Xeriscape Demonstration Project

Historical marker location:

8800 Georgia Avenue, Woodside, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Spring Street, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue.)

at Woodside Urban Park.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.