OUTDOOR GARDEN DESIGN
Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5535 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesAward-winning landscape designer Peggy Krapf will lead a walk through the Williamsburg Botanical Garden. She will provide ideas to turn home gardens and yards into beautiful outdoor living spaces. Suggested materials to bring: Pen...
TAGGING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5535 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesLearn 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...
OUR NATIVE TREES
Freedom Park 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesPatsy McGrady and Mitzi Balma, James City County/Williamburg Master Gardeners, will discuss the trees native to Virginia. They have done an inventory of the trees in the Botanical Garden, and will lead a walk...
ADVENT WREATHS
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesIn the Freedom Park Interpretive Center, Genrose Lashinger will show participants how to construct beautiful wreaths for the advent season using natural herbs. Many of these herbs are growing in the Botanical Garden.
The Right Cut
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5535 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesIn this workshop, we’ll discuss the basics of pruning trees and shrubs and will demonstrate the proper use of pruning tools. Instructors: James City County/Williamsburg Master Gardeners. Contact: Contact Barb Landa 757-259-2079, barb@landa.org FP Interpretive Center...
Name Your Poison
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5535 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United StatesFreedom Park Interpretive Center. Learn about 13 very toxic plants, both natives and ornamentals. Some are commonly planted in gardens, some are deer resistant, and a few should never be in the home garden. ...
Orgy Gardens
James City County Recreation Center 5301 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesWe’ll learn to create gardens of continuous blooms over four seasons. Presenter: Brent Heath, owner of Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester will show us how to mix bulbs in layers (or not)! Contact...
To Have Butterflies, Make Butterflies
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesMarch 15: TO HAVE BUTTERFLIES, MAKE BUTTERFLIES. Freedom Park Interpretive Center. How to attract birds and butterflies to your yard, tips on low maintenance gardening, using little water, no fertilizer. Helen Hamilton will provide...
Reblooming Iris–rescheduled for March 27th
James City County Recreation Center 5301 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesEvent rescheduled for March 27th Reblooming Bearded Irises bloom in spring and fall. They are the gardening world's best kept secret. Learn more about proper culture and the best varieties to plant from the...
Birds–and watching them
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesLocation: 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...
All About Herbs
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesApril 19: ALL ABOUT HERBS. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended. Jacqui Winther, member of the Colonial Triangle Unit of the Herb Society...
Third Annual Spring in the Garden Tour
Williamsburg Botanical Garden in Freedom Park 5535 Centerville Road, WillliamsburgSaturday May 3, 2014. Tours at 1:00 and 2:30 PM. Tours will be conducted by the JCC/W Master Gardeners. Space is limited and sign-up in advance requested.
Art in the Garden
Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5535 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United StatesMay 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...
Bluebirds in Our Gardens
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United StatesMay 17: BLUEBIRDS IN OUR GARDENS. Freedom Park Interpretive Center 10:00 am. Open to the public. $5 donation per guest is recommended. Join Nancy Barnhart and Nancy Gore and the Freedom Park bluebird trail team,...
Reptiles and Snakes
Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5535 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United StatesJune 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...