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  • Annual Historic Sotterley Garden Guild Plant Sale

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    April 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 States

    May 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…

  • Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Lauren Zimmerman

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    May 21, 2025 - The Southern Maryland Wine Growers Cooperative (SMWGC) was formed in 2007 by a group of local farmers, of which several were transitioning away from tobacco production to begin planting grapes. 12 farms came together to form the SMWGC making it the first grape-growing cooperative in the state of Maryland leading the…

  • Creating our own Natural Brushes with Jami Faith

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    May 23, 2025 - You don't need expensive brushes to create art, you can do it with things you forage around you! Creation Guide Jami will take us out on the grounds, as we walk about the garden and surrounding areas to gather leaves, twigs, pine needles etc. Once we have acquired our own items…

  • Create Artwork from Nature All Around You with Jami Faith

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    June 6, 2025 - Create art at Historic Sotterley by using objects found in nature. Creation Guide Jami will provide small accordian 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 , gathering items -…

  • Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Jennifer Ritterhouse

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    June 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…

  • Juneteenth Weekend Tours

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    June 19-22, 2025 - In honor of Juneteenth, Historic Sotterley will offer guided tours focusing on stories of strength and resilience. Learn about how over the centuries, the enslaved at Sotterley resisted against slavery, how they maintained strength and identity when it had been denied to them, how they built families and communities, and discover…

  • Colorful Creative Collage Card with Jami Faith

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    June 20, 2025 - Make a lovely collage card inspired by the nature around Historic Sotterley. Creation Guide Jami will walk with our guests through Sotterley's 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…

  • To Be Rescheduled – Pursuit of Freedom Specialty Tour

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    **Due to unforeseen circumstances, this tour is being rescheduled. More information coming soon.**   July 18, 2025 - Historic Sotterley is offering a guided tour with a special focus on The Pursuit of Freedom at Historic Sotterley. Take a guided tour with our Interpretive Programs Manager for an in-depth look at how freedom evolved through…

  • Birding the Fields and Trails of Historic Sotterley

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    September 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…

  • Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Franklin Robinson, Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, & Dorothea Smith

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    September 24, 2025 - In 2012, a massive storm ripped through Charles County, ripping a tree and waterpipe from the ground on Serenity Farm in Benedict, Maryland. Years prior, the farm's family of owners had found a human skull buried in that same place, so the storm's damage presented an opportunity to deep dive into…

  • Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Victoria Christopher Murray

    Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United States

    November 12, 2025 - The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt…