Help us Remove Invasive Plants & Plant Natives!

Join us to help save trees by removing invasive vines in our watershed!

See our events page for scheduled vine removal events, and scroll down to see recent events for inspiration! Contact Scott Zillmer if you have any questions or suggestions for specific places where we could host an impactful invasive vine removal event.

If you live in Montgomery County, we encourage you to become a Weed Warrior with Montgomery Parks.

If you live in Prince George’s County, you can become a Weed Warrior with Prince George’s Parks. For information, see the “Weed Warrior” tab on the PGC Parks volunteer page.

2026 Event Highlights

In January 17, 2026, a group of 10 volunteers helped remove some giant bittersweet vines from hardwood trees on the new disc golf course at Northwest Branch Recreational Park. Ed Murtagh made a timelapse video of the work required to free one tree from a particularly bad infestation of mature vines.

3/7/26: Twenty-five volunteers helped free trees from invasive vines around University Hills and Lane Manor Parks in Hyattsville. Chesapeake Climate Action Network led the event, with NNWB members and certified Weed Warriors Ed Murtagh and Ben Simasek participating.

2025 Event Highlights

On Oct 5, 2025, members of NNWB and Friends of Sligo Creek removed wintercreeper at Matthew Henson Park. Check out a video with NNWB’s Scott Zillmer explaining the process and a time lapse of the impressive removal!

2024 Event Highlights

In July 2024, we partnered with Ed Murtagh from Friends of Sligo Creek to organize a weed warrior workday right along the brand new Northwest Branch Trail in Northwest Branch Recreational Park. Ed made a timelapse video of a few warriors liberating a large tree from giant bittersweet vines,

On May 19, 2024, NNW joined Weed Warrior friends from Rockville, led by Monica Berger, to free hundreds of trees from large bittersweet vines in the area of the soon-to-come disc golf course at Northwest Branch Recreational Park.

2023 Project at Burnt Mills East Special Park

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Highlights from invasive removals over the years

John Fay removes Wineberry. Hard work, what with the prickles.

Native Planting Highlights

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Protecting young trees threatened by deer.

This night visitor is the primary threat to the young trees. Photo Charlie Dorian.

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