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Adkins Arboretum techniques such as leaving the leaves, awareness about best landscaping
reducing turf, and fi nding alternatives practices and stormwater management.
12610 Eveland Rd, Ridgely to toxic fertilizers and pesticides, With their encouragement, Adkins has
410.634.2847 homeowners can help support wildlife applied for a second year of funding
and keep our waterways clean. Land, in hopes of working with three new
Adkinsarboretum.org
water, and wildlife are inextricably HOAs in addition to the HOAs
Info@Adkinsarboretum.org
linked, and the choices homeowners currently engaged. Mallard Run HOA
Adkins Arboretum, Shore make play an important role in in Stevensville has already expressed
Rivers Receive Grant to Educate safeguarding our environment. interest.
Homeowner Associations
During the initial “Naturally Better To learn more about the Naturally
Adkins Arboretum received a 2023 Landscaping” project year, Adkins Better Landscaping project, visit
Chesapeake Bay Trust Outreach grant and ShoreRivers have provided field adkinsarboretum.org.
to partner with ShoreRivers on a experiences, site visits, and community
“Naturally Better Landscaping” project presentations to Bay Bridge Cove and Adkins Arboretum Off ers
that strives to educate and empower Chester Harbor HOAs in Queen Anne’s Botanical Art Classes
local homeowner associations to adopt County, as well as Back Creek HOA in

environmentally-friendly landscaping Talbot County. They have also developed Learn to capture the nuances of plants
practices. The project was prompted garden concept designs and online and in colored pencil or watercolor when

by the passage of Maryland House Bill print resources. The project was featured Adkins Arboretum offers a series of
322, which prohibits HOA governing in the Chesapeake Conservation botanical art classes. Programs include:
bodies from restricting homeowners Landscaping Council’s “Turning a New Botanical Drawing I
who employ landscaping techniques that Leaf” conference in December. Sundays, February 11, 18, 25 and

benefit the environment.
Queen Anne’s County officials have March 10, 12:30 –3:30 p.m.
By using native plants in conjunction welcomed the “Naturally Better Led by Sarah Saltus, this introduction
with other environmentally friendly Landscaping” project as a way to raise to botanical drawing will focus on
developing skills and techniques
necessary to capture the essence

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violets are blue, botanical study in pencil.
violets are blue,
I got on the scale, Botanical Drawing II
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and thought
and thought Sundays, March 17, 24, April
7 and 14, 12:30–3:30 p.m.
Watercolor is a versatile and expressive
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