Important maintenance tasks such as resetting plant plugs and weeding are needed before April planting days.

Tools and gloves will be provided. Please bring your own water bottle.
Saturday March 8th 10am-1pm. 
Meet at Hagerstown Community College, Parking Lot O

Please RSVP to help out on this work day
Mark your calendars for our first planting day: April 25th 10am-1pm Additional dates to be scheduled.

UPDATE: C&O NPS has cancelled this event until further notice.

Tree Planting with the C&O Canal National Historic Park. Park Staff are requesting volunteer assistance to plant the first small grouping of 20 trees along the towpath. Volunteers will need to walk to the planting location and dig holes for the small seedlings. The group is limited to 8 volunteers, so please email to reserve your spot to help and to be notified of schedule changes.

 Thursday, 1/16 at 2pm (updated!)
Meet at Ferry Hill Parking Area
(map will be provided at sign up)

Volunteers are needed to help remove weeds from the newly planted bioswales at Hagerstown Community College. Thousands of native plants were installed in September and October. Weeds need to be removed to give the native plants a chance to grow and thrive.

Meet at Parking Lot O.

Gloves will be provided. Please bring your own drinking water bottle.

Many trees & shrubs remain in our seedling nursery (updated list below). We are offering another opportunity to purchase trees before our Board Meeting:

Thursday, 10/24 from 4-6pm
The white barn at Crickhollow Farm, 20464 Beaver Creek Road, Hagerstown, MD

• During this time, volunteers can also help plant seeds and prepare the nursery for winter.

• ACWA shirts, hats, and can koozies will also be available for purchase.
  ACWA members are welcome to stay for the meeting which starts at 7pm. Board meeting details here.

• Cash and Credit Card accepted, Checks accepted from members

• Trees are $10/piece ($7 for members) plus tax

• UPDATED AVAILABILITY LIST as of 10/22/24

Please contact us with questions or to coordinate tree\shrub pick up.

Fall Membership Campaign is still in effect! Learn more here…

Save the date for this tree planting scheduled for Saturday October 19th from 10am-noon

Volunteers will be planting, staking and caging trees. We will provide gloves, tools, and supplies.

More details will be posted ASAP.

Volunteers are needed to help in the Monarch Waystation Garden located at Kiwanis Park, Hagerstown. Over 90 plants need to be replaced, general maintenance, and watering will occur.

Bring gloves, small hand tools, and own drinking water.

Meet at the Park lot. If lot is full, park at the entrance in the industrial park area.

Hosted by the Monarch Alliance/Potomac Valley Audubon Society.

RESCHEDULED! NOW Sunday 5/19 at 2pm

ACWA volunteers will be assisting MD DNR, the Town of Hancock, and local girls scouts in planting trees along the Maryland Rail Trail & Joseph Hancock Memorial park. 

Meet at the Western MD Rail Trail/Hancock Town Parking Lot, next to “Buddy’s Lou’s Eats, Drinks, & Antiques”. You can use this google maps link to navigate there. We will walk a short distance along the Rain Trail to planting locations.

Wear sturdy shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty.  Bring a reusable water bottle. Bring work gloves, if you have them. We will have work gloves (adult and child sizes) to lend out if needed, and provide shovels and other tools for volunteer use.

This event is eligible for WCPS Student Service Learning Hours.

Register for the event to receive updates on THIS FORM

Help plant large caliper trees at the Doubs Woods Park, Maryland Ave, Hagerstown.

Starting at 10 am we will be helping Washington County Government employees plant, stake, and cage up to 50 large trees in the Park.

Gloves and tools will be provided. Please bring your own water bottle.

Sign up here and we will notify you of any event or weather-related changes.

Join the Washington County Clean County Initiative and the Town of Williamsport on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. for a joint clean-up event. The clean-up event will be held at Bottom River Park.

This event qualifies for students' SSL hours.