Community Partners

Many organizations in Baltimore City share the Master Gardeners commitment to supporting healthy gardens as well as the desire to serve the community. Leveraging partnerships with these groups makes us more effective and connects us with more Baltimore residents to promote sustainable gardening practices. Learn about our community partners through the website links below and by accessing their resource guides on our Resources page. 

• Patterson Park Audubon Center

  • • Patterson Park Audubon Center’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of Baltimore communities and the earth’s biological diversity.

    •  Audubon serves as a local leader in nature-based education, urban bird conservation, and community revitalization. We welcome volunteers to join our team to improve communities for birds and people. Find lots more information on our website patterson.audubon.org and look for upcoming events here: https://patterson.audubon.org/events Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Contact us to learn how to make your home, school, workplace, or community more bird-friendly, or to schedule a bird-friendly gardening talk for your group! baltimore@audubon.org
      
      

• Cylburn Arboretum

  • • Give back to your community while working with others who share your love of nature in a beautiful setting that offers a different opportunity with each changing season! From working as a Visitor Service Volunteer to greet guests, to helping in the gardens, to participating in special events or in the office, we hope you contact us to find out which opportunity might be the best fit for you! https://cylburn.org/volunteer/ Some specific volunteer opportunities are:

      • • Volunteer Docents

        • Visitor Service Volunteers

        • Volunteer Gardeners

        • Special Events Volunteers

        • Trails Volunteers

        • Deer Fence Volunteers
          
          

• Blue Water Baltimore

  • • Blue Water Baltimore’s mission is to restore the quality of Baltimore’s rivers, streams, and Harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities. They do so much for our City! Join them to help clean up trash, plant and prune trees, monitor the quality of our streams and so much more. Check out their volunteering page to see what events they have coming up. 
      
      

• Tree Baltimore

  • • TreeBaltimore serves as the umbrella organization for all City agencies, private organizations and individuals in their effort to increase the tree canopy of Baltimore. TreeBaltimore strives to increase the urban tree canopy through the establishment, management and preservation of trees. TreeBaltimore is a mayoral initiative led by the Baltimore City of Recreation and Parks in partnership with Blue Water Baltimore, Baltimore Tree Trust, Flowering Tree Trail and many other tree minded groups and individuals.

    • Tree Keepers Baltimore

      • • Help plant and maintain Baltimore's tree canopy! TreeBaltimore offers a free city-wide tree stewardship program giving residents the opportunity to become tree advocates. Become a TreeKeeper to share in the responsibility of planting and caring for trees in your neighborhood and throughout the City.  

    • Weed Warriors Baltimore

      • • Weed Warriors is a city-wide program giving residents the ability to be an environmental steward that is trained in non-native invasive (NNI) plant management and enhancing native ecosystems. As a Weed Warrior, you can host events in parks all over the city to help protect natural areas, people, and biodiversity. 
          
          

• Great Kids Farm, a Campus of Baltimore City Public Schools

  • • Great Kids Farm (GKF) is an urban farm located in Catonsville. Dedicated to giving Baltimore City Public School students hands-on gardening opportunities, Baltimore City Public Schools Food & Nutrition Services owns and operates the farm. With 33 acres of forests, fields, a stream, greenhouses, and a barn full of animals, GKF is a hub for farm-to-school opportunities. Baltimore City Master Gardener volunteers support GKF by attending community and student events hosted at the farm. 
      
      

• Baltimore City Farms, a Program of Baltimore City Recreation and Parks