News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
RIDGELY, MD: Prepare for fall in the garden! Adkins Arboretum, offering the Chesapeake gardener the best selection of landscape-ready native plants for more than two decades, announces its Fall Native Plant Sale. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s rich catalog of education programs that teach about the Delmarva’s native plants and their connection to a healthy […]
Continue ReadingOcean City, MD: The Town of Ocean City is accepting grant applications for Pollinator Garden Plants. A pollinator garden is specifically designed to attract pollinating bees, birds, butterflies, bats and other small mammals, as well as habitat enhancement, water quality improvement and erosion control. The Ocean City’s Green Team is committed to promoting pollinator gardens […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – A showcase of excellence that dates to 1829, the Philadelphia Flower Show is a top destination and a must-experience horticultural event. On Monday, March 6, 2023 join Adkins Arboretum for an unforgettable trip to this year’s show, “The Garden Electric!” “The Garden Electric!” explores that spark of joy that comes with giving […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Prepare for spring in the garden! Adkins Arboretum, offering the Chesapeake gardener the best selection of landscape-ready native plants for more than two decades, announces its Spring Native Plant Sale. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s rich variety of education programs that teach about the Delmarva’s native plants and their connection to a […]
Continue ReadingIn 2022, the St. Michaels Community Garden celebrates its 10th year of providing community members with space to grow vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruits, and more for personal consumption or for donation, as chosen by the gardeners themselves. The garden includes 40, 4-foot by 14-foot beds rented on a yearly basis. Five beds are available for […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Prepare for fall in the garden! Adkins Arboretum, offering the Chesapeake gardener the best selection of landscape-ready native plants for more than two decades, announces its Fall Native Plant Sale. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s rich catalog of education programs that teach about the Delmarva’s native plants and their connection to a […]
Continue ReadingIn April, members of the Kent Island Garden Club gathered at the Stevensville American Legion to make spring baskets of appreciation for community workers who stayed on the job during the pandemic. Members personally delivered the baskets to those essential workers. On Earth Day April 22nd members dedicated their time at three of the club’s […]
Continue ReadingCarroll County Youth Awarded Grand Prize The judging is complete for the annual fifth-grade Arbor Day poster contest sponsored by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Three schools in Maryland that are home to the top winners will benefit with tree plantings this spring. The poster contest is judged annually by a panel of forestry […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers holiday shoppers the opportunity to give a lasting legacy. The Gift of Trees is a program where Marylanders purchase native trees — either a single tree or a grove of 10 trees — for planting in honor of a celebration, commemoration, or observation. A Gift of Trees certificate […]
Continue ReadingInterested in gardening and becoming a volunteer educator? Eastern Shore of Virginia Master Gardeners (ESVMG) will hold a free seminar regarding their upcoming training class at 10 a.m. on September 23, 2019 at Eastern Shore Agricultural Research & Extension Center (AREC), 33446 Research Drive, in Painter. ESVMG activities are sponsored by Virginia Cooperative Extension and […]
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