Home Gardening & Master Gardeners

Our demonstration gardens are set up for self-guided tours and are open from sunrise to sunset.

The gardens are located on the grounds of the Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park - 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030.

The garden is broken up into different areas, each with a different educational theme: Deer Resistant Garden, Bay-Wise Garden Grow It Eat It (GIEI) Garden Herb Garden Turf Demonstration Area, Compost Demonstration Area and Children's Garden Pollinator Garden. Most of our community garden classes are held here. Parking and admission to the garden is FREE.

Baltimore County Master Gardeners are available to speak on a variety of topics to your garden club, church, business, or or community organization. 

Our programs cover a broad range of sustainable garden and  landscape topics, such as: Vegetable Gardening basics, advanced, and in containers, composting, herbs, invasive plants, landscaping with native plants, native bees and pollinators in your garden, along with many more. An honorarium of $100 is suggested.

Questions? Please email
Patty Mochel - BCMGSpeakers@gmail.com

Speakers' Bureau Topics

Speakers' Bureau Brochure

The Bay-Wise Program teaches residents how to:

• Fertilize Wisely
• Water Efficiently 
• Mow Properly
• Control Storm water Runoff
• Mulch Appropriately
• Recycle Yard Waste
• Manage Yard Pests with Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Plant Wisely
• Encourage Wildlife
• Protect the Waterfront