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Annual Spring Plant Sale
Join local, small growers and shop for perennials, shrubs, native plants, vegetable starts, cut flowers and spring produce at Waterpenny Farm on Route 211 in Sperryville on Saturday, May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 from noon to 5 p.m. There also will be a tree-give-away and refreshments by Hearthstone School. Some proceeds will benefit a food bank. Contact Donna La Pre, dopray@earthlink.net or Rachel Bynum, waterpenny@earthlink.net.
May Day celebration
A Thousand Faces Mask Theatre group of Castleton will perform “A May Day Celebration” on Saturday, May 1 with a Drumming group led by Wendi Sirat. There will be two performances: one at 12 noon in the fields of Waterpenny Farm in Sperryville as part of its spring plant sale, and again at 1:30 p.m. on the lawn behind Sperryville Pottery and Blueridge Artisans. Everyone is welcome.
Culinary gala
“Funds for the Hood,” a culinary arts gala, will be held at Oasis Vineyard at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 22 to raise funds for a commercial exhaust hood for the culinary arts program at Rappahannock County High School. For more information, email Veronika Benson at onaveranda@earthlink.net.
Open House for day camp
Belle Meade Day Camp for boys and girls 6-13 has five twoweek sessions beginning June 14. Belle Meade Swim Camp for three to six-year- olds has two sessions June 7 and August 23. Open House is Sunday, May 2 and Sunday, June 6 from 24 p.m. at 353 F.T. Valley Road, Sperryville. For more information call Susan Hoffman (540) 987-9748 or visit the web site bellemeadedaycamp.com.
Nature camp
The Rappahannock Nature Camp, a day camp open to boys and girls age 8 to 12, will be held at Singing Creek near Sperryville from June 21 to July 2. Campers will explore fields, forests, rivers and ponds, and visit a nearby dairy goat farm. For information, contact Fran Krebser at 540-631-0839, or email fmoore@shentel.net.
Kids ’ summer clay camp
Sign up is underway for Kids’ Summer Clay Camp. The weeks of camp are: June 21-25, June 29-July 2, July 5-9, Aug. 2-6, Aug. 9-13 and Aug. 16-20. Call 987-1000 or stop by Sperryville Pottery for more information.
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