PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — The Calvert Green Expo & Craft Fair, Southern Maryland’s leading sustainability event, will be held on Saturday, June 2 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road, Dowell, MD). This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Attendees can visit over 70 vendors and organizations and gain valuable information and expert advice on sustainability and green living trends and topics. Learn how to: lower energy costs, harness solar power, find green products for home and business, plant a healthier garden, compost waste, and much more. Visitors can attend one of two rain barrel workshops and take home a rain barrel (pre-registration is required). Yuck Old Paint will be at the event to collect old latex paint for safe disposal/recycling (for a fee). Tickets will be given out at the welcome table for door prizes that will be awarded throughout the day. Shop a variety of green vendors for gifts and ideas. Kids will have fun getting stamps on a Green Passport, decorating reusable bags and feeding the “Trash Dragon”. Food and drink available for purchase. For more information and to register for the Rain Barrel Workshop, visit www.annmariegarden.org, call (410) 326-4640, or email info@annmariegarden.org.
Highlights of the Expo:
RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP
Come away with your very own rain barrel after attending a 45-minute workshop on how to install and use rain barrels to help reduce run-off into our local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. The Calvert County Department of Public Works offers a discount for Calvert County residents. Resident Cost: $30; Non-Resident Cost: $65. Sessions at 11:00am, 1:00pm & 3:00pm; pre-registration is required at www.annmariegarden.org.
LATEX PAINT TURN-IN
Turn in your old latex paint cans at the Yuck Old Paint truck inside the entrance to the parking area and know that you are helping the environment by diverting paint and containers from the landfill and waste stream. Yuck Old Paint distributes usable paint to reuse channels and processes non-usable paint for proper legal disposal. The Calvert County Citizens Green Team will pay the $5/container fee for the first 50 containers from Calvert County residents.
Founded in 2009, the Calvert County Citizens Green Team works to promote sustainable lifestyles by identifying and sharing innovative green technologies, hosting an annual Calvert County Green event, and encouraging environmental stewardship among county citizens in their workplaces, homes and communities. For more information, find us on Facebook at Calvert County Citizens Green Team.
Directions to Annmarie Sculpture Garden & arts Center
From Washington DC (about a 60 minute drive): take Route 4 South to Capital Beltway Exit 11 (to Prince Frederick). Continue on 4 South, following signs to Solomons. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn. Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left. From Baltimore (Beltway I-695): take I-97 (Annapolis) to Route 301 South (Bowie). Continue on 301 to Route 4 and follow signs to Solomons. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn. Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left. From Annapolis: follow Route 2 South towards Prince Frederick/Solomons. Left (South) onto Route 2/4 at Sunderland light. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn. Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left.