Native Plant Swap and Meet the Mosaics Celebration

at The Front Yard with Artist Parran Collery

This free event offers both experienced and new gardeners a chance to add native plants to their yards. In doing so, you will be creating habitat for our native birds, bees and butterflies.

Featuring the new art installation, "Lush Life: Cycles and Seasons in the Garden by, Parran Collery, who will be onsite to answer questions. The piece features four mosaic panels representing the year-round beauty of the native landscape; and was made possible with support from the Maryland State Arts Council. 

If you're new to gardening with native plants, this event is the place to get started! Meet other native-plant enthusiasts, view native plants in the Front Yard garden, and take home free plants and seeds! 

If you're an experienced native gardener, please spread the joy by bringing your favorite plants and seeds to swap and share.  
Strange as it sounds, we're trying to prevent the spread of invasive jumping worms,  so please follow these simple steps when bringing your plants to the event: 
1. Dig up your plants. 
2. Shake the dirt off the roots. 
3. Gently rinse the roots clean.  
4. Label each plant (include the botanical name if you can). 
5. Bring them to the Swap & Share in a bucket of water or wrapped in wet paper and tucked in a plastic bag. 

For more information, contact Liz Curtz, Friends of St Clements Bay, at curtzeli@gmail.com 

Participating partners include St. Mary's County Master Gardeners, St. Mary's County Master Naturalists , Nurture Natives, Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, Butterfly Alley and Friends of St Clements Bay. 

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