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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Matthew Neff
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 23, 2025 - Have you learned about one of the newest animal exhibits at the Calvert Marine Museum – the Eastern Hellbenders? These gargantuan amphibians were once common across the eastern United States, spanning from southwestern New York to Georgia, now their populations are widely declining and they've disappeared from many of their historic…
Annual Historic Sotterley Garden Guild Plant Sale
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 26 & 27, 2025 - From nurturing and maintaining our exquisite Colonial Revival Gardens - to giving fun and informative workshops, and bringing extra flair and beauty to the site. The Sotterley Garden Guild are dedicated volunteers who do so much! Please stop by, support, and shop at their Annual Plant Sale! Here is your…
Annual Historic Sotterley Garden Guild Plant Sale
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 26 & 27, 2025 - From nurturing and maintaining our exquisite Colonial Revival Gardens - to giving fun and informative workshops, and bringing extra flair and beauty to the site. The Sotterley Garden Guild are dedicated volunteers who do so much! Please stop by, support, and shop at their Annual Plant Sale! Here is your…
Guided Tour Season Opens
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 2, 2025 - Historic Sotterley's Tour Season officially begins on Friday, May 2nd! Guided tours of our Historic Manor House will be offered Friday through Saturday - specific tour times coming soon. Tickets can be purchased at our Visitor Center the day of the tour. Exhibits will also be opened for self-guided tours. For…
Creating our own Natural Brushes with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 23, 2025 - Learn to use the naturally occurring things around you to create natural brushes for painting with! Creation Guide Jami will first show our guests a collection of brushes made from leaves, twigs, pine needles etc. In this way attendees will know what to be on the lookout for as we walk about…
Create Artwork from Nature All Around You with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 6, 2025 - Use local nature to inspire a piece of artwork! Creation Guide Jami will provide small accordion style books and guidance to our guests as we create prints from leaves and other natural elements. We will do a short walkabout on the grounds of Historic Sotterley and then return to the barn…
Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Jennifer Rittenhouse
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 11, 2025 - When white newspaper editor Jonathan Daniels set out to "discover the South" in his stately black Plymouth in the summer of 1937, he especially hoped to find the land that existed somewhere between the mythical old plantation and the sharecropper's cabin, between Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind and Erskine Caldwell's…
Colorful Creative Collage Card with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 20, 2025 - Make a lovely collage card inspired by the nature around Historic Sotterley. Creation Guide Jami will walk with our guests through Sotterleys beautiful and colorful flower garden for our inspiration to create a beautiful collage card. We will use a variety of colorful paper ephemera as well as a variety of mark…
Birding the Fields and Trails of Historic Sotterley
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesSeptember 20, 2025 - Join us for an excursion to this scenic and historic Patuxent River property, sponsored jointly by SMAS and Historic Sotterley. Bald Eagles, migrant songbirds and lingering meadowlarks and sparrows can be found via Sotterley’s trails and river views. The walk starts promptly at 9:00 am, please arrive 10-15 minutes prior in…