Embark on a scavenger hunt around Harriet Tubman Grove in Wyman Park Dell to identify plants native to Baltimore. Use natural watercolors made from native plants and those that Tubman used for making medicine, such as sassafras and geranium, to create a linocut painting inspired by your connection with their spiritual and holistic benefits. Call…
Grab your binoculars and join us on an expeditionary paddle from Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area to Pickering Creek Audubon Center! We will begin our paddle in the quiet and protected waters of Wye Island and make our way up Pickering Creek to their new living shoreline. There we will learn how native plants…
Join Waterfront Partnership for the 8th annual Baltimore Floatilla on Saturday, June 14, 2025! This year, we’re gettin’ groovy with a far-out '70s theme—so grab your bell bottoms, break out the tie-dye, and paddle into "Saturday Morning Fever." Floatilla is a 5-mile roundtrip paddle from Canton Waterfront Park to the Inner Harbor. Paddlers are encouraged…
St. Bartholomew's Creation Caretakers is sponsoring the second big cleanup of Uplands Park on June 14, 2025 from 9:30am-12pm. Join us to pick up trash, remove invasive species, and meet new people! Click here for more information and to register.
June 7 10 AM - 1 PM & June 14 9:30 AM - 12 PM Celebrate water through ritual, poetry, song, & movement! Join Vital Matters for outdoor gatherings at Herring Run to bring the biannual, cross-national Global Water Dances event to Baltimore! Gatherings are open to all ages and abilities. No dance experience required!…
Whether you are a child, an adult, or somewhere in between, we can all find wonder in streams and rivers. Wander through the stream with us, searching for creatures and signs of life under the surface. Click here for more information and to register.
Celebrate the kickoff to national Pollinator Week with a party at our nursery! Sponsored by Blue Water Baltimore super fan and native plant advocate Hristina Schlaggar, we’re hosting a day of fun and games to honor native plants and the pollinators they rely on. There will be nature crafts, yard games, and refreshments. Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Alice Volpitta will host an…
Cristina has been native gardening on her property in Poplar Hill (Baltimore 21210) for more than 25 years. She bought the property in the ‘90s and, as with most properties, it was riddled with non-native invasive plants and featured an excess of turf grass. She started by restoring one small area at a time, gathering…
Parkpalooza is fun for the whole family! You don't want to miss this outdoor event! Soak up the sun, enjoy field games, live entertainment, local food, community vendors, and hands-on environmental arts & crafts! Click here for more information and to register.
Enjoy an afternoon pause to connect with your surroundings, refresh breath and body, and tap innate creativity with immersive nature-based movement, zen drawing, and photography amidst the unique geology of Baltimore’s Stony Run Creek. Join Lala Bodi Yoga founder Laura Glaeser and artist/anthropologist Jana Kopelent Rehak for guided movement and meditative art-making using charcoal and…
In this class, students will make cyanotype prints of botanical compositions from natural materials. A cyanotype is a primitive photographic process that produces deep blue images after being exposed with the light of the sun. Students will meet at the Tool Library to learn the basics of cyanotype printing and how to prepare paper for…
Join us on an unforgettable journey along the Patapsco River! On this paddle we will follow the river as it bends through the industrial landscapes and vibrant neighborhoods of Baltimore City to the forested hillsides and farmland in Baltimore County. Along the way we will learn the crucial role marshes play in our ecosystem and…
Join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School for the Planetary Health Cities Symposium on June 16th, 2025! The Planetary Health Cities Initiative reimagines urban health through the lens of Planetary Health—where cities not only protect and promote the well-being of their residents but also safeguard the…
As a follow up to January's legislative overview and in response to the requests for legislative education at the inaugural Greater Baltimore Climate Summit (GBCS), Maryland Director of Chesapeake Climate Action Network & CCAN Action Fund, Brittany Baker, will provide a debrief of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session (1/8/2025 through 4/7/2025). Join us for…
Join farmer Jonathan Wirth at Strength to Love 2 Farm for a workshop on affordable strategies for managing green waste and crop debris on your urban farm/garden. Jonathan will cover the basics of three-bin hot compost systems, modified johnson-su cold composting systems, mow and cover techniques, vermicomposting, and woodchips usage. Click here for more information…