Cylburn Arboretum Friends

06/20/2026

Our Giant Coneflowers (Rudbeckia maxima) are starting to put on a show. These native perennials have bright yellow petals, but it is their impressive height (they can grow up to eight feet tall) that stands out. They are beginning to rival the height of our trellis!

06/19/2026

🌱Yoga on the Lawn - Saturday (8AM-9AM) - Stretch, breathe, and unwind with free community yoga on the lawn led by a yoga instructor from Coppermine Health and Fitness. No registration required.
🌱NEC Drop-In - Saturday (11AM-12PM) - In June we will explore how the forests, gardens, streams, and wildlife of Cylburn Arboretum are connected to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. No registration required.
🌱Garden Drop-In - Sunday (2:30PM-4:30PM) - Drop by the gardens to see what we’re working on and pick up expert gardening tips. No registration required.

06/18/2026

Check out the spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata) blooming in City Demonstration Garden #5, The Nestled Native Garden. With its distinctive tiers of pale pink and cream bracts surrounding clusters of spotted flowers, this native plant is not only beautiful but also a favorite of pollinators, attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects throughout the summer.

While all of the newly installed plants in this garden are native, the design is centered around an existing Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) tree. The garden embraces the reality that many gardeners inherit mature, non-native landscape features rather than starting with a blank slate. Instead of viewing the tree as a limitation, the design team from Phaire Gardens chose to work with it, taking advantage of the shade it provides.

06/17/2026

Members of the order Lepidoptera (our butterflies, moths, and skippers) have begun appearing among the garden blooms in large numbers. Come stand in a garden at Cylburn this week; they are alive with movement.

06/16/2026

06/13/2026

Although Cylburn was purchased by Baltimore City Recreation and Parks in 1942, it did not become the Cylburn Wildflower Preserve and Garden Center until 1954. As its name suggested, one of the long-range goals of the Cylburn Committee was to develop a wildflower preserve that would conserve and enhance the wealth of native plant material found within Cylburn Park. Today, Cylburn Arboretum continues this mission by working to preserve and steward the property's rich natural resources.

06/13/2026

🌱Yoga on the Lawn - Saturday (8AM-9AM) - Stretch, breathe, and unwind with free community yoga on the lawn, led by a yoga instructor from Coppermine Health and Fitness. No registration is required.
🌱Pop-Up Display in Vollmer - Saturday and Sunday (10AM-1:30PM) -Discover how to identify and protect “very important” plant and animal species that are vital to keep our ecosystem balanced. No registration required.
🌱NEC Drop-In - Saturday (11AM-12PM) - June’s theme, Cylburn and the Chesapeake Bay, explores how the forests, gardens, streams, and wildlife of Cylburn Arboretum are connected to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. No registration required.

06/11/2026

The Cylburn Mansion Garden.

06/10/2026

Another Summer Nature Camp session is well underway! Every morning our campers set off to explore a different trail here at Cylburn Arboretum.

06/09/2026

Our milkweed is starting to bloom!