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Volunteer Opportunities
Mill Hill Vacant Lot Design
Baltimore
The Benedictine Society, located in the southwest neighborhood of Mill Hill, has a corner vacant lot that they would like to transform into a green space for the neighborhood to enjoy and that supports the organization’s community programming. The co-design process with neighboring residents will explore how the lot can function as a beautiful space for neighbors to use, including informal gathering spaces and low-maintenance native plantings.
This project will start in early October 2025, and we are looking for landscape designers with knowledge of native plantings and an interest in creative, do-it-yourself site design. Please email Julia DiMauro at jdimauro@ndc-md.org with questions or to express your interest in the project.
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Prince George's County
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with NDC. We are currently scoping projects and getting them ready for volunteers. If you are new to volunteering with NDC, please reach out to Angelica Arias, aarias@ndc-md.org, to schedule a chat.
We look forward to working with you!
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Put simply, NDC wouldn’t exist without the dedication of our amazing volunteers and community partners. Every year, we celebrate them!
Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds.
If you want to support NDC’s work and have experience in the below disciplines (or something related), we’d love to collaborate.
There’s an amazing symbiotic relationship between our volunteers and community members.
The local designers and experts who dedicate their talents to community projects learn from the community about the area’s needs and challenges, while residents get exposed to key design and implementation processes. Volunteers report their experience to be engaging and enriching!
“Working with NDC has taught me to listen to every unique voice in a design process and to always include those voices in design decisions.”
— Carol Currotto, Interior Designer
