Website Links

www.adkinsarboretum.org
Adkins Arboretum is a 400-acre park with native plant landscaping, hiking trails, semi-annual native plant sales. 410-634-2847, 12610 Eveland Road, P.O. Box 100, Ridgely, MD 21660.

www.arlingtonecho.net
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center, Anne Arundel County Public Schools. 410-222-1688 or 222-3822, 975 Indian Landing Road, Millersville, MD 21108. Shoreline restoration site with bulkhead removal and marsh creation. Please call ahead before visiting. www.arlingtonecho.net

http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/info.asp?page=9711
Back Creek Nature Park (BCNP) has been called the hidden jewel of Annapolis city parks. Created in 1990 under Program Open Space, it has quietly rested for nearly 20 years housing the former City of Annapolis Wastewater Treatment Plant and other wonderful treasures. Today, the park is a unique environmental educational resource. BCNP is an area where visitors of all ages can learn about watershed conservation and restoration. The park provide a national model for innovative urban living classroom eco-education and recreation at the local level.

www.cbf.org
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Headquarters, 410-268-8816, Merrill Center, 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, 21403. 33-acres of land, with on-going restoration and demonstration projects. Arboretum, formal native landscape gardens, no-mow meadows, non-tidal wetlands, upland reforestation, bio-retention stormwater management using biologs, rain garden, rain barrels. Open to the public weekdays, 9-5. Please check in with the receptionist before touring the grounds.

www.theccm.org
Chesapeake Childrens' Museum on Spa Creek, 25 Silopanna Road, Annapolis, MD 21403, (410) 990-1993. Shoreline Stabilization Project with biologs and native vegetation, and extensive upland native plant gardens.

www.ChesapeakeEcologyCenter.org

Chesapeake Ecology Center, 410-212-4506, at Adams Academy at Adams Park, 245 Clay Street, Annapolis, MD 21401. Ongoing restoration and demonstration projects, featuring 30 Native Plant Demonstration Gardens and Sites, including bayscapes, rain gardens, and xeriscapes, on 10 acres in the heart of Annapolis. Self-guided tours; guided tours are also available.

www.ernstseed.com
Ernst Conservation Seeds - Seeds of native grasses, wildflowers, wetland plants and shrubs; live stakes for streambank restoration, 800-873-3321, 9006 Mercer Pike, Meadville, PA 16335..

www.jefpat.org
Jefferson Patterson Park showcases buffer plantings and innovative shoreline protection that allows diamond-back terrapin access, along the Patuxent River. 410-586-8500,10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685.
See also: living shoreline information: www.jefpat.org/Living%20Shorelines/lsmainpage.htm

www.pickeringcreek.org
Pickering Creek Audubon Center is a 400-acre sanctuary is located north of Easton, MD. Riparian buffer plantings, warm season grass meadows, succession fields, brackish tidal wetlands, 75-acre nontidal wetland and mature forest allow visitors to experience representative habitats of the Chesapeake Bay while enjoying 3 miles of walking trails. Open to the public from dawn til dusk. 410-822-4903, 11450 Audubon Lane Easton, MD, 21601.

St. John's College, 410-263-2371. Boat House area, between King George Street and St. John's Street, Annapolis, MD. Extensive landscape of native tree and shrub plantings; major shoreline restoration project completed that replaced 1000' of wooden bulkhead with a "living shoreline" consisting of coir logs and native marsh vegetation. (no website)

www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/tawesgarden.html
Tawes Garden is on the grounds of Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401,410-260-8189,. Native plants of Maryland displayed in different habitat gardens (mountain, piedmont, coastal plain).

Truxtun Park is the site of 1500' Coir log installation and volunteer shoreline planting with native marsh grasses, wetland plants and shrubs. , 410-263-7993, 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis, MD 21403. (no website)