2011Greening Celebration

We had a terrific time at our 16th Annual Community Greening Celebration and Baltimore Ecosystem Study Open House on October 19 at Clyburn Arboretum's Vollmer Visitor Center.

Over 150 people joined us to celebrate community greening and environmental awareness in Baltimore. Congratulations to all of the greening, zine and silent auction winners! 

See you next year!

Many thanks to our sponsors and silent auction item donors!

  • Constellation Energy - Event Sponsor
  • REI - Event Sponsor
  • TKF Foundation
  • Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
  • Baltimore Community Foundation
  • Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Awards were presented in the following categories:

  • Outstanding Neighborhood Greening Grant Project of 2011 - TIE! Cole Street Garden Community Children's Garden and Roland Park Elementary/Middle School Schoolyard Garden

  • Outstanding Partnerships for Parks Project of 2011 - Access Art, Mural at Morrell Park

  • CGRN “Friend of the Network” - Casey Jackson

  • CGRN “Community Anchor” - Whitelock Community Farm

  • Exceptional Schoolyard Garden - Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School Garden

  • Stand-Out Volunteer Group - Loyola University Environmental Ethics Students

  • Commitment to Clean Water - Baltimore Free Farm

  • One Park Award - Southeast Community Development Corporation

The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) also presented awards to the winners and runners up of their fall Zine contest. Categories included:

  • High School: First place - Tolu Alegbeleye, Western School of Technology and Environmental Science. Runner up - Zohra Noor, Western School of Technology and Environmental Science
  • Middle School: First place - Monica Castillo, Old Court Middle School. Runner up - Lauren Archer , St. Paul’s School for Girls
  • Elementary School: First place - Taylor Mutter Mars Estates Elementary School. Runner up - Tydai Henson, Mars Estates Elementary School
  • Artistic Creativity: First place - Yen Truong, Arbutus Middle School. Runner up - Anna Self, Arbutus Middle School

See below for photos from the evening's festivities courtesy of Howard P. Fink.