Neither the Meadows HOA nor the Perry Hall Farms Master HOA maintains the responsibility for the care of sidewalks, or the trees along sidewalks, adjacent to individual home lots.  Each homeowner is responsible for the care and maintenance of both the sidewalks adjacent to their property and the trees lining that sidewalk.  These trees are protected by Baltimore County.

While Baltimore County does not own trees within the right-of-way, they are considered to be in, what is known as, a tenant in common relationship, which is a working relationship between the property owner and the government agency.

Homeowners are responsible for the maintenance, care, and repair of their individual lot including the sidewalks immediately adjacent to their lot and the trees planted opposite of the sidewalk adjacent to their property.  Maintaining the health and shape of the trees lining our sidewalks is critical to both the safety of our community and the overall aesthetic of our homes.  

Care & Maintenance

"Curbside Trees" should be fertilized in the fall.  Home improvement stores carry a variety of combination fertilizer and insect control for trees.  These trees should be mulched every year in the spring to help prevent weeds and retain moisture.  Remember to leave a one inch ring around the trunk of your tree free of mulch as this invites bark-eating insects to make themselves at home. 

“Lift” the canopies of trees using a bypass lopper, to no less than 6 feet, to allow walking room along our sidewalks.

Remove all new offshoots from the trunk of the tree, below its canopy, or growing from the ground at the base of the tree, with small pruning shears. 

Kill grasses and weeds growing from the base of the tree with a non-selective herbacide, such as Round-Up.

If you choose to plant daffodils or other perrenials at the base of your "sidewalk trees," remember to remove them when the season has passed.