Take a break from the concrete jungle at the smaller, 6-acre Sherwood Gardens. Located in the Guilford neighborhood, this public garden began as an outdoor hobby of John W. Sherwood in the 1920s and originally consisted of a few of his tulips imported from the Netherlands. Now, Sherwood Gardens contains approximately 80,000 tulip bulbs and hundreds of other plants collected from the gardens of Colonial estates.
Catch a show by the Baltimore Actors' Theatre at their performing home, the Oregon Ridge Dinner Theatre. This multi-faceted theater is home to an acting troupe, the Conservatory - the state's first and only accredited College Preparatory School of the Arts - and the Baltimore Actors' Theatre Academy.
Scale up a 44-foot high wall and climb over thousands of square feet of bouldering area at Earth Treks Climbing Center. Get plenty of practice for the real thing–although the setting may be artificial, the adrenaline rush from this recreational climbing experience is real.