News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Adkins Arboretum has announced a series of botanical art programs taught by artists Sarah Saltus, Kelly Sverduk and Judy Thomas. Offering instruction in drawing and painting, the series engages both beginning and experienced artists in capturing the details of the natural world. Programs include: Colored Pencil with Mixed Media Sat., Aug. 19, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD Adkins Arboretum has been awarded a Shade Structure Grant from the American Academy of Dermatology. The grant enabled construction of a permanent shade sail over the Arboretum’s multiuse Visitor’s Center patio that will protect more than 2,300 children and 30,000 visitors annually from harmful ultraviolet exposure, even during the sunniest summer months. “The […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD: Prepare for fall in the garden! Adkins Arboretum, offering the Chesapeake gardener the best selection of landscape-ready native plants for more than two decades, announces its Fall Native Plant Sale. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s rich catalog of education programs that teach about the Delmarva’s native plants and their connection to a healthy […]
Continue ReadingMeet the artist at a reception Sat., July 15 RIDGELY, MD: For Katherine Binder, art is a process that helps her understand the nature of the world around her. Stunning watercolors of birds of prey, rabbits and plants paired with human organs fill her show, Zoetrope (Wheel of Life/Life Turning), on view at Adkins Arboretum […]
Continue ReadingAdkins Arboretum’s Rooted Wisdom: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad, an interpretive storytelling program that explores how self-liberators used knowledge of the natural landscape to forge a path to freedom, received the coveted Program Excellence Award at the American Public Gardens Association (AGPA) 2023 Conference held June 5–8, 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas. The conference […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD: Meet the artists at a reception Saturday, June 3, 2023 Many stories are woven into the landscape at Adkins Arboretum. This spring, five artists from the mid-Atlantic region brought some of them to light with their sculptures on view June 1 through September 30 in the Arboretum’s 11th biennial Outdoor Sculpture Invitational—Artists in […]
Continue ReadingMeet the artist at a reception Saturday, May 13, 2023 RIDGELY, MD: Aglow with the electric hues of windsurfing sails and actual LED lights, Alonzo Davis’s bamboo “rafts” fill the gallery at Adkins Arboretum. On view through June 30, 2023 they are part of his series Navigating Climate Change, an exuberant call to action for […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD: In pieces spanning sculpture, textiles and performance, Baltimore-based artist Hoesy Corona creates and curates art that quietly confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time. On Sunday, May 7, 2023 Corona will present Terrestrial Caravan, a work of site-specific performance art that explores the complex relationship between humans and the environment, […]
Continue ReadingAdkins Arboretum is pleased to announce the release of the Rooted Wisdom Audio Essay, the latest addition to the Rooted Wisdom initiative. Recorded at the Arboretum and featuring filmmaker Mecca Lewis and historian Anthony Cohen, the production explores the Underground Railroad and reveals how sometimes what’s before us is the past. Rooted Wisdom examines how […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD A full day of forest fun is planned for Adkins Arboretum’s inaugural Earth Day Adkins event, a celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Participants can expect a bevy of Earth-friendly activities, including mixing up gooey seed balls, painting with natural dyes, drumming, stitching a tree tapestry and […]
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