases is deeply appreciated! Only snacks and drinks are available at the Lake House, so pack a picnic lunch and spend the day in this beautiful mountain park.
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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.
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
Registration through April 11 for members only.
Location: Taylor’s Island/Slaughter Creek, Dorchester County There’s limited parking, so we’ll meet Cambridge to consolidate the number of vehicles before heading to the field trip location
Leader: Deborah Barber
Deborah will provide an introduction to the preserve and a quick review of iNaturalist on peoples’ devices,. We'll then spread out in all directions to make observations of whatever interests them. We ask that participants upload their observations within 4 days so Deborah (and others) can review them within the week and help with IDs.
Notes: It is often very wet there, even at low tide, so rubber boots would be best.
Prepare beforehand: Download the iNaturalist app on your phone, create an iNaturalist account, and remember your user name and password! https://www.inaturalist.org/signup
Bring: fully charged phone or digital camera, water, snack, field guides.
More Information: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/frank-m-ewingrobinson-neck-preserve/
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Limited to 10 people.
FREE
Directions will be included in registration confirmation.
Please consider the safety, health, and well-being of all participants in our programs and stay home if the participant is ill. Full refunds will be given for cancellations due to health concerns.
On May 15, 2010 several members of the Western Mountains Chapter of MNPS went for a leisurely walk to botanize from the old schoolhouse to the lake and back. Using the species list created that morning 14 years ago, we’ll retrace this route to see how species richness has changed over time. Today’s walk will not come close to covering all the cool plants found in the over 400 acres of New Germany State Park. So pack a picnic lunch and spend the afternoon discovering more species on your own!
Leader: Liz McDowell & Ron Boyer
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Limited to 13 people. Members have priority registration until April 1.
Notes: this is an easy to moderate walk ~ 1.5 miles in length with some hills, wet areas, and uneven tread due to tree roots & rocks.
Rest room facilities are available in the Lake House across the dam from Parking Lot #5.
Bring: insect spray for ticks, water, snack, field guides, & binoculars.
Cancellation Policy: this walk will be cancelled due to severe weather
Contact: For additional information email Liz at lmcd.mnps@gmail.com
Directions: included in registration confirmation.
Please consider the safety, health, and well-being of all participants in our programs and stay home if the participant is ill.
Join us for a citizen science and plant ID walk on the Purdum trail at Little Bennett Regional Park, in the Urbana quad of the MD Plant Atlas. This quad has relatively few iNaturalist entries for fairly common plants. We will add to the Atlas while practicing our ID skills on trees as well as herbaceous plants in flower.
For those who are unfamiliar - the MD Plant Atlas endeavors to provide authoritative distribution maps for all the native and naturalized plants of Maryland based on the best available data; to provide accurate and up-to-date information on the flora to the public; and to promote conservation and research by increasing awareness and appreciation for wild plants.
iNaturalist observations will automatically be uploaded to the Atlas.
Little Bennett anticipated plants
Sponsoring Organization: Maryland Native Plant Society
Location: northern Montgomery County
Leader: Sujata Roy
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Limited to #15 people.
MNPS members will have priority registration through May 15, 2024
Notes: We will walk on natural surface trails, some of which may be narrow and steep in sections. Expected distance is 2 miles out and back. No bathrooms at the trailhead.
Bring: water, snack, field guides for trees or flowers (or both!)
Cancellation Policy: Walk will proceed in drizzle but would be cancelled for heavy rains or thunderstorms
Contact: (for additional information; not to register) Sujata Roy sujata67@gmail.com
Co-Sponsoring Organization: Community Native Planting Project
Registration through May 15, 2024 for members only. Registration will close on May 30, 2024.
Location: Cheverly, MD. Directions will be provided in registration confirmation email.
Join us on a hike through a wonderful forest filled with loblolly pines, mountain laurel and blueberries. The park is surrounded by homes and is an example of how invasives escape from landscaped spaces, with the perimeter of the park showing invasive damage and infiltration while the center is in near pristine condition.
Leader: Diane Beedle
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Limited to 12 people.
Notes: Approx 1 mile loop. Easy to moderate difficulty.
Bring: water, sunscreen and tick repellent. Please wear closed-toe shoes and long pants.
Cancellation Policy: Trip will proceed in light rain. It will be canceled in the event of heavy storms or thunder/lightning.
Contact: (for additional information; not to register) Diane Beedle 202-489-9373
Location: American Chestnut Land Trust - Northside Trailhead, 676 Double Oak Rd, Prince Frederick, MD, 20678
Sponsored by the Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay & Southern Maryland Native Plant People
As always, we will have lots of native plants and seeds to share, and possibly some extra pots and garden tool goodies. Please bring what you can, and if you are new to native plants just bring yourself.
As we get closer to the event date, we will create a discussion in this event to share what we plan to bring and wishlist plants. Spring will be here before we know it.
Contact: nikhaven@comcast.net
https://chesapeakebay.wildones.org/events/?wo_event_id=6228
Wild Ones Greater Baltimore Plant Swap at a private residence,
Register at https://baltimore.wildones.org/events/?wo_event_id=6987 for details
HYBRID Program. Attend in person or via Zoom
Speaker: Jenan El-Hifnawi
Ask A Bumble Bee! Exploring Bumble Bee Floral Preference
This session explores the “Ask A Bumble Bee” (AABB) program; a citizen science initiative dedicated to understanding bumble bee floral preference. In addition to learning how to participate in the program, attendees will hear some of our latest research findings; ultimately walking away with practical information for creating and observing bee-friendly gardens!
Jenan is a Maryland native and local ecology enthusiast! After graduating from UMD with a bachelor’s in biology, she was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her Masters degree at UMD. She now is working towards this degree, exploring the impacts of the ice age on the evolution of various South American bee species. She also is the coordinator of the program we will discuss today; Ask A Bumble Bee!
Lear more about Ask a Bumblebee https://u.osu.edu/askabumble/
In Person Library Room open at 6:30PM Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentation begins at 7:15PM and generally run until 8:30 PM.
HYBRID Meeting Location: Miller Branch of the Howard County Library 9421 Frederick Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Not an official Howard County Library System event
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.
This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.
The program is free and open to the public.
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Robinson Nature Center Native Plant Palooza
Location: Robinson Nature Center 6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/plantnatives