Mimi Little teaches painting techniques. 5-8pm at CalvART Gallery, Prince Frederick. $25; rsvp: 410-535-9252; www.calvartgallery.com.

  Ages 10 to 13 capture the splendor of Calvert County on camera. 6-8pm at Flag Ponds Nature Park, Lusby. $8 w/membership discounts; rsvp: 410-535-5327; www.calvertparks.org. 

  Bring wine to enjoy and create soft clay slabs and coils for garden pots and planters. 5-7pm at Annmarie Garden, Solomons. $70 w/membership discounts; rsvp: 410-326-4640; www.annmariegarden.org.

  Build a house for your fairies from natural materials and decorate it with dried flowers. 3-5pm at Willow Oak Flower and Herb Garden, Severn. $20; rsvp: 410-551-2237; www.willowoakherbs.com. 

  Create your own fairy garden. 1-3pm at Willow Oak Flower and Herb Garden, Severn. $50; rsvp: 410-551-2237; www.willowoakherbs.com. 

  Artists create art from waste. 6-9pm at Crossroad Christian Church, 150 Ball Rd., St. Leonard. $25; rsvp: 301-863-6227; www.patuxenthabitat.org.

  Annapolis doors hung with baskets of flowers are judged in the Garden Club of Old Annapolis Towne 56th annual May Basket Competition. Decorate your door in the Historic District and Murray Hill or follow judges to see for yourself. 10am throughout Historic Annapolis: 410-263-9443.

  Annapolis doors hung with baskets of flowers are judged in the Garden Club of Old Annapolis Towne 56th annual May Basket Competition. Decorate your door in the Historic District and Murray Hill or follow judges to see for yourself. 10am throughout Historic Annapolis: 410-263-9443.

  See what plein artists saw in a month out and about in Galesville creating scenes of the historic city for the gallery’s 25th anniversary. Meet the artists at today’s reception. Showing thru May 12. 5-8pm at River Gallery: 410-867-0078; www.rivergallery.org. 

  Create art with old newspapers at a collage-making workshop. 1-3pm at Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis.rsvp: 410-216-6180; www.bdmusuem.com.