Unity Gardens Grantees: Look Who Will be Blooming Soon!

Boulevard Park Improvement Association: Following 3 years of community-led invasive vine eradication, this HOA will transform a neglected area into a thriving native ecosystem with the addition of a variety of native shrubs and perennials.

Civic Association of Palisades: As a follow-on to a 2024 project where native trees and shrubs were installed in a wooded entrance island, this year’s project will fill in open spaces with additional shrubs and perennial ground covers to convert traditional mulched areas to green mulch and to provide soft landings for beneficial insects.

Epiphany Episcopal Church: Unity Gardens’ funds will be used to enable the church to replant a section of their Peace Garden with native plants, where old and diseased plants were removed leaving a bare and sunny area attractive to invasive species and no pollinators.

Hatton Regester Green (via the Hollyberry Garden Club): To plant native plants in a bare area surrounding a newly installed pavilion to help absorb the water coming off the roof and to add more natives to three other sites close to the structure.

Lothian Elementary School: As part of a comprehensive intiative to transform the school into a model Maryland Green School and Agricultural Learning Campus, this project will establish outdoor learning environments that demonstrate sustainable agriculture, native habitat restoration, pollinator conservation, therapeutic gardening, and watershed stewardship.

Islamic Society of Annapolis (in partnership with Alliance of the Chesapeake Bay): Unity Gardens funds will pay for plants to restore a rain garden at Masjid Al-Ansar which is a mosque serving the greater Annapolis and Anne Arundel County areas.

Pastorate of the Visitation: With our grant, two Catholic churches in Pasadena – Our Lady of the Chesapeake and Saint Jane Francis – will expand previously installed pollinator gardens to add both visual interest to the properties and more perennials to their flower farm which provides native plants bouquets for the churches’ alters. 

Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church: To fill in an area near the Fellowship Hall where English Ivy has been removed to create a Meditation Garden and to add more native plants to the parking lot area.

Revell Downs Homeowners Association: To plant native perennials and shrubs to stabilize and beautify an unplanted slope and in two existing garden beds at the entrance to the neighborhood. These areas are highly visible and will help generate excitement about the community’s new Green Team.

Severn Grove Improvement Association: The community will use our grant to establish a new garden of native shrubs to support wildlife, manage stormwater runoff, and educate the community about the value of native plants..

Severna Park Library (via the Hollyberry Garden Club): To purchase additional native plants to support the ongoing transformation of a 6,000 square foot, heavily trafficked area into an educational native landscape.

St. John Lutheran Church: To create a place of beauty that is beneficial for wildlife and the members and visitors of the church.

Tanyard Cove North: This community association will use the grant funds to plant native perennials and shrubs in their marina area for erosion control, wildlife benefits and aesthetics. The site currently has no vegetation except weeds and established trees.

Tawes Garden: In preparation for it’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2027, volunteers will be revitalizing the extensive demonstration gardens at the Department of Natural Resources facility. Unity Gardens’ funds will be used to create a new garden of native shrubs and perennials clustered around a sculpture of a heron as a memorial to a DNR employee.

Yellow Metal Bees: This new non-profit will use our grant to install a small native pollinator demonstration garden to support bees, butterflies and other pollinators while educating the local community about native habitat, pollinator stewardship and pesticide-free garden care.