Calendar of Events

Tree Planting-FULL

Cromwell Station Forest Valley Road, Towson, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 32,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us, and make a…

Tree Planting @ Loch Raven

Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center 12301 Dulaney Valley Road, Phoenix, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  GVC has an urgent need for weekday volunteers to help plant an extra 30-50 trees before the ground freezes! Come stay for an hour or two, or for as long as your schedule allows. Your hard work will make a significant difference in the health…

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Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center 12301 Dulaney Valley Road, Phoenix, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  Registration for this event is now closed. More than 32,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind…

Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Workshop

St. Francis Xavier Church 13717 Cuba Road, Cockeysville, MD, United States

The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy is looking for volunteers, age 18+, to join GVC for our second Non-native Invasive (NNI) Plant Management workshop, a great part of our NNI Program! It’s easy to participate: Attend an in field training and ID session to learn the basics of the NNI problem and plant ID and physical management…

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Monkton, MD Monkton, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

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Monkton, MD Monkton, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Stream Clean Up – Parkville (FULL)

Harford Park Community 2552 Linwood Road, Parkville, MD, United States

Do your part to prevent trash from entering the Chesapeake Bay. Our local waterways, from a neighborhood stream to our drinking water reservoirs, are at risk from trash buildup. Anything that flows into storm drains goes directly into the closest waterway unfiltered. Join Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) for an organized stream clean-up to remove trash…

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St. John's Lutheran Church 13300 Manor Road, Glen Arm, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Adopt-a-Stream workshop

St Paul’s Lutheran Church 12022 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville, Maryland

Make a difference for future generations by helping to restore our heritage of clean, safe water. The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) is looking for volunteers, age 18+, to join our Adopt-a-Stream Program. It's easy to participate: Attend this training Agree to clean your adopted stream segment Send us your trash data Watch for and report…

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Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center 12301 Dulaney Valley Road, Phoenix, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Rain Garden workshop

Private Residence-Towson2 516 Saint Francis Road, Towson, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Tree Planting

Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center 12301 Dulaney Valley Road, Phoenix, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Rain Garden workshop

Private Residence - Towson 1403 Gateshead Road, Towson, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Tree Planting-FULL

Pine Ridge Golf Course 2101 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD, United States

-Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Rain Garden workshop

Private Residence-Parkville_RG1 2310 Cider Mill Road, Parkville, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Tree Planting-FULL

Parkton MD Parkton, MD, United States

Plant trees for cleaner air and water in Baltimore County!  More than 35,000 trees have been planted throughout the Gunpowder Watershed by enthusiastic volunteers over the past 33 years, and we need YOUR help to plant even more! Do you like being outside in nature and don’t mind working hard?  Join us and make a…

Rain Garden workshop

Private Residence - Glen Arm 26 Manor Springs Court, Glen Arm, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Workshop

Peerce's D.Valley Tree Lot 12460 Dulaney Valley Road, Phoenix, United States

The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy is looking for volunteers, age 18+, to join GVC for our  Non-native Invasive (NNI) Plant Management workshop, a great part of our NNI Program! It’s easy to participate: Attend an in field training and ID session to learn the basics of the NNI problem and plant ID and physical management methods…

Rain Garden Workshop

Private Residence - Baldwin 4511 Carroll Manor Road, Baldwin, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Land Preservation Monitoring Event

Manor Mill 2029 Monkton Road, Monkton, MD

Help preserve land and wildlife habitat in the Gunpowder Watershed for future generations Did you know that the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) has facilitated the preservation of 2000+ acres within the Gunpowder Watershed? We are actively seeking new volunteers to serve as Land Preservation Monitors who play an important role in the process. Click here…

Rain Garden workshop – FULL

Private Residence-Glen Arm RG1 12807 Ponderosa Lane, Glen Arm, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Rain Garden – Faith Lutheran Church

Faith Lutheran Church 8 Sherwood Road, Cockeysville, MD

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Rain Garden workshop

Private Residence-Parkville_RG2 2610 Sarah Lane, Parkville, Maryland

Get your hands dirty for clean water. Learn about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape. A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or other hard (impervious) surface.  It is designed to capture water from a 1" rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it…

Tree Maintenance

Dulaney Valley Rd.

Newly planted trees need support to survive. Let’s help young trees grow into healthy forests! GVC volunteers have planted 36,000+ native trees across the Gunpowder Watershed. However, our work isn’t done after the trees are planted in the ground. Young trees are vulnerable to deer browsing and competition with surrounding vegetation. Tree maintenance is a…