Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements
The annual silent auction held at Wine in the Garden, Beer in the Barn, offers nearly 100 items, from nature-inspired art and getaways to Orioles tickets and locally made soaps. You don’t need to attend the event to bid on an auction item, but you can’t...
Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements
Lately, visitors have spotted birds wearing jewelry on Conservancy grounds. Not to worry, bluebirds with colorful bangles on their ankles and long trains on their tails aren’t investing in bling. A University of Maryland Baltimore County graduate student, Alan Reich,...
Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements
This tiny damselfly, only about an inch and half long, caught Lisa Mayo’s eye this summer. “The damselflies were very active and skittish, but this one kept fluttering around in the same area, seemingly not bothered by my presence,” Mayo said, so she...
Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements
When Mina Hagan was in college in Pittsburgh studying biology, the only animals she saw were pigeons, she said. Without animals or green spaces, she felt deprived, so once she graduated, she decided to tend the Conservancy’s creatures. First introduced to Ranger...
Aug 10, 2026 | Announcements
Every year, nearly 500 people stroll through our garden, sipping and nibbling and chatting, to support environmental programming at the Conservancy. Sponsor Wine in the Garden/Beer in the Barn and put your company’s name in front of hundreds of green-minded...
Aug 10, 2026 | Announcements
The Conservancy’s summer interns are a hardy bunch. From June through August, they’re tramping through fields and streams with campers, sawing through invasive grapevines and handling hornets and hot-tempered kids. Many of our stalwart crew, (left to...
Aug 10, 2026 | Announcements
Gregg Petersen, naturalist extraordinaire, was testing the East Branch stream at the Conservancy when he found a special caddisfly species: Rhyacophilidae. Nicknamed the Michelin Man for its plumped-up body segments, this predatory caddisfly is an indicator that the...
