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TAGGING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Learn how to hand raise butterflies with proper care at different stages; learn lots of Lepidoptera fun facts.  A list of host and nectar plants to incorporate into your garden to attract them will...

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Birds–and watching them

Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description:  Are your children interested in the birds in your backyard, those you see in the sky or by the...

Art in the Garden

May 10:  .  A program for children 7 and older in the Botanical Garden.   Linda Miller, Artist and Virginia Master Naturalist, will help children create a botanical portrait in colored pencil or watercolor from...

Reptiles and Snakes

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5535 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United States

June 14: REPTILES AND SNAKES!! Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Scary, no more!  Children can join us for a hands-on journey to observe our...

Zoo in a Suitcase

July 12:  ZOO IN A SUITCASE.  Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Want an up close and personal look at a menagerie of bugs, worms...

Life Stages of Monarch Butterflies

August 16: LIFE STAGES OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.  Location: Williamsburg Botanical Garden, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Children will learn the remarkable transformation that results in the stunning monarch butterfly and...

World of Worms

Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5537 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United States

September 13: WORLD OF WORMS! Location: Williamsburg Botanical Garden, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description:  Do you like to wiggle? Join us to meet our hardworking earthworms—the Red Wigglers!  Explore...

THE AMAZING BLUEBIRD

April 25:  THE AMAZING BLUEBIRD. Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Join the Master Naturalists and learn about one of the most beautiful and best-loved...

CHILDREN’S BOTANICAL SKETCHING IN THE GARDEN

May 9: CHILDREN’S BOTANICAL SKETCHING PROGRAM. Location: Williamsburg Botanical Garden (inside Freedom Park Interpretive Center if rain), 10:00-11:30 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Learn how to observe and draw stems,...

DEER IN YOUR BACKYARD!!

June 13: DEER IN YOUR BACKYARD!! Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Do deer have teeth? What do they love to eat? How do mother...

REPTILES!! SNAKES!!

July 25: REPTILES AND SNAKES!! Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Scary, no more! Children can join us for a hands-on journey to observe our native...

LIFE OF BEES

Williamsburg Botanical Garden in Freedom Park 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

August 8: LIFE OF BEES.  Location: Williamsburg Botanical Garden, (inside Freedom Park Interpretive Center if rain), 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description: Did you know that of the 900 THOUSAND kinds...