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Join us for a magical summer in the garden! Enjoy a safe, outdoor, engaging experience during Annmarie’s Enchanted Summer at the Garden! We’ve taken all the best parts of our popular Fairy & Gnome Home Festival and transformed it into an amped-up, low-touch/no-touch, multimedia, daily, outdoor experience of frolicking fairy fun. Grab your bug spray, pack a picnic blanket or chairs, and spend your summer with us!

Come explore this charming exhibit of more than 75 handmade houses scattered throughout the trails and woods of the garden. Made by wonderfully creative artists from the community (and beyond), this exhibit features works in all media.

We will start with an online show on our website and social media accounts, and then move to a physical gallery show once the public gathering restrictions have been lifted. Please note this means the artwork delivery dates and the gallery show dates may change as we progress through this crisis. If your work is accepted, we will keep you informed of any changes. Current details are listed below. Bloom & Grow is a lush, colorful, and wide-ranging celebration of floral and botanical art. From biblical depictions of the Garden of Eden, to the plein air art of the Impressionists, to the bold stylized motifs in pop culture, depictions of flowers are plentiful throughout art history and visual culture. Bloom & Grow will feature works that continue these traditions, as well as works that push beyond to explore the symbolic, the emotional, the environmental, and the personal connections we have with flowers, plants, and all things that grow outdoors.

We don't have to miss the beauty of Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center this spring! We've created a peaceful video tour of the garden just for you! Enjoy the art as well as the first buds of spring leaves and blossoms now appearing.

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, Maryland, is pleased to present a powerful new exhibit exploring images and experiences of woman in art, as creators, innovators, consumers, and subject matter. She: An Expression of Womanhood will run through September 27, 2020 in the Kay Daugherty Gallery. The juried exhibit features over 80 works from local and national artists. Themes. Images, and experiences are expressed in a variety of mediums, including, painting and drawing, fiber, assemblage, and sculpture.

ACLT has come up with an event that we think participants will really enjoy while supporting local agri-tourism businesses and ACLT at the same time! For this event, we are partnering with local breweries and wineries to bring you our “Passport to Preservation“. From August 1st to September 7th, visit participating breweries and wineries (not all in one day!), enjoy exclusive discounts, and get your passport stamped for chances to win great prizes!

The SMCR Dragon Quest is a scavenger hunt for cash prizes across St. Mary's and Calvert Counties. This event is not timed, and gives you and your small social-distance-friendly group a fun day hunting around town for puzzle pieces to complete your hunt. From the starting location, you'll be given a clue to the next stop on the route. When you arrive, you'll pick up your coveted puzzle piece, participate in a team challenge, take a photo with the Station Banner, and be given a clue to the next station. When you arrive at the final stop, you and your group will put together your puzzle at a designated table which will be cleaned specially for you! Take a photo of your team with the completed puzzle and return home to await the results of the prize drawing.

It's fairy and gnome season at Annmarie! We've reconfigured our popular outdoor festival to accommodate social-distancing and low-touch precautions, providing a safe outdoor experience for families to imagine, create, and explore! Dress in your fairy finery, pack a picnic blanket, and join us! Timed tickets to control crowd size; advanced purchase required. Masks required only for activity stations and vendor booths. A socially-distanced, family-group based experience.

It's fairy and gnome season at Annmarie! We've reconfigured our popular outdoor event to accomodate social-distancing and low-touch precautions, providing a safe outdoor experience for families to imagine, create, and explore! Dress in your magical finery, bring some chairs, and join us!

Cannolis are one of the best known specialties of Sicilian pastries. They consist of a waffle of fried dough and a filling of ricotta cheese mixed with sugar. Join Chef Kim as she shows you what makes the best cannoli, from shell to filling! We are now offering optional kits that contain all of the ingredients necessary to prepare the recipes presented.

The museum offers 2-hour public sails aboard the historic vessel Dee of St. Mary’s. This is a great way to experience the Patuxent River aboard an iconic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack. The Dee of St. Mary’s is a sailing skipjack used in the museum’s Chesapeake Bay Field Lab programs. All sails depart from the CMM dock, weather permitting. Advance reservations are required by noon the Friday prior to the sail. On the day of your scheduled sail, please arrive 20 minutes early. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the Admissions Desk the day of the cruise.

Chinese dumplings have been around since Ancient China, with cultural significance going back over 1,800 years. Dumplings were first introduced by a healer named Zhang Zhongjing who created little dough-wrappers filled with lamb, chili, and herbs to feed the members of his community. Dumplings have evolved into a delicacy! Join us as Chef Brian shows you the ins and outs of making dumplings!