It's Mental Health Awareness Month. Join our virtual forum May 18 at 7 p.m. to discuss how mental health impacts children and adults and learn about warning signs and resources. Register at https://bowie.fyi/cocmentalhealth and email any questions to Lori Cunningham at lcunningham@cityofbowie.org. This event is organized by the Community Outreach Committee.

Volunteers are needed to help members of the Bowie Green Team clean up the beautiful garden at the Senior Center. This garden is actually full of native species that pollinators, especially Monarch Butterflies, love. Bring work gloves. Come ask questions, learn about the plants, and even take home some of your own! You do not need to pre-register for this event.

Show your patriotic spirit by creating this gorgeous red, white, and blue deco mesh wreath for your home. You will be ready to display your colors for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July! $25 per person. Registration required. You bring your favorite beverage and we will supply the goodies.

Drop by Belair Mansion and purchase herbs, vegetables, and flowering plants from the Bowie-Crofton Garden Club and local vendors. Also, meet the Bowie Green Team as they share eco-friendly gardening practices. Bring your young future gardeners and have them try their hands at garden and nature activities. Free.

Heritage Weekend Event! Join us at Belair Mansion for the movie "Babe." The story of an adorable pig, who is not sure what his place is in this world. The movie will begin at dark (approx. 8:30 p.m.). Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

The Bowie Farmers’ Market runs Sundays from late May through October each year. Market patrons can find a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, breads and baked goods, beef and goat meat, fresh cut flowers, and bedding plants for sale at the market.

Visit Belair Stable as we celebrate the Thoroughbred horseracing and the farming history of Belair Stable. Enjoy music from Durham Station Band, watch the "Not-So-Little Three Little Pigs" puppet show, have your face painted, take a pony ride, try your hand at a craft, and play fair games in the kid's play zone.

Join us at Belair Mansion as we read a story and enjoy a hands-on craft. Ages 3—8 years with accompanying guardian. Free. Space limited.

Bowie’s Field of Honor honors veterans, active military, pro­fessions that have helped during the pandemic, other helpers, and loved ones lost. Sussex Lane Park will be filled with flags in honor of these heroes and helpers from May 27 to June 5.

The parade steps off from the Belair Annex on Belair Drive at 11 a.m. and marches down Belair Drive, then turns right on Sussex Lane, and right again onto Stonybrook Drive. The reviewing stand is on Stonybrook Drive in front of Acorn Hill Park. It ends on Sage Lane just after passing the reviewing stand. There are great viewing locations all along the parade route. Bleachers are available next to the reviewing stand or attendees can stand, sit on the curb, or bring their own seats.

The Bowie Farmers’ Market runs Sundays from late May through October each year. Market patrons can find a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, breads and baked goods, beef and goat meat, fresh cut flowers, and bedding plants for sale at the market.

Enjoy a free Sunday evening concert performance by the Rise Band & Show at the Robert V. Setera Amphitheater at Allen Pond Park.

City offices are closed for Memorial Day. There is no trash or recycling service on this date; service will resume on the next regularly scheduled day.

The Green Team meets monthly to discuss environmental issues and initiatives.

Regular City Council Meeting: Adoption of FY 2023 Budget & CIP. Agendas for each meeting are posted on this site by the Friday prior to the scheduled meeting. To view the Tentative Agenda of items scheduled for upcoming meetings, please click on the Tentative Agenda link. To view discussion items at future Council meetings, please visit www.cityofbowie.org/agenda. Please contact City Clerk Awilda Hernandez for more information at 301-809-3029 or ahernandez@cityofbowie.org.

The Diversity Committee meets monthly to discuss how to promote diversity and inclusion in the Bowie community. All are welcome to attend.