RIDGELY, MD – Ring in the season with local greenery for a beautiful Eastern Shore holiday! Adkins Arboretum will hold its annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Open House on Sat., Dec. 7 at the Arboretum Visitor’s Center in Ridgely. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop for handmade evergreen wreaths crafted from the […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Do you have a passion for yarn artistry and a love of trees? Combine the two to create a tree “sweater” for the inaugural Yarn Storming event at Adkins Arboretum! Sponsored by the Arboretum in partnership with the Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore (FACES), Yarn Storming is an opportunity to […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md., will sponsor its 21st annual Juried Art Show, to exhibit in February and March 2020. The theme of the show—Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore—celebrates the Arboretum’s mission of conservation. The Leon Andrus Awards, named in honor of the Arboretum’s first benefactor, will be given […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Join artists Lee D’Zmura and Anna Harding for botanical art programs offered this fall at Adkins Arboretum. Color Pencil I is a three-part series offered Fridays, October 18 to November 1, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants will learn basic color pencil techniques through demonstrations, exercises that explore application and […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – There’s a peculiar intimacy about the tiny panels of shells, pressed leaves and feathers in Listening, an exhibit by environmental artist and writer Mary McCoy on view through November 29, 2019 in the Adkins Arboretum Visitor’s Center. Hung casually alongside printed poems, pencil drawings and large sculptures made with branches or vines, […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – From early sacred drawings to modern exhibitions, the tree features prominently in art. Join Benjamin Tilghman, assistant professor of art and art history at Washington College, for an October lecture series at Adkins Arboretum that considers instances where artists have made trees the primary subject of their artworks. Woven Mulberries, Abandoned Oaks […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Bring your wings and wands for a day of magic at Adkins Arboretum! The Arboretum’s fourth annual Fairyfest, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2019 celebrates fancy, fantasy and fun in the forest. Follow a trail of fairy houses along enchanted forest paths, meet Cinderella’s fairy godmother and […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Enjoy fall in the garden! Adkins Arboretum will hold its annual Fall Open House and Native Plant Sale Friday through Sunday, September 6–8, 2019 at the Arboretum in Ridgely, Md. The sale will be held at the Visitor’s Center. Fall is the best season for planting, and the Arboretum offers the Chesapeake […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Local beer, fresh seafood, ice cream and music by The High & Wides are all on tap when Adkins Arboretum hosts its second annual Beer Garden on Sat., Sept. 28. Like the large-haul trains for which the band is named, The High & Wides project a big, driving sound—mountain music reimagined for […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – There’s something dazzling about the pure, carefree joy of Alison Cooley’s mixed media paintings in her exhibit, Tidal, on view at Adkins Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center through September 27, 2019. Although abstract, their watery pools of deep, luscious color and the needle-thin lines that scribble and loop across their surfaces conjure seaweed swirling […]
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