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For the 2nd year, ACLT is partnering with local breweries and wineries to bring you our “Passport to Preservation” (P2P) – an event that participants really enjoy while supporting local agri-tourism businesses and ACLT at the same time!. Visit participating breweries and wineries (not all in one day!), enjoy exclusive discounts, and get your passport stamped for chances to win great prizes!

Join us for a magical summer in the garden! Enjoy a safe, outdoor, engaging experience during Annmarie’s Enchanted Summer at the Garden! You will find a variety of low-touch, no-touch fun along the trails and paths of the Sculpture Garden. Grab your bug spray, pack a picnic blanket or chairs, and spend your summer with us! Need some more magic? There are extra hidden things to find. Can you find the Dragon’s Nest? The three Gnome Villages? All the colorful Tree Pops? The fun and informative Nature Notes? Purchase a Sluice Kit to take home and search for gems and fossils. There’s so much to explore, you’ll want to visit often to see what’s new!

Every year, volunteers are given the opportunity to see what it is like to be an archaeologist and excavate an actual site, through our Public Archaeology Program. Mornings will be spent excavating test units, screening soil for artifacts and mapping remains associated with an 18th-century plantation on the park grounds. Afternoons will be spent either at the archaeological site or in the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab, doing a combination of hands-on archaeological activities, such as washing, sorting and labeling artifacts, photographing archaeological features artifacts, touring the lab and more.

The Kay Daugherty Gallery at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center will feature On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond. Selected work will highlight the expanse of printmaking and book arts as an artistic discipline. Techniques such as relief printing, etching, lithography, paper making, book binding, letterpress, collage and papercut will be explored. All works should showcase the unique process and craftsmanship that goes into each handmande paper, print, or collage. Select media welcome; small to large-scale works; indoor and outdoor works; cash awards will be presented.

BaySide Entertainment x JPPM presents the first annual “Patty Fest”. This event is packed with local food, beverage, clothing, crafts, and informational vendors. BaySide Entertainment will also be showcasing local talent along with BaySide artists, DJ and live music so all can enjoy. Come join us to celebrate and unite the community, We can’t wait to see you there!

Enjoy a one hour cruise on the river with a relaxing sightseeing cruise. On your cruise, you will cruise the busy Solomons inner harbor, see Solomons Island and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, pass underneath the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge and turn back at Pt. Patience and the Naval Recreation Center. Departures are from the Calvert Marine Museum dock. All cruises are weather permitting. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the Admissions Desk. Maximum capacity is 20 persons. Accommodations will be made for individuals with disabilities with reasonable notice. No strollers allowed. All passengers must wear a mask for this one hour cruise.

Enjoy dinner and evening hours in the garden! Grab dinner, take a walk, tour a gallery show, frolic in the Fairy Lolly. Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and picnic blankets. Some evenings will include additional activities and a cash bar. Stay tuned for details!

Join us for a "Native Shrubs and Trees of the Trail" walk through the paw paw patch, look for wild blueberries and peek at the beginning of fall colors along the edge of the wetlands.