Please join us at the home of members Melissa Holland and Mike Maxwell (14716 Exbury Lane Laurel, MD 20707) for our next general meeting and holiday gathering. Bring a dish or beverage to share!

• Mingle with our members and hear what we've been up to and what we have planned for the new year.

• Learn how to sow seeds for the winter!

  • Many native seeds require a period of cold stratification to germinate, making winter the perfect time to start them. We'll show you how to do this and send you home with some seeds to add to or start your native garden in the spring. Save your milk jugs and bring them to the party!

• Participate in a letter writing campaign!

  • One of the best parts of Laurel is the Patuxent Research Refuge, which is facing reduced access and staffing issues. Ours is the only national wildlife refuge specifically dedicated to wildlife research. From protecting endangered species to uncovering the dangers of DDT, it’s been at the heart of conservation breakthroughs for nearly a century. And now it’s down to just one day of public access per week on the North Tract—while Refuge System-wide staffing has been gutted. Let's tell Congress to fund our wildlife refuges, protect the science, and keep the public connected to nature.

Do we know how to party or what?! Join us!

Help clean up the Patuxent River and Old Town Laurel. Trash bags and grabbers/pickers will be provided. Please bring gloves. We will meet at the Avondale area of Riverfront Park.

Students are welcome to come for service hours. But you must have your school forms at the event to receive credit.

Rain date: Sunday, November 16, 9-11 am

We need some strong muscles to help us weed the Sturgis Moore Pollinator garden located inside McCullough Field off of 8th St. Bring shovels if you have them. Work clothes, gloves and water are recommended.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, November 3 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress in Laurel city government.

Come celebrate the completion of the nature mural on the side of the Quick Stop Food Mart on the 500 block of Main St. We will be gathered in front of the mural on 5th street. We’ll have live music and food, activities, you can meet the artist and family, friends, and colleagues of Chan Robbins, and mingle with other bird lovers!

Please park along Main St., in the Old Town neighborhood, or in one of the pay lots along Main St.

For our special guests and those with mobility issues, parking will be available in the First United Methodist Church parking lot directly across from the mural. See map below for how to enter.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, October 6 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress in Laurel city government.

Help uncage and cut back grasses and vines that are surrounding the bases of the trees we planted at Riverfront Park. We will have some tools, but please bring hedge shears, weed whackers, or vine trimmers if you have them. Water and bug spray are recommended. We’ll meet at the Casula Point area of the park, near 9th and Main Streets (near the pool).

We will be planting over 150 new native plants at the Laurel Museum this fall. We have some bare spots and want to introduce some new species to increase the overall bloom coverage through next year. You can help and no experience is required!

Please wear work clothes, wear garden gloves, and a hat. Please bring any digging tools like trowels, small and large shovels, etc. We will have some tools to share as well.

We ask that everyone fill out these waivers.

Join us for a presentation about native plants and gardening for wildlife with Jimmy Rogers, owner of Vibrant Gardening LLC, a native gardening consultancy in Laurel. He will cover both the ecology of native plants and how to best introduce them to your own garden. Jimmy will then share updates on our long-running project to plant native at the museum, in partnership with Laurel for the Patuxent.

A recording of this webinar will be made available to attendees after the event.

If you have any questions, please contact staff at info@laurelhistoricalsociety.org.

Cost: FREE (advanced registration required)
Location: Zoom

Join us for some chopping (to control height and flop) and weeding of Laurel's Sweitzer Pollinator Garden. We're happy to have you take home some of the taller plants from the garden if you would like!

Wear work clothes and bring water and any gardening gloves/tools you have. We'll have a limited number of tools to share

In preparation for a new planting in the Laurel Museum's native garden beds, we need to clear out any existing weeds in the space. We will walk everyone through "what is a weed, and what is not," so no experience required!

Please wear work clothes, wear garden gloves, and a hat. You're free to bring weeding tools, though we'll mostly need your hands.

We ask that everyone fill out these waivers.

Join us for some chopping (to control height and flop) and weeding of Laurel's Sweitzer Pollinator Garden. We're happy to have you take home some of the taller plants from the garden if you would like!

Wear work clothes and bring water and any gardening gloves/tools you have. We'll have a limited number of tools to share

Join us for our monthly meeting at 310 4th St. You’ll hear updates on all of our projects and programs, learn about how you can support our mission, and join discussions concerning conservation, sustainability, and protecting the Patuxent River watershed.

We have about 100 plants to get in the ground at Laurel's Sweitzer Pollinator Garden! This will add more color and bloom time to the garden. Join us for some weeding followed by lots of planting. We're happy to have you take home some of the taller plants from the garden if you would like!

Wear work clothes and bring water and any gardening gloves/tools you have. We'll have a limited number of tools to share.

CANCELED DUE TO RAIN! CHECK BACK FOR NEW DATE SOON

Come help us get the Sweitzer Park native pollinator garden ready for spring! We’ll be planting new plants, weeding, and cutting back some tall plants. You may even be able to take some plants home, so bring pots if you’re interested.

Although we’ll have some supplies, if you have hedge trimmers, weeding tools, trowels or shovels, please bring them. Gardening gloves and work clothes are recommended.

Enjoy lunch and/or dinner at Olive on Main. Dine in or take out. Mention the mural and 20% of your bill goes to help fund it. Donations will be matched 2 to 1, courtesy of two generous patrons. Stop by Olive on Main to see the concept design. Be a part of Laurel’s sustainable future. We can all do our part!

Come help us get the Sweitzer Park native pollinator garden ready for spring! We’ll be planting new plants, weeding, and cutting back some tall plants. You may even be able to take some plants home, so bring pots if you’re interested.

Although we’ll have some supplies, if you have hedge trimmers, weeding tools, trowels or shovels, please bring them. Gardening gloves and work clothes are recommended.

Stop by the L4P booth to meet some of our members, grab some free native plant seedlings, and learn about our work in the community and how you can help!

Join us on Zoom on Monday, May 5 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress in Laurel city government.

Celebrate National Poetry Month! L4P has teamed up with the Laurel Arts Council to bring Poetry in the Parks to our city. Join us at Sweitzer Park for the unveiling our very own poem-engraved picnic table. The poem was written by local poet Jennifer N. Shannon. She’ll be there to read the poem and other community members will share what they wrote at our recent poetry workshop. Light refreshments will be served. Come mingle and see the first permanent installation of poems in Laurel parks.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress in Laurel city government.

Celebrate National Poetry Month! Join us for a free poetry writing workshop. With provided materials and expert guidance, you will create and uniquely display a poem to honor nature.

Register at laurelartscouncil@gmail.com

This is event hosted in collaboration with the City of Laurel Arts Council.

Come help us get the Sweitzer Park native pollinator garden ready for spring! We’ll be weeding, cutting down stems, dividing, planting, and rearranging. You may even be able to take some plants home, so bring pots if you’re interested.

Although we’ll have some supplies, if you have hedge trimmers, weeding tools, or shovels, please bring them. Gardening gloves and work clothes are recommended.

Join horticulturalist and Laurel City councilman James Kole for a pruning demo! We’ll meet at the newly installed Sturgis Moore Pollinator Garden by the beautiful monarch mural. This is next to the McCullough fields and across the street from the library on 8th St.

Please bring gloves and pruning tools (clippers, loppers, timber saw, etc.) if you’d like to help prune!

Help clean up the areas surrounding McCullough Field! We’ll meet at 8th St. at the pavilion across from the library playground.

Please bring gloves. We will provide trash bags and a limited number of trash picker devices.

Students can get Service Hours Credit for helping with the clean-up. To receive credit, you must bring a Service Form with your name filled in to the clean-up. We cannot complete credit forms after the event.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, February 3 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress in Laurel city government.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, November 4 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and environmental progress and problems in Laurel city government

Come out to help protect the Patuxent River!

We will be cleaning up litter along Main St. and cutting invasive vines at Riverfront Park. Choose your own adventure! Or do a little of each!

• We’ll meet and great at the Avondale parking area.

• Trash bags will be provided, as well as some tools, but if you have your own, please bring them. Please bring gloves.

• Kids are welcome to come with their parents.

• Students are welcome to come for service hours, but you must have your forms at the event for credit.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, October 7 at 6:30 pm for updates on projects, events, and opportunities, and strategic discussion of conservation of environmental assets in Laurel.

We are in need of 5 volunteers to help weed the new pollinator garden in Sturgis Moore Park. Please bring gloves and a shovel if you have them. The garden is across from the Monarch Mural adjacent to McCullough Field.