Get Involved

Each semester, many hundreds of UMD students and community members volunteer their time to support the UMD Arboretum by performing weeding, mulching, planting, and litter cleanup. In 2022, the Arboretum recorded 5,927 volunteer hours at a record value of $178,861*.

Facilities Management’s (FM) Landscape Maintenance team has accomplished the long-awaited switch from gasoline-powered to electric leaf blowers. Completing a transition that began in 2018, FM eliminated the last of the gasoline-powered equipment at the start of this year. Outside contractors are also required to use electric blowers when working on the UMD campus.

Members of the UMD chapter of Black Girls Vote will help cultivate our living campus, but all are welcome to join.  Tools and gloves are provided and volunteers should wear close-toed shoes. Volunteer tasks include weeding, planting, pruning, and mulching. 

Members of the UMD Water Polo program will help cultivate our living campus, but all are welcome to join.  Tools and gloves are provided and volunteers should wear close-toed shoes. Volunteer tasks include weeding, planting, pruning, and mulching. 

Our campus has many different types and species of magnolias in bloom each spring. If you have magnolias at home, our friends at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has a good article on their care and use. 

Along a busy stretch of Adelphi Road just south of the University of Maryland sits an unremarkable field, its dormant scrub offering little trace of the six-month, nectar-fueled rager it hosted last year. But by June, the sea of muted brown will again give way to a riot of black-eyed Susans, golden Alexanders and crimson beardtongues—a floral feast for the eyes, and for the bellies of bees, butterflies and other frequent fliers roaming the region.

Join other volunteers at these drop-in service events to help cultivate our living campus.  The garden is located next to the Arboretum Outreach Center, 3931 Stadium Drive.  Tools and gloves are provided. 

Join other volunteers at these drop-in service events to help cultivate our living campus.  The garden is located next to the Arboretum Outreach Center, 3931 Stadium Drive.  Tools and gloves are provided. 

Join other volunteers at these drop-in volunteer hours to help cultivate our living campus.  The garden is located next to the Arboretum Outreach Center, 3931 Stadium Drive.  Tools and gloves are provided.