Fiddlers and Fireflies

Fiddlers and Fireflies

July 13th / 6-9pm / $10 per car One of our most popular family programs returns – with the musicians you love! Bring your supper and spread your blanket and lawn chairs. As the fireflies begin to flicker under the trees and in the tall grasses around the...
August Weekend Butterfly Walk

August Weekend Butterfly Walk

August 26 / 10:30am / FREE It’s our favorite time of the year because the butterflies are here! Join butterfly guides from the Howard County Bird Club and the Conservancy for a walk around our Mt. Pleasant trails and gardens to learn butterfly identification tips and...
August Weekday Butterfly Walk

August Weekday Butterfly Walk

August 14 / 10:30am / FREE It’s our favorite time of the year because the butterflies are here! Join butterfly guides from the Howard County Bird Club and the Conservancy for a walk around our Mt. Pleasant trails and gardens to learn butterfly identification tips and...
Nature Center re-opens June 1

Nature Center re-opens June 1

We are thrilled to announce that our nature center will officially re-open to the public on June 1, 2023. Our normal hours of 9am-3pm Monday – Saturday will resume. Thank you to our amazing community for your continued support, donations and kindness during this...
July Weekend Butterfly Walk

July Weekend Butterfly Walk

Jul 29 / 10:30 am / FREE It’s our favorite time of the year because the butterflies are here! Join butterfly guides from the Howard County Bird Club for a walk around our Mt. Pleasant trails and gardens to learn butterfly identification tips and tricks and see...
July Weekday Butterfly Walk

July Weekday Butterfly Walk

Jul 10 / 10:30 am / FREE It’s our favorite time of the year because the butterflies are here! Join butterfly guides from the Howard County Bird Club for a walk around our Mt. Pleasant trails and gardens to learn butterfly identification tips and tricks and see...
Pollinator Fest

Pollinator Fest

June 25 / 10am-1pm / FREE Join us to celebrate and meet your favorite pollinators! Learn about bees, butterflies, moths, birds and more at informative stations. Enjoy fun, hands-on pollinator themed activities and games, seed giveaways, book swap and more! Cost: FREE...
Conservancy’s Youth Climate Institute in the news

Conservancy’s Youth Climate Institute in the news

The students at the Youth Climate Institute were ready for their close-ups at the Watershed Report Card Summit in April! The Conservancy’s YCI hit the news on WJZ TV just before Earth Day, when they were planting trees, working the grounds and premiering their...
Students report water findings

Students report water findings

Students from every county high school checked local waterways and schoolyards for pollution, erosion and water quality, then reported their results at last month’s Watershed Report Card Summit. At the ceremony, County Executive Calvin Ball, HCPSS secondary science...
Hike to the Champion Tree

Hike to the Champion Tree

June 10 / 10-11:30am / FREE Join us for a hike to our Champion Tulip Poplar Tree and learn about some other champion trees at the conservancy too! Take in the sights and sounds of nature along the way. Enjoy this hour and a half hiking program led by Wanda MacLachlan,...