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Baltimore County Master Gardeners of University of Maryland Baltimore County Master Gardeners teach sustainable, effective, home gardening & landscaping practices. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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We are presenting FOUR times in the next three days! You can join us at the Fall Maryland Home & Garden Show throughout ...
10/15/2026

We are presenting FOUR times in the next three days! You can join us at the Fall Maryland Home & Garden Show throughout the weekend (Starting a Sustainable Garden, Bay-Wise and Winter Readiness), as well as at Valley View Farms Garden Center & Nursery (Fall Perennials and Landscape Care) on Saturday at 11am. We hope to see you there!

It's Bay-Wise Wednesday, and today we want to congratulate Miriam, whose yard has been certified as Bay-Wise. Miriam liv...
10/14/2026

It's Bay-Wise Wednesday, and today we want to congratulate Miriam, whose yard has been certified as Bay-Wise. Miriam lives in the Summit Park neighborhood near Mt. Washington, and she has worked very hard to incorporate actions from the Maryland Living Landscapes Metric while raising a young family. She is a community leader and has influenced several neighbors to improve their yards. She created a dry river bed to capture storm water runoff and built a small rain garden to contain the water.

A week from today, we'll be at the Fall Home & Garden Show! Come see us in the Cow Palace; we'll have an Ask a Master Ga...
10/09/2026

A week from today, we'll be at the Fall Home & Garden Show! Come see us in the Cow Palace; we'll have an Ask a Master Gardener table as well as presentations at 2pm each day. https://mdfallhomeandgarden.mpetickets.com/

10/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what people mean when they call a plant a "keystone species"? Learn from UME Educator Lexie Leeser what that term means, and a few species you might consider adding to your garden this fall.

It's Bay-Wise Wednesday. Are there berries in your yard?  Habit 3 of the Bay-Wise Living Landscapes Metric is about desi...
10/07/2026

It's Bay-Wise Wednesday. Are there berries in your yard? Habit 3 of the Bay-Wise Living Landscapes Metric is about designing and managing landscapes with native plants for their ecosystem, biodiversity, and habitat value. Planting native berrying shrubs of several species provides food for the wildlife in your neighborhood. Callicarpa americana, American Beautyberry, provides nectar for butterflies in the summer, and high-fat sustenance for more than 40 species of songbirds and even squirrels, foxes, and raccoons in the colder months. The berries sometimes last through the winter.

10/04/2026

Protect and improve the soil in a vegetable garden by planting cover crops. Learn which cover crops to sow at particular times of year, and how to manage them when you're ready to plant vegetables.

Get out your camera and photograph the failures as well as the successes!
10/04/2026

Get out your camera and photograph the failures as well as the successes!

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Not too late to register!
10/04/2026

Not too late to register!

It’s true - the October Natives at Noon talk is next week! Register for this FREE webinar that will be next Wednesday Oct 7 at 12pm. This month’s talk will feature Naomi Edelson who leads the Sacred Grounds program for NWF- DC.

To register visit: go.umd.edu/NANWebinarSeries

10/04/2026
Another lovely native!
10/04/2026

Another lovely native!

Address

1114 Shawan Road
Cockeysville, MD
21030

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

(410) 887-8090

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