FREE TREE & SHRUB SEEDLINGS
with the MD DNR Backyard Buffer Program
This year's theme is: Buffers for Birds: Creating a Landscape That Will Make a Difference
Register for your free bag of native seedlings by April 7, 2025; Bag pickup will be at the:
“Buffers for Birds” Workshop
April 12, 2025
Presentations 9am-12:30pm (Seedling Pickup: 8am-1pm)
Washington County Ag Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, Keedysville
Tree Giveaway Pickup: 8am-1pm
- 30 total trees/shrubs
- 5 of each of: White Oak, Loblolly-Pitch Pine Hybrid, Chickasaw Plum, Serviceberry, Red Osier Dogwood, Northern Bayberry
Buffers for Birds: 9am-12:30pm
- Managing Forest Bird Habitat (TBD, National Conservation Training Center)
- Shrubland Bird Habitat: Using Woody Natives for Wildlife (David Smith, Audubon Society of Central Maryland)
- Grassland Birds and Certifying Your Property (KC Walters, Potomac Valley Audubon Society)
- Managing Bird Habitat in Your Yard: Using Wildflowers and Grasses (Annette Cormany, UMD Extension)
Sign up today or contact Bob Schwartz (robertr.schwartz@maryland.gov) for more information.