SAVE THE DATE!

Rachel Carson Open House

2019 A Spring of Green Awareness

Saturday, May 4th — 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.

At the National Historic Landmark where she wrote, Silent Spring

11701 Berwick Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904

Featured Speakers:

Maya K. van Rossum 12:15 pm
Author of, The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment (2017), she also is the Delaware Riverkeeper.

 

Dr. John E. Losey 1:00 pm
Professor of Entomology, Cornell University, a specialist in the study of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and declining insect populations. Also director of the Lost Ladybug Project).

 

Andrea Barnet 2:15 pm
Author of, Visionary Women… [Featuring Rachel Carson and 3 other Women], (2018).

 

 

Featured Entertainment:

Environmental Poetry Reading 1:45-2:00 pm
Meredith Davies Hadaway, published Maryland eco-poet and professor of English.

Songs and Music 12:00-12:15 pm & 2:00-2:15pm
“Harp and Soul,” featuring Ben Bennington on guitar, and Meredith Davies Hadaway, on harp and as vocalist.

 

Plus:

Garden Plant Sale,
by Chesapeake Natives, Upper Marlboro, Md.

Children’s Program

Organic Refreshments

Door Prizes!

Free to the Public!