Garlic Mustard Challenge
Volunteers Removed Nearly 6 tons of Garlic Mustard from Parks!
The results are in and the Garlic Mustard Challenge was a HUGE success! Hundreds of volunteers working all over the county removed thousands of pounds of garlic mustard plants from our Parks. In all, 611 volunteers worked at 28 locations in 13 Montgomery County Parks. The winners of the challenge are listed below.
Thank you! To all our volunteers for their time, energy, and efforts to help save the forests by removing tons of garlic mustard from parkland! And, many more thanks to our Sponsors who donated prizes for the challenge.
What's next?
How to keep on helping
The Challenge may be over but the effort to eradicate garlic mustard continues!
- Thursday, May 15, 11:00 a.m. - 12 Noon. Viers Mill Recreation Center. Join Montgomery County Certified Weed Warrior Jane Folsom for a garlic mustard pull.
- Join Friends of Sligo Creek for one of their many pulls over the next several weeks. Visit their website for times and locations: http://www.fosc.org/RIPEventSched.htm
Have a group that would like to join in the effort?
Lynette Scaffidi, Natural Resources Specialist at: Lynette.Scaffidi@mncppc-mc.org or 301-949-0223 (work) to set up a pull for your group!
Our Winners!
Everyone is a winner. All participants received a FREE Park Pass redeemable for admission to various Montgomery County Parks activities. After working in the parks, it’s time to play in the parks!
The recipients of the prizes donated by our sponsors are:
- Greatest amount of Garlic Mustard pulled by a group: Cub Scout Pack 461 at Cabin John Regional Park
- Greatest amount of Garlic Mustard pulled per person in a group: St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Meadowside Nature Center
- Greatest amount of Garlic Mustard pulled by a family: The Cowhig Family at Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park
- Greatest amount of Garlic Mustard pulled by an individual:
- First Place: Jo A. at Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 10 who pulled 639 pounds!!!
- Second Place: Regan H. at Sligo Creek SVP Section 10 who pulled 77 pounds!
Thank You!
Our sponsors
Prizes were donated by:
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Our Volunteers
Thanks to all our Park Staff that supported this effort and brought the hundreds of bags of garlic mustard to the Montgomery Transfer Station for composting! Special thanks to the following organized groups and representatives that participated in this year’s Garlic Mustard Challenge:
| Cub Scout Pack 1438 Boy Scout Troop 1426 Girl Scout Troop 2216 Cub Scout Park 461 Boy Scout Pack 480 Girl Scout Service Unit of Burtonsville, Cloverly, and Fairland Burnt Mills 4H Creators St. Peter’s Catholic Church – Caring for Creation Committee Temple Emanuel – 4thand 5th grades Coach Mesirow’s MSIsoccer team Students of Gaithersburg Middle School Students of Sidwell Friends St. Olaf College Alumni Association |
Coed Fraternity at University of Maryland School of Business HOC Georgian Court Teen Club Hyatt Regency at Bethesda Legume & Norman, Inc. The Calvert Group Potomac Hudson Engineering Company in Potomac Taiwanese-American Senior Society (TASS) Neighbors of North West Branch (NNWB) Friends of Sligo Creek (FOSC) Friends of Little Bennett (FLBP) Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher Senator Jamie Raskin and friends |
Challenge Results
Park Name |
Number of participants |
Pounds Pulled |
|---|---|---|
Black Hill Regional Park |
35 |
355 |
Brookside Gardens |
30 |
333 |
Brookside Nature Center |
23 |
301 |
Cabin John Regional Park |
Cub Scout Pack 461 |
367 |
Capital Crescent Trail, April 25 |
The Calvert Group |
180 |
Capital Crescent Trail, April 26 |
25 |
420 |
Indian Spring Terrace Local Parks |
13 |
44 |
Little Bennett Regional Park |
53 |
718 |
Locust Grove Nature Center, April 23 |
26 |
409 |
Locust Grove Nature Center April 26 |
13 |
334.5 |
Maydale Park |
22 |
261 |
Meadowside Nature Center |
53 |
520 |
North West Branch Stream Valley Park, April 22 |
Legum and Norman, Inc. |
225 |
North West Branch Stream Valley Park, April 26 |
12 |
552 |
Norwood Local Park |
Coach Mesirow’s MSI Rec. Soccer Team |
97 |
Paint Branch Stream Valley Park at Maydale Park |
2 |
Lots! |
Rock Creek Stream Valley Park along Beach Drive, April 27 |
Temple Emmanuel |
2,040 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 3 |
17 |
400 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 4 |
4 |
Lots! |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 5 |
5 |
120 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 6 |
2 |
80 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 7 |
32 |
942 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 8 |
40 |
860 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 9, April 21 |
9 |
400 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 9, April 26 |
10 |
300 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 10, April 21 |
5 |
659 |
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Section 10, April 26 |
20 + |
204 |
Wheaton Regional Park |
Sidwell Friends students |
291 |
TOTALS: 28 PARK LOCATIONS |
611 VOLUNTEERS |
11,413+ LBS |
Date of last update: May 9, 2008
