Attention, NeighborSpace volunteers!   Have you volunteered with NeighborSpace once, twice, or more times than you can count? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Help us shape our volunteer, social, and educational programs by taking a quick 5-minute survey to share your experience. Thank you for your time and input. If you have any […]

This fall, NeighborSpace launched Neighbors for Native Plants, a pilot training course featuring four sessions that blend classroom and fieldwork. Participants explored topics such as Maryland Piedmont ecology, the significance of native plants, identifying native and invasive species, and effective techniques for invasive plant removal. This course emerged in response to the many Baltimore County […]

NeighborSpace is proud to be a partner on the Community Climate Resilience Project in Turner Station. This initiative, funded by a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Coastal Resilience Fund grant, is a collaboration among Baltimore County, Turner Station Conservation Teams, NeighborSpace, The Nature Conservancy, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition. Since […]

Thank you volunteers who came out this month for a stream clean-up at Tollgate Wyndham Preserve!  Volunteers removed litter from the stream and trails, filling up a total of seven bags.  We also cleared a section of invasive privet.  Some of the areas cleared will be the sites of new tree plantings as part of […]

NeighborSpace is excited to announce that it was recently awarded $60,000 through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration grant program. The award will fund immediate improvement of riparian habitat at three heavily used NeighborSpace sites as well as grow community capacity to sustainably monitor and steward these sites in […]

NeighborSpace has been working with the Graystone Community Association since 2009, when it responded to the Association’s request to purchase the 0.3-acre property that is now Graystone Community Open Space. This grass lot in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, is affectionately referred to as “the neighborhood’s living room” or simply “the lot” by neighbors. The Community Association […]

Dear Friend of NeighborSpace, We are well into the 2025 fiscal year at this point but I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the past year. FY24 was a whirlwind of projects, events and gatherings!  NeighborSpace made significant progress last year on long-term projects such as the construction of the Bear Creek Heritage […]

Late summer is the season of Goldenrods (genus Solidago, family Asteraceae). In flower beds, along roadsides, and throughout native meadows, bright yellow flowers begin to open in August, with blooms lasting well into October. With over 100 varieties native to North America, and several native to Maryland, these late-blooming wildflowers provide vital nectar and habitat […]

NeighborSpace was saddened to hear that Bear Creek Steering Committee member Patricia Paul passed away unexpectedly on August 24th. Patricia was a lifelong community advocate and staunch supporter of the Bear Creek Heritage Trail project. She pioneered the idea of a trail that would highlight local history and connect community members to the waterfront, and […]

NeighborSpace is proud to present its final report on the historical role of Bear Creek and its people. Principal investigator Dr. Glenn Johnston worked for more than two years with a team of professional historians, community historians, and Stevenson University students to analyze military operations during the War of 1812 and to document the natural […]