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April 2025
Maryland Osprey and Nature Festival
Town of North Beach, Maryland
Paid Event Public Welcome Family-Friendly Public Restroom Free Public Parking
This Festival was created by the citizens of the Mid-Atlantic region to celebrate our charismatic Ospreys, to educate the public, agencies, and owners of structures to foster an attitude of co-existence and conservation awareness throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its estuaries.
Cost to attend: $20 - Family, $10 - Individual
Proceeds from the Festival go to non-profit organizations who have a vested interest in protecting and conserving Ospreys, Bald Eagles, other wildlife, and natural areas.
https://marylandospreyfestival.org/2024-maryland-osprey-festival-event-schedule/
Spring Wildflower Events Members Only
Scientists’ Cliffs Association (SCA) Community House & ACLT trail, 3500 Alder Rd, Port Republic, MD, 20676 Map
Members Only Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Nature Walk/Hike
Saturday, April 5, 2025 Spring Wildflower Events
1pm Slide show at Scientists’ Cliffs Association (SCA) Community House
2pm Walk on a nearby ACLT trail to identify ephemeral spring wildflowers
Please join us for a Spring Wildflower Show and Tell followed by a walk in the American Chestnut Land Trust (ACLT). It will be a great time to review the wildflowers in our area and hopefully identify some not so common native species. Several knowledgeable “botanizers” will be present to help answer questions and identify our ephemeral (fleeting) wildflowers during the walk.
We will meet at the Scientists’ Cliffs Community House for the slide show, then walk to ACLT. Wear sensible walking shoes and garments to fit the weather. ACLT has miles of trails, but we normally only walk about a half mile as the plant identification tends to slow us down greatly.
Non-SCA participants will need to request a parking pass by April 3 ([email protected] or 703-258-4998). We will need to process the pass, and it will need to be displayed on your car’s dashboard. The pass will be distributed to the drivers that day. If it is raining heavily, we will have the slide show on April 5 at 1 pm and the walk on April 6 at 2 pm, providing the weather cooperates.
Directions to the Community House at Scientists’ Cliffs
From the north and south, take MD Route 2/4, Solomons Island Road, toward Prince Frederick. Turn east onto Parker’s Creek Rd (left from the N, right from the S).
In .5 miles, turn right onto Scientists’ Cliffs Road.
Continue about .8 miles and turn right onto Aspen Road, the Gate A entrance.
In .25 miles, bear left onto Alder Road (sign for Community House).
In .1 mile, arrive at the Community House, 3500 Alder Rd, Port Republic, MD 20676
This event is co-hosted by Scientists’ Cliffs and Maryland Native Plant Society event.
Earth Day at Port Tobacco River Park Native Plant Seedling Giveaway
Pavilion at Port Tobacco River Park, 7740 Chapel Point Rd, Port Tobacco, MD, 20677 Map
Public Welcome Seed/Plant Share Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Vegetative buffers are a great way to help protect our river right in your own “back yard.” Drop by the pavilion and receive your free bundle of native plants - help protect our Port Tobacco River!
A Legislative Approach to Promote and Protect Native Plants
Hosted by Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay Chapter, Greater Baltimore Chapter and Nation's Capital Region ChapterOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Registration Required Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Celebrate Earth Day with us.
Awareness of the many benefits of adding native plants to our landscapes has been growing significantly in recent years and this has resulted in native plants getting some attention by Maryland lawmakers. Join us as Kirsten Hoffman and Judy Fulton share the details of recent legislation that promotes native plants by creating the Maryland Native Plants Program and legislation that strengthened Maryland's invasive plant laws. Both bills are currently being implemented, and they will provide updates on new resources that these laws have made available and discuss what work is still to be done.
Kirsten Hoffman is one of the founding members of the Maryland Native Plant Coalition which has written and passed two important pieces of state legislation: 2023’s HB950/SB836 creating the Maryland Native Plants Program and 2024’s HB979/SB915 strengthening Maryland’s invasive plant laws. She is a member of the Executive Board of the Green Towson Alliance and heads up their legislative affairs workgroup supporting efforts to improve Baltimore County’s environmental sustainability. Kirsten is the treasurer for the Maryland Native Plant Society and recently became a Maryland Master Naturalist. She is part of a Master Naturalist team working on a habitat restoration project at Cylburn Arboretum. For the past three years, she has been a Blue Water Baltimore tree steward for her neighborhood and has helped residents select and plant over one hundred native trees. Kirsten is a registered architect in the state of Maryland and performs flute and piccolo with Flutopia Baltimore.
Judy Fulton, founder of EcoPlant Consulting, believes healthy ecosystems are crucial for human survival. She transforms places overrun by invasives into native landscapes, shares her knowledge via workshops and field trips, and serves as an expert in invasive plant litigation. Judy is Vice President of the Maryland Native Plant Society, and a member of the Maryland Invasive Species Council and the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council. She has earned a Harvard MBA and three Maryland’s Top 100 Women awards from the Daily Record.
During recent Maryland legislative sessions, she was pleased to help write and pass the 2023 Maryland Native Plants Program (HB950/SB836) and the 2024 Maryland Invasive Plant bill (HB979/SB915). Her consulting, her co-authoring Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas, Field Guide, and her lead role in creating the Mid-Atlantic Invaders Tool, an online guide to more than 900 invasive species, have positioned Judy as a sought-after advisor in eco-restoration.
Registration required.
May 2025
Increasing Biodiversity with Native Plants - One Yard at a Time
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Details to follow
Increasing Biodiversity with Native Plants - One Yard at a Time
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Details to follow
Chesapeake Natives Spring Festival
Chesapeake Natives Inc.
Public Welcome Family-Friendly Free Event Free Public Parking
Chesapeake Natives’ mission is to propagate. promote and protect native plants of the coastal plains and piedmont that form the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. We aim to restore home and public landscapes and park lands in this region with local ecotype native species (LENS) that best contribute to biodiversity, our best natural defense against the impacts of climate change.
September 2025
September Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!
October 2025
October Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!
November 2025
November Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!