The Maryland Natives Shade Garden, located between Woods Hall and Francis Scott Key Hall along McKeldin Mall features native ferns, sedges, grasses, wildflowers and shrubs that grow within Maryland’s forests.

Originally conceived as Honeybee Haven in 2015, the garden area on the east side of Knight Hall underwent an addition and expansion in the summer of 2019 as has been renamed the Knight Hall Pollinator Garden to better encompass the breadth of work this garden does. 

Installed in the fall of 2018 on the south side of the Physical Sciences Complex, this garden honors the work of Professor Joseph Weber (1919-2000).

This garden is located in the center courtyard of the Physical Sciences Complex and celebrates the life of Professor Robert L. Gluckstern.

The H. Edward Reiley Azalea and Rhododendron Garden was planted by UMD Students in the fall of 2011.

The Chef’s Garden, located in front of the Stamp Student Union, offers fresh and local herbs that can be used by our campus chefs and Campus Pantry participants.

JFarm, a garden located at the Hillel near south campus, is the perfect location to be part of a community and participate in gardening.

The solitary bee wall, an art installation titled Dwelling: Paint Branch Creek, and its adjoining pollinator garden allows the University of Maryland community to learn more about bees.

The pedestrian plaza East of Benjamin Hall and South of Cole Student Activity Center along Campus Drive is home to two landmarks, Topiary Testudo and the Veteran’s Memorial Flag Court.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the northwest end of campus has a lovely and mostly well-known landscape.