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MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

GARDENS

[photo, Queen Anne's Lace and Black-Eyed Susans, Glen Burnie, Maryland]

Gardens (by county)

Gardens (by name)

Maryland gardens are cultivated indoors and outdoors through the State. They also bloom naturally where holly and dogwood grow wild in woodlands, and wisteria and honeysuckle flourish.

Queen Anne's Lace and Black-Eyed Susans, Glen Burnie, Maryland, June 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, School children, Baltimore Flowermart, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland]
School children at Baltimore Flowermart, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
[photo, Palms, Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, Maryland] FLOWERMARTS & FESTIVALS
Plants, shrubs, and trees are available for the garden at flowermarts and festivals throughout Maryland. The following are held annually.

  • Annapolis Plant Sale, William Paca Garden, May 2014
  • Baltimore Flowermart, Mount Vernon Place, May 2-3, 2014
  • Baltimore Herb Festival, Leakin Park, May 2014
  • Baltimore Market Day, Cylburn Arboretum, May 2014
  • Baltimore, Tulip Dig, Sherwood Gardens, May 25, 2014
  • Beltsville, Plant Sale, Beltsville Garden Club, May 2014
  • Hagerstown Flower & Garden Show, March 2014
  • Hollywood Plant Sale & Plant Exchange, Sotterley Plantation, April 2014
  • Monkton, Garden Festival, Ladew Topiary Gardens, May 3, 2014
  • Mount Airy, Native Plant Sale, Audrey Carroll Audobon Sanctuary, April 2014
  • Mount Airy, Plant Sale, Mount Airy Garden Club, May 2014
  • Owings Mills, Native Plant Sale, Irvine Nature Center, April-May 2014
  • Towson Gardens Day, May 2014
  • Westminster Flower & Jazz Festival May 2014

    Palms, Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Plant sale, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, Maryland]

    Annual plant sales are offered at historic sites as well, such as Historic London Town and Gardens at Edgewater, and the William Paca House and Garden in Annapolis, and by local garden clubs and community groups at various times and locales throughout the year.


    Plant sale, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, Maryland, May 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Sunflowers at Kinder Farm Park, 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road, Millersville, Maryland]

    Under the University of Maryland Extension, the Maryland Master Gardener Program encourages gardeners to increase their knowldege of horticulture and pest management and share it with others. The Maryland program has been active since 1978.


    Sunflowers at Kinder Farm Park, 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road, Millersville, Maryland, July 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. and Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland]

    Plants for gardens, including indoor gardens, are sold at nurseries, farmers' markets, flowermarts, and festivals in Maryland.


    Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. and Saratoga St., Maryland, August 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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