Join Jockey's Ridge State Park in celebrating their 50th anniversary with a fun one-mile color run! This will be a fun 1 mile color run (or walk) at Jockey's Ridge State Park. Packet pick-up will be held at the Jockey's Ridge State Park Visitor Center on Friday, May 2, 2025 from 1-5 p.m.

Registration for the Jockey's Ridge 50th Anniversary COLOR FUN RUN is open! To register you, your family and friends, please visit:
https://obxse.com/color-fun-run

Secotan Market in Wanchese is a producer-only market featuring fresh produce, vegetable ferments, kombucha, pasture-raised meat & eggs, pecans, mushroom products, pastries, pies, cakes, jams, pickles, honey, medicinal products, flowers, herbs, spices, teas, potted plants, natural skin care, rotating artisans and so much more. Our family of producers join each market in person to share food and goods that they have grown or crafted themselves, here in Northeastern North Carolina. We are deeply committed to honesty and sustainability in our practices. Winter Season Markets are every first and third Saturday of the month December - April 5 from 9am -12pm.

The Dare Master Gardener Volunteer Association is holding its Coastal Gardening Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the grounds surrounding the Thomas A. Baum Senior Center at 300 Mustian Street in Kill Devil Hills. There will be plenty of fun things for the kids. The “Ask a Master Gardener” booth will be available to answer your gardening questions as well as provide information about the plants you may purchase. The Dare Master Gardener educational booth will highlight information on the wonderful world of roots! Don’t miss stopping by the Dare County Extension booth to learn about workshops, camps, and programs coming up this year. Visitors to the Festival may take a self-guided walking tour of the Arboretum, where they will discover many flowering and native plants that thrive on the Outer Banks.