NeighborSpace of Baltimore County

Owl Prowl at Volz Park
2026-01-31 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for an exciting Owl Prowl event at Volz Park in Middle River! We will be joined by Eric Fishel, founder of Birds of Urban Baltimore, who will help us find and identify local owl species! We will also learn about the life history characteristics of owls; what they hunt, where they live, when they are most active.
Register here: https://forms.gle/fPibhVqySfSM58pw7

Bird Monitoring Training
2025-12-11 19:00 - 20:00
Virtual meeting link: https://meet.google.com/tup-kuwq-hrg
Click here to register for training: https://forms.gle/8ZJZU3aMWc353TpCA

Calling all birders!
Applications are open to become a volunteer bird monitor. Attend our upcoming virtual training to learn more and get started!
Link to application: https://forms.gle/Wuc314tC5eHfQ6Y1A or email amanda@neighborspacebaltimorecounty.org

Jornada de Trabajo en el Parque - Parque Ridgely Manor
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00
Parque Ridgely Manor
1628 Yakona Rd, Towson, MD 21286
Únase a nosotros para una jornada de trabajo de otoño en Ridgely Manor y ayúdenos a eliminar enredaderas invasoras como parte de nuestros continuos esfuerzos de restauración ambiental. Se proporcionarán herramientas, instrucciones y refrigerios ligeros.
Enlace para registrarse

Park Work Day - Ridgely Manor Park
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00
Ridgely Manor Park
1628 Yakona Rd, Towson, MD 21286

Join us for a fall workday at Ridgely Manor to help remove invasive vines as part of our ongoing environmental restoration efforts. Tools, instruction, and light refreshments will be provided.

Link to Register

Día de Voluntariado - Calico Cat Café
2025-11-08 13:00 - 15:00
Calico Cat Café
2137 Gwynn Oak Ave,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21207

Día de Voluntariado
¡Únete a nosotros en Calico Cat Café para ayudar a identificar y eliminar plantas invasoras! El personal de NeighborSpace dirigirá una demostración práctica, brindando a los participantes las habilidades necesarias para apoyar la restauración ambiental del sitio.
Se proporcionarán herramientas, instrucciones y refrigerios ligeros.
¡Ven a aprender, participar y marcar la diferencia en tu comunidad!

Enlace para registrarse

Volunteer Day - Calico Cat Cafe
2025-11-08 13:00 - 15:00
Calico Cat Cafe
2137 Gwynn Oak Ave,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21207

Volunteer Day
Join us at Calico Cat Cafe to help identify and remove invasive plants! NeighborSpace staff will lead a hands-on demonstration, giving participants the skills to support environmental restoration at the site.
Tools, instruction, and light refreshments will be provided.
Come learn, get involved, and make a difference in your community.

Link to register

Volunteer Appreciation Event
2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E 30th St, Baltimore, MD, United States
Click here to register: https://forms.gle/LF7HegtbqBETv8kR8

Walktober - Volz Neighborhood Park
2025-10-24 16:00 - 17:00
Celebrate Walktober with a walk in Volz Neighborhood Park!
Executive Director Phyllis Joris will share insider information about park history and recent restoration efforts and try to answer all your burning questions about NeighborSpace.
Navigate to 9827 Ravenhurst Rd, Middle River, MD
Click here to register: https://forms.gle/LF7HegtbqBETv8kR8

Walktober - Tollgate Wyndham Preserve
2025-10-19 12:00 - 13:00
Celebrate Walktober with a walk in Tollgate Wyndham Preserve!
Executive Director Phyllis Joris will share insider information about park history and recent restoration efforts and try to answer all your burning questions about NeighborSpace.
Park at Owings Mills Elementary School near the playground, 10824 Reisterstown Rd, Owings Mills, MD

Garden Work Day with Wiltondale Garden Club
2025-10-18 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-09-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-16 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Adelaide Bentley Park, 436 E Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD, United States

Forest Bathing at Levickas
2025-10-11 09:00 - 10:30
Levickas Woods at Dunmore
located at the corner of Dunmore Rd. & Kilmarnoch Dr.
(next to 6600 Kilmarnoch Dr., Catonsville, MD)
Join our partners at Forest Harmony and Howard EcoWorks for a guided forest bathing walk. Forest bathing is the practice of mindfully spending time in nature, especially among trees, to relax and enhance well-being.
Click to Register

Chestnut Park Work Day
2025-10-11 08:00 - 10:00
Chestnut Park Work Day
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 8:00–10:00 AM
Location: Chestnut Park, Dundalk Ave. between Main St. & Sollers Point Rd.
(Just past the Dollar Tree: 3803 Dundalk Ave, Dundalk, MD 21222)
Join us to care for the native gardens at Chestnut Park, a NeighborSpace community-managed park in Turner Station. This event is hosted in partnership with Turner Station Conservation Teams, Inc.
Volunteer Recommendations:

Wear long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toed shoes
Bring sun and tick protection
Bring a refillable water bottle

Light refreshments will be provided.

Walktober - Adelaide Bentley Park
2025-10-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Adelaide Bentley Pa, 438 E Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD 21286, USA
Celebrate Walktober with a walk in Adelaide Bentley Park!
Executive Director Phyllis Joris will share insider information about park history and recent restoration efforts and try to answer all your burning questions about NeighborSpace.

Stream Bug Blitz at Carroll Watkins
2025-09-30 17:30 - 19:30
Join us at Carroll Watkins Park as we explore nearby streams for macroinvertebrate life! Using dip nets, we’ll capture and examine aquatic insects of all shapes, colors, and sizes.
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Trees & Streams at Tollgate Wyndham Preserve
2025-09-27 10:00 - 12:00
Park at Owings Mills Elementary School and meet at the playground
10824 Reisterstown Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117
Schedule of Activities

10 AM – 1 PM: Free Tree Giveaway
11 AM: Stream Cleanup
11:30 AM: Macroinvertebrate Stream Survey

Join us for a day of stewardship and discovery at Tollgate-Wyndham Preserve! Help clean up the stream, then take a closer look at the aquatic insects, called macroinvertebrates, that live there and learn what they can tell us about water quality and pollution.
Free trees will be available to take home from 10 AM to 12 PM. Trees are first-come, first-choice, with tentative species including white oak, black gum, tulip poplar, magnolia, and sycamore.
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Volz Park Tree Giveaway
2025-09-26 17:00 - 19:30 | 9827 Ravenhurst Rd. Middle River, Middle River, MD, United States
Free trees will be available to take home from 5-7:30 PM. Trees are first-come, first-choice, with tentative species including white oak, black gum, redbud, magnolia, and sycamore.
Click to Register

Bird Walk (with Joe Corcoran of Baltimore Bird Club)
2025-09-21 08:00 - 09:00
Park at Owings Mills Elementary School
10824 Reisterstown Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117

Garden Work Day at Carroll Watkins Park
2025-09-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Carroll Watkins Park, 5830 Flannery Ln, Gwynn Oak, MD, United States
Volunteers are needed to help weed the native plant and rain gardens at Carroll Watkins Park, a community-managed pocket park in Gwynn Oak.
Click to Register

Caw to Action at Powhatan Park
2025-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 | 6258 Robin Hill Rd, Gwynn Oak, MD, United States
NeighborSpace’s Powhatan Park is a volunteer site for the annual Caw to Action, a partnership between the Ravens and the United Way of Central MD. Volunteers will support restoration and beautification efforts at Powhatan Park, a community-managed green space in Lochearn. Join us to help plant and water trees, clear overgrown areas, and install new plantings to enhance the park’s natural beauty and ecological health.
Register here
Spaces are limited.

Biorentention Ponds & Pizza at Powhatan Park
2025-08-29 17:30 - 19:30 | 6258 Robin Hill Road Baltimore, Gwynn Oak, MD, United States
Learn to identify native plants in the two bioretention ponds at Powhatan Park. These ponds help to manage stormwater from the surrounding area. Instructions and tools will be provided, and pizza will be served for volunteers.
Register here

Community Cookout & DJ Jacques Thompson @ Chestnut Park
2025-08-16 15:00 - 18:00

Garden Work Day with Wiltondale Garden Club
2025-06-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Adelaide Bentley Park, 436 E Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD, United States
To register, please use this link! https://forms.gle/CxB7SCkJN3rSxDnp8

Latin Rock by Pat Alban + Community Art Project at Graystone
2025-06-21 15:00 - 19:00 | Graystone Community Open Space, 1905 Gwynn Oak Ave, Gwynn Oak, MD, United States
Register here: https://forms.gle/2b31wdAXo3mPC9wn6

Gwynn Oak Field Day with Blue Water Baltimore
2025-06-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Carroll Watkins Park, 5830 Flannery Ln, Gwynn Oak, MD, United States
Join NeighborSpace and Blue Water Baltimore for a morning of engaging, hands-on activities exploring the connection between stormwater, urban infrastructure, and local natural spaces. Starting at Carroll Watkins Park and ending at Gwynn Oak Park, the event includes an informal walk-and-talk, a trash cleanup, and a search for water-dwelling creatures (benthic macroinvertebrates) in the Gwynns Falls.
Each attendee must complete a registration form, including those under 18. All participants are required to submit a waiver, and minors must have a paper waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Waiver instructions will be emailed after registration. Please review them before the event. All attendees under 18 must be accompanied by a chaperone. There will be a short walk between the two park locations.
We hope you’ll join us for this special outdoor experience!
Link to register: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/event/blue-water-baltimore-field-day/

Paint 'n Sip at Adelaide Bentley Park
2025-06-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Adelaide Bentley Park, 436 E Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD, United States

Stewardship Saturday - Buffer Day
2025-06-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Tollgate Wyndham Preserve, 10824 Reisterstown Rd, Owings Mills, MD, United States
Learn from an expert about the importance of riparian forest buffers! Help with stream clean-up and participate in a bug blitz or herp quest.

Live Celtic Music - Galway Strays at Ridgely Manor Park
2025-06-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Ridgely Manor Park, 1628 Yakona Rd, Towson, MD, United States
Register here: https://forms.gle/oGtbaNpWHgC3UaGz9
