Spring is in full swing for Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay! 🌷🎡From spring “cleaning” in three of our partner gardens to installing a new pollinator garden at the Good Earth Natural Food Company, we are enjoying getting back out in the fresh air with our hands in the soil.
ICYMI – In Case You Missed It (or would like to watch again), the recording of our March Garden Chat, The Garden is a Mirror, is now available on our YouTube channel. Many thanks to Chapter Secretary, Miranda Yourick, for an inspirational talk.
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Mark your calendars for our inaugural spring plant share to be held on May 9 at the Leonardtown Library. We thought it would be a great way to celebrate Maryland Native Plant Month, May 2026. If your gardens are like ours, this spring has brought many new “volunteer” plants that are begging to be shared with others.
Looking for more plant sales and swaps? Check out this great resource compiled by Amanda Wray, President of Wild Ones Greater Baltimore. Maryland 2026 Native Plant Sales and Seed Swaps is a comprehensive list of upcoming events across the state, compiled from Maryland Native Plant Society and community sources. Please feel free to submit any you know of that are for native plants in Maryland!
Volunteers Welcome!
Please visit our new Volunteer Sign Up form and consider lending a hand at some of our upcoming events or at our garden workdays. Check back often, as new opportunities are constantly being added.
We truly appreciate members who make our garden workdays so much fun (“Many hands make light work!) and those who have signed up to help make our events successful. Your support helps our chapter grow and ensures our vision of native plants and natural landscapes thriving in every community.
April Events
Our April events feature something for everyone. New events are being added throughout the month, so please bookmark our events page or our chapter calendar so you don’t miss anything!
Native Plants for Problem Spaces
📆Saturday, April 11th, 2026
⏰10:00 am
📍Battle Creek Cypress Swamp
You might think native plants won’t work in your yard, but in this presentation, Robin Madel and Sue Williams, with Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, will illustrate how there is a right plant for all those problem spots you might have around your yard.
Seed Swap Festival
📆Saturday, April 11th, 2026
⏰11:00 am
📍Mount Rainier Nature Center, 4701 31st Pl, Mt Rainier, MD, 20712 Map
Join Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay to celebrate National Seed Swap Day! We will be participating in the Seed Swap Festival at Mount Rainier Nature Center, co-hosted by Prince George’s Parks and Recreation and Anacostia Watershed Society.
A “Good Earth” Day
📆Saturday, April 18th, 2026
⏰10:00 am
📍The Good Earth Natural Foods Company, 41675 Park Ave, Leonardtown, MD, 20650 Map
Come all tall and small Good Earthlings to celebrate A “Good Earth” Day! Join us in our side parking lot for vendors and hands-on fun. We will have tons of activities for kids and adults.
Native Plant Giveaway
📆Saturday, April 18th, 2026
⏰10:00 am
📍St. Nicholas Lutheran Church, 1450 Plum Point Rd, Huntingtown, MD, 20639 Map
Join us on Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 a.m. to noon for a Native Plant Giveaway! Come pick up free plants for your home and learn how you can make a positive impact on our local environment.
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Maryland Day
📆Saturday, April 25th, 2026
⏰9:00 am
📍University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742 Map
Nurture Natives and Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay will be participating at the University of Maryland’s annual springtime open house, Maryland Day! Stop by our booth to learn more about native plants. More details to follow on potential plant giveaway.
Earth Day – North Beach Nature Center
📆Saturday, April 25th, 2026
⏰12:00 pm
📍North Beach Nature Center at Wetlands Overlook Park
Details to follow
Turf Grass to Garden: Lessons from the Front Yard
📆Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
⏰5:30 pm
📍Leonardtown Library, 23630 Hayden Farm Ln, Leonardtown, MD, 20650 Map
Would you like to make choices in your home landscape that invite birds and butterflies into your yard and help protect water quality in the Chesapeake Bay?
Learn about the process of transforming a lawn into a native plant garden. Master Gardeners will discuss how Leonardtown Library’s Front Lawn was transformed and how you can take those lessons home.
Recent News Blogs
If you’re not following our News blogs, please check them out. This is one of the ways we keep our members and community up to date on what’s happening in our chapter. As always, we invite all members to contribute to our chapter’s News blog and/or social media channels. If you have anything related to native plants that you’d like to write about for publication on our News blog or social media, please email us, along with any photos or videos, and we’ll be happy to publish them. Likewise, if your work in the community has been recognized in the media or if you’ve received an award, please let us know so we can share it with our chapter members and the national office. We know our members are doing a lot of great work out in our community, and we’d like to share and recognize your accomplishments!
Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay is deeply rooted in native plants and cultivating partnerships, while striving to educate, advocate, and collaborate to connect people and native plants for a healthy planet. Our vision is native plants and natural landscapes thriving in every community. Check out our Events page, Google calendar, Facebook, and/or Instagram for our upcoming events. And don’t forget to subscribe to our new YouTube channel and email subscriber list!
