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You’ll cool off with a delicious frozen treat, then explore the sweetest gardens & plant nursery.

Here's your plan for cooling off with snowballs, then exploring beautiful gardens and a nursery

Nation’s Oldest Snowball Stand 🍧 + Plant Lover’s Paradise

Cool off at The Peggy, Baltimore's oldest snowball stand, trying flavors like habanero lime, with a homemade egg custard and marshmallow toppings.

Snowball Treats

✅ Before you go
• Check online for upcoming special events like live jazz or movie nights here: https://themargaretcleveland.com/events 

💪 Pro tips
• They are famous for their homemade egg custard snowballs (which they invented!)  
• Try the marshmallow topping, you can thank me later 😉 

Grab a Snowball at The Peggy

Explore exotic plant specimens in a boutique-style nursery with an upscale, vintage vibe perfect for any plant lover at The Margaret Cleveland, Walther Gardens & Nursery.

Garden Exploration

💪 Pro tip
• Visit the green house for some exotic specimens 🌿

Check Out the Walther Gardens & Nursery

This one's for the plant parents and fans of frozen treats.

you'll visit the oldest snowball stand in the country

where you can try over 60 different flavors like habanero lime,

Look out for special events like movie nights, culinary events and live music.

you'll visit the gardens and nursery whose vibe I can only describe as

the small town garden supply center of my dreams

Now send this plan to a friend, decide when to go

and be sure to order the marshmallow topping.

Here's your plan for enjoying blooming lotuses, water lilies, art, wellness, music, and cultural festivities. Watch the video 👇

Washington, DC’s free lotus and water lily garden is in full bloom. Every July, this park blooms with stunning pink lotuses and lilies. And there's even a free festival to celebrate the peak bloom this weekend, July 18th - 20th where you can immerse yourself in three days of art, wellness, music, and cultural expression surrounded by the peak bloom of lotuses and water lilies.

FREE Lotus & Water Lily Garden in DC! 🪷

See stunning pink lotus and water lilies in peak bloom at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens every July; enjoy peaceful walks and a vibrant annual festival.

Flower viewing

✅ Before you go
• Check out all the information: https://www.nps.gov/keaq/index.htm

💪 Pro tips
• Info on the upcoming festival: joyraft.com/event/lotus-and-water-lily-festival-washington-1002222
• Bring sunscreen, bug spray, sunglasses, water, and a hat! 
• It’s car, bike, and metro accessible! 

Visit Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, where there is peak bloom every July!

Washington DC's free Lotus and water lily Garden is in full bloom.

this park comes to life with stunning pink lotuses and lilies.

There's even a free festival to celebrate the peak bloom this weekend,

where you can immerse yourself in three days of art,

and cultural expression surrounded by the peak bloom of lotuses and water lilies.

Visit Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in DC.

I followed the signs to the lotus and water lily ponds.

You can walk all around the ponds and gardens to see the stunning flowers.

This year's festival from July 18th to the 20th

is a celebration of the connections between animals,

Share this with your friends and stop by soon.

Here's your plan for enjoying polo, sunsets, picnics, wine, and food trucks every Saturday. Watch the video 👇

This is my one of my favorite affordable summer activities for the second year in a row.
Enjoy some competitive polo matches, sunsets, picnicking, and wine in this fun outdoor setting!

Sunset Polo, Picnics, + Wine all Summer!🍷🏇

Experience sunset polo matches, picnicking, and wine every Saturday at Great Meadow in The Plains—perfect for a fun, affordable summer outing with friends or family.

Polo Match Watching

✅ Before you go
• Buy your ticket in advance: https://sunset-polo.com/
• Check out all the info here: joyraft.com/event/sunset-polo-at-great-meadow-the-plains-1004815

💪 Pro tips
• It's just 45 minutes outside of DC, so it makes for the perfect day trip.
• One GA ticket for $25 admits an entire car load of family & friands, so it's super affordable. 
• You can even bring your own food and drinks for picnicking, buy some wine to sip on, or enjoy some snacks from the food trucks.
• Follow @greatmeadowpolo on Instagram for info and updates https://www.instagram.com/greatmeadowpolo?igsh=Nnk5N29uajEzOGds

Enjoy Sunset Polo every Saturday all summer long! 

This is one of my favorite affordable summer activities for the 2nd year in a row.

Head to Sunset Polo every Saturday night this summer at Great Meadow in Virginia.

Bring your family and friends for an evening of fun and

Excitement in a wonderful outdoor setting.

One general admission ticket is only $25 and

admits an entire carload of family and friends,

You can even bring your own food and drinks for picnicking,

or enjoy some snacks from the different food trucks.

We love snacking and socializing and even got to

say hi to some of the horses and players.

Share this with your friends to make it happen soon.

Here's your plan for making personalized candles and necklaces for a cozy rainy day. Watch the video 👇

It has been raining every single day this summer, so it's time to find some cozy indoor activities. I love an interactive experience and activity and this spot is so fun because you can create your own necklace and your own candle with your favorite scents! 

Rainy Day Activity Idea: Candles & Charm Bar!

Create your own custom candle and design a personalized necklace at District Candle Lab & Fawne, a fun hands-on activity for a cozy day in Mosaic District.

Candle & Jewelry Making

✅ Before you go
• Make a reservation for candle making: https://districtcandlelab.com

💪 Pro tips
• Fawne charm bar is walk in only! 
• NEW location at Mosaic District in Virginia! 
• More info here: https://joyraft.com/event/district-candle-lab-and-fawne-candle-and-charm-bar-in-noma-washington-1012120

Make your own candles and customize your own jewelry at District Candle Lab & Fawne

It has been raining every single day this summer,

so it's time to find some cozy indoor activities.

I love an interactive experience and activity,

and this spot is so fun because you can create your

very own necklaces and your own candles with your favorite scents.

I absolutely love the necklaces I've made at this spot

and a brand new location in Mosaic District,

date where we first started with making our own candles,

we sniffed their whole wall of different scent offerings,

and it was so difficult to decide our favorite scents.

District Candle Lab always has so many seasonal scents,

Our candle tender walked us through every step and helped

us with pouring the hot candle wax and scents in.

my mom and I customized our very own necklaces at the Charm bar.

They have so many cute charms and chains.

Save this for your next rainy day activity.

Here's your plan for enjoying free handcrafted coffee every Monday at Capital One Cafe. Watch the video 👇

capital one cafe is offering free handcrafted beverages every monday this MLB season! 

free coffee every monday☕️

Score a free handcrafted beverage every Monday this MLB season at Capital One Café in Georgetown—just add the digital pass to your wallet before you go!

Coffee at cafe

✅ Before you go
• download your free pass here: 
• https://coffree.capitalone.com/sms/?mc=SM&cid=2mxztzn8ju Digital Coffree Card


head to capital one cafe 

There's free coffee every single Monday at the

Capital One Cafe from now until September 22nd.

Just add your phone number to this link to get the pass added to your digital wallet.

order any handcrafted beverage and enjoy for the rest of the summer.