Join the Ecological Design Collective for our End of Year Reception — a celebration of community, imagination, and collective care for the land.

Over the past year, we’ve gathered in parks, gardens, vacant lots, and urban wilds to reimagine our relationship to land through a series of Grounding Events — community walks, plant knowledge sessions, dye-making workshops, and more. We’ve also convened virtually on our online platform to explore the theme of land through presentations and conversations. These events have rooted us in local ecologies while opening up space for reflection, connection, and action.

At this special gathering, we’ll commemorate a vibrant year of ecological dreaming and doing. We’ll honor the incredible event leaders who guided these moments of re-connection, share highlights from our itinerary of gatherings, and look ahead to what’s next.

Enjoy the food and other refreshments, reconnect with fellow participants, and celebrate the seeds we’ve planted together. Take in our exhibition of milestones and photographs from this collective journey. Whether you joined us once or often, you are warmly invited to come reflect, honor, and imagine with us.

We’ll gather on Sunday, May 18, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM at Blueprint Cafe, 3120 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218. Lunch will be provided.

Event Series:
This event marks the culmination of the EDC’s 2024–25 itinerary for “Reimagining Land” — a monthly series of Groundings that explored Baltimore’s ecology, history, and contemporary place-making through immersive, experiential events.