Earth Day technically isn't until Tuesday, but there are scores of ways to celebrate the day in Anne Arundel County over the next several days.
SATURDAYScenic Rivers Land Trust holds its annual Walk for the Woods at a wooded site formerly part of the Crownsville Hospital Center. Bird walk at 8 a.m., nature walk at 9 a.m. $25 fee includes T-shirt. Info.: www.srlt.org or 443-597-0063.
Maryland City Elementary School hosts a cleanup and flower planting at 9 a.m. Info.: 301-725-3535.
Earth Day Celebration at St. Martin's in the Field Church in Severna Park features activities, food, demonstrations and a 30-foot "Chessie" sculpture made of recycled materials, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The City of Annapolis sponsors GreenScape 2008, an effort to spruce up and add plants to community spaces. The Annapolis Police Department will host a planting on its grounds from 8 to 10 a.m. Info.: 410-263-7993.
K&B True Value on Forest Drive in Annapolis gives away free tree saplings and offers 10 percent discounts on eco-friendly products. All day, continues through tomorrow.
Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis hosts its 17th annual Earth Day celebration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Park entry is free all day. Info.: 410-222-1777.
The Sierra Club's Anne Arundel Group holds its annual Earth Day 5K at Quiet Waters Park. On-site registration starts at 7 a.m., with the race at 8:30 a.m. Fee is $23. Info.: 410-703-0847.
Dr. Dennis Whigham, an ecologist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, leads a walk along the Little Patuxent River. Meet at 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Jasper's on Route 3 in Crofton. Info.: 301-261-3209.
Fort George G. Meade holds a family fair as a combined celebration of Earth Day, Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fort Meade Pavilion, near the Llewellyn Gate on Route 175. Info.: www.ftmeademwr.com or 301-677-1437.
All locations of Fitzgerald Auto Mall will give away free compact fluorescent light bulbs and display energy-efficient cars, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Recycle old electronics (no TVs, light bulbs or alkaline batteries) at Annapolis City Dock, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hard drive destruction is available for $10. Sponsored by WRNR radio and Turtle Wings. Info.: 703-960-0699 or www.turtlewings.com.
SUNDAY
St. Anne's Parish in downtown Annapolis hosts an Earth Day celebration after the 9:30 a.m. service. Info.: www.stannes-annapolis.org.
The Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel marks Earth Day with a kids program at noon and a work party for weeding and trail maintenance at 1 p.m. Info.: patuxent.fws.gov or 301-497-5887.
MONDAY
School kids will participate in a planting at a stream restoration site near the Millersville Landfill called Aurora Hills, 9 a.m. to noon both Monday and Tuesday. County Executive John R. Leopold will lend a hand at 9 a.m. Monday.
TUESDAY
The City of Annapolis town clock at St. Anne's Parish will be switched to compact fluorescent light bulbs at 1 p.m.
Anne Arundel Medical Center hosts an Earth Day fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., organized by the hospital's new AAMC EARTH Advisers Committee (Environmental Action Relates to Health).
In Odenton, Seven Oaks Elementary School students will plant a white oak donated for their new campus during a celebration at 10:15 a.m.
St. Andrew's United Methodist Day School, 4 Wallace Road, Edgewater, hosts a daylong Earth Day fair for students.