REGISTRATION CLOSED – Weed Warrior Workday at Meadowood Local Park

Save the trees ! Join Ellen Mann, Weed Warrior Supervisor, for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Meadowood Local Park in Colesville, MD. We will be focusing on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei), English ivy (Hedera helix), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) and wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius). We will meet in the section next to Thomas Drive. 

Please wear long pants that cover your ankles, long sleeves, and sturdy, closed-toed shoes. Bring gloves, pruners, small folding hand saws and/or loppers if you have them. Gloves and tools are available to borrow if you don’t have your own. No power tools or machetes allowed. Please bring water to drink. Please note: Court Ordered Volunteer Hours can’t be granted through this workday.

This event is capped at 10 people.

This workday is pre-approved for MCPS SSL hours. Volunteers must be 16 years or older to join this event.

All Parks staff and volunteers must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 for this event.

All volunteers must register online and submit vaccination proof. If you are not vaccinated, you cannot volunteer during this Weed Warrior Workday. You will upload your vaccination proof when you create a profile in the Montgomery Parks Volunteer Database, during the online registration. Please email the WW Volunteer Coordinator if you need a copy of the current Weed Warrior Workday COVID protocols.

Click here to register for the event

Click “Schedule” and then sign up for this shift. More details, including the exact meeting location, will be emailed to you after you register.  If you already have an account in the database, please use the same login, and don’t create a new account!

For questions, email Ellen.

To learn more about the Weed Warrior program, go to www.WeedWarrior.org

This event will be held at Meadowood Local Park