Schedule of Summer/Fall Events 2026 Native Garden Contest Applications OpenDate: Monday, June 8 – July 7 (see below for more information) GTA Prop-Making Event for Fourth of July parade Fourth of July ParadeWe need your help to create new props for GTA’s entry into Towson’s Fourth of July Parade! We will be creating fish and frogs from recycled materials, along with painting a new parade banner for our theme: ❤️Your Neighborhood StreamDate: Saturday, June 13Time: 11am-2pmLocation: Central Presbyterian Church Outdoor Pavilion, 7308 York Road, Towson, MD 21204 Fourth of July parade: Love Your Neighborhood Stream We need at least 20 marchers […]
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Letter from the GTA Executive Committee to the Baltimore County Council regarding the Jones Falls Sewershed
May 26, 2026Baltimore County Council 400 Washington AveTowson, MD 21204 Re: Bill 37-26, 2026 Basic Services Sewerage Map (BSSM) Dear Council Members: The purpose of this letter is to express our deep disappointment with both the timing and the substance of the letter dated May 4, 2026 submitted to you by the Office of Governmental Affairs in opposition to an amendment proposed by Councilman Patoka expanding the Area of Deficiency (AOD) within the Jones Falls sewershed. As for the timing, it appears that a copy of the letter was not made available to the public in […]
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Green Towson Alliance celebrated 10 years of friendship, advocacy, greening and environmental education in 2025. Here are some of our accomplishments. BUILDING A CLEANER, GREENER, MORE BEAUTIFUL TOWSON Community Shade Trees In the 11th year of partnership with Blue Water Baltimore, GTA helped coordinate the planting of 207 trees in 15 Towson neighborhoods in autumn 2025, including Anneslie, Campus Hills, Glendale, Greenbrier, Idlewylde, Knollwood, Lutherville,Rogers Forge, Ruxton-RIderwood, Stoneleigh, West Towson, Wiltondale, and others. Trees ranged from long-lived, tall shade trees (Willow Oak, Shumard Oak, Swamp White Oak, Tulip Poplar, Honey Locust), to mid-sized Riverbirch and […]
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See the findings from the survey put forth by the Maryland Native Plant Coalition.
Continue reading164 Volunteers Cleaned Out More than a Ton of Trash from Towson Streams this Spring
Volunteers from neighborhoods all over Towson helped to clean up 2,857 pounds of trash from tributaries of the Herring Run and Roland Run this spring as part of Project Clean Stream for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Every year, Green Towson Alliance organizes these cleanups in Towson, and this year, nine cleanups were held in April. These youngsters helped look for trash in the Herring Run stream in Overlook Park. GTA members Kathleen Brady (pictured) and Diane Topper led the Wiltondale Garden Club cleanup in the Wiltondale Community. Some unusual items pulled out of […]
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