Kick off Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts’ 30th annual Salad Days weekend with cocktails and appetizers at the VIP Garden Party (advance tickets required). Enjoy cocktails & hors d’oeuvres, mingle with artists and friends, and salute Watershed founders who are being honored with a new hillside garden dedicated to their vision. Take part in the bidding at silent and live auctions, called by Watershed’s Executive Director, David S. East,

Garden Party tickets include all Friday events, a first pick of a handmade Emily Armstrong plate, and lunch during Salad Days on Saturday, July 12.

location: Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 103 Cochran Rd., Edgecomb, ME 04556

image: handmade ceramic plate by Emily Armstrong