Fall 2019 Unity Gardens Grantees Announced This fall, Unity Gardens awarded almost $10,000 in small grants to organizations in Anne Arundel County. Grants of up to $1,000 were awarded to nonprofit groups who will use funds to purchase native plants to complete their community’s rain garden and conservation landscaping projects. These are efforts that use…

Unity Gardens has extended their Fall Grant Deadline until midnight on Thursday, August 22. Grants of up to $1,000 are available to community groups, religious organizations, scout troops, homeowners associations, and others planting native gardens in Anne Arundel County. Visit www.unitygardens.org to learn more or see examples of some of our past grants. If you…

The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks services for technical assistance to support key Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes through thirteen (13) separate scopes of work: Proposal 1: Quantification of the Value of Green Infrastructure Hazard Mitigation Related to Inland and Coastal Flooding Proposal 2: Behavior Change Training…

Please spread the word.  Three weeks till the webinar and hands-on training for educators, formal and informal, in Fairview, MD (just west of Hagerstown). Thanks!   Frank F. Rodgers Executive Director ISA Certified Arborist #MA-4468A FRodgers@CacaponInstitute.Org 304-240-2721 (c) 304-258-8013 (o) #10 Rock Ford Road, Great Cacapon, WV 25422     __________________   It’s Raining Classrooms!…

Please forward to interested parties. Frank 304-240-2721     It’s Raining Classrooms! Rain Gardens for Learning Dirty Hands for Cleaner Streams: Rain Gardens 101   Thanks to the Chesapeake Bay Trust and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation this training is FREE!   Cacapon Institute is offering a one-hour webinar  to discuss rain gardens, their benefits,…

Please consider joining NOAA and the Bay Trust for this important webinar.  Frank   ….. Please join us on Wednesday, August 26 from noon-1 for the first installment of the MWEE Best Practices webinar series sponsored by NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.  These webinars will feature organizations who are implementing Meaningful…

THREE TRAININGS IN ONE DAY!  Join us and please pass the invitation along.   CraftWorks at Cool Springs is a beautiful facility easily reached from Montgomery & Washington Co. MD, N.VA and the Shenandoah Valley, Eastern Panhandle of WV, and just 1.5 hours from downtown D.C. Tuesday, June 30th. Cost is just $5 for all…

Please circulate broadly and plan to join NFWF, DC Greenworks, and Cacapon Institute next Friday (3/27) for a Brown Bag Lunch “Spotlight Webinar.”  RSVP in email below.  If you’re on the ChesapeakeNetwork.Org please “favorite” Elizabeth’s announcement from yesterday. Thanks Frank F. Rodgers, Cacapon Institute, 304-240-2721   From: Elizabeth Nellums [mailto:Elizabeth.Nellums@NFWF.ORG] Subject: NFWF Project Spotlight Webinar:…