Chapters in Maryland

Greater Frederick Maryland Wild Ones is part of Team Frederick and will be planning for and participating in the annual City Nature Challenge over this four day period. 

Learn how to use iNaturalist and document the wildlife in our county. 

Check back to find out details about our specific events. 

Information and resources can be found at the Mobilize Frederick website at:

https://www.mobilizefrederick.org/city-nature-challenge

This is the first of 3 tours of this property in 2026 giving us an opportunity to see the garden change throughout the seasons. Be on the lookout for additional tours on July 11th and October 3rd.

This woodland residential garden is in the busier area of Howard county, but the property is adjacent to a county recognized green space/wildlife corridor featuring many naturally occurring native spring ephemerals like Mayapples, Jack in the Pulpits and Spring Beauties. This garden, which has been certified as a Demonstration Garden under Howard County’s BayWise program and is also Bee City Certified by the County, features a 100+ years old specimen white oak, a professionally installed raingarden, a permeable parking pad, a native “lawn” with no turf grass anywhere on the property, a pond for the aquatic wildlife, and flagstone walkways snaking through the entire yard. It is also recognized by National Wildlife Federation as a Wildlife Habitat and serves as a Monarch Waystation with its diversity of native plants that sustain the bees, butterflies, moths, etc. Among the prized natives, there also are plenty of non-natives that the owners continue to eradicate.

**Members receive advanced access to register for events with limited space. If space is available, registration will open to the public 4-5 weeks prior to the event.

This event has sold out. Email [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. 

Ephemeral plants bloom early and for a short period time before the canopies above them begin to grow again. Come see some of our lovely native plants in season showcased in shade and swale plantings.

Address will be provided after your RSVP is approved.

Inclement weather date: Sunday, April 26

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Help Wild Ones create an inventory of the wildlife that depends on this garden in the middle of Frederick City. 

Meet Jan, the host and President of the local Wild Ones chapter, and explore 5,000 square feet of native plants and trees. Support for the iNaturalist app will be available.

Plus, learn how to create your own “place” and biodiversity map to track the amount of wildlife in your garden. 

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.

The "Front Yard" team will share strategies and resources for homeowners who are interested in transforming swathes of turf grass into garden areas that beautify their property, reduce stormwater runoff from their yards, and create habitat for Maryland native birds, butterflies and other pollinators.

The Front Yard is a community project supported by Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, Friends of St Clements Bay, St. Mary's County Garden Club, St. Mary's County Master Gardeners and The Leonardtown Butterfly Trail.

Registration opens April 14.