Home shows, and craft shows and train shows oh my!

What a busy April weekend!

In Westminster there is the Carroll County Home Show April 4^th from 9 am to 5 pm and April 5^th from 11am until 4 pm. Admission is $4 per person, persons under 18 are free. If you bring a non perishable food item (for pets or for people) you will get $1 off admission. What a family friendly deal for a great show! The show is located at the Carroll County Ag Center, 700 Agriculture Drive, Westminster, MD 21157. Here is the link for more details: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/info/home_show/

In Howard county there is the Suburban Maryland Home Show, that runs April 3^rd to April 5^th, located at the Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship, MD 21794. The hours for the show are April 3^rd 11am to 10pm, April 4^th 10am to 8 pm, April 5^th 10am to 6pm. Admission is $9 for adults, persons under 16 are free. Here is a link for $2 off of admission: http://www.acshomeshow.com/HGExpo/HG_Discount_Form.html?Venue=HF

And here is the link for general information about the Suburban Maryland Home Show: http://www.acshomeshow.com/HGExpo/HFS.html

And there is also the pretty neat Great Scale Model Train Show this weekend at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, it is open April 4^th from 9am to 4 pm and April 5^th from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $9, person under 15 are free and family admissions are $18, and the admission is good for both days (as long as you can show your hand stamp from Saturday, so don’t scrub too hard!). Here is the link for more details about the Great Scale Model Train Show: http://www.gsmts.com/

The Sugarloaf Craft Festival is at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, located at exit 11 of route I-270, April 3^rd 10am to 6 pm, April 4^th 10 am to 6 pm and April 5^th 10am to 5pm. Admission is $8 is good for all three days, persons aged 12 and under are free. Here is a link to a coupon for $1 off admission: http://www.sugarloafcrafts.com/festivals/gaith/spring/coupon.html

And here is a link to the general Sugarloaf Craft Festival show information: http://www.sugarloafcrafts.com/festivals/gaith/spring/

And for the nose to the grind stone types (you know who you are) in Carroll County, there is a compost bin sale at the Random house parking lot on Hahn road, Saturday April 4^th from 9am to 4 pm. The Earth Machine compost bins are $39, a significant discount from the $100 retail price. This effort is to encourage more composting and reduce some landfill waste. So get your bins while they last. There will also be Systern rain barrels for sale for $50 also significantly discounted from the retail price. Both the compost bins and rain barrels are from Norsemen Plastics. Here is a link to the Carroll County Times article outlining more details: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/04/02/news/local_news/newsstory6.txt

Have a great weekend!