Events

WBG Summer Concert Season Opens

RESCHEDULED DUE TO BAD WEATHER!! The Garden is once again hosting young performers in a series of early evening concerts. We begin our season with Take 757, the jazz band that we featured twice in...

CREATING ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL LANDSCAPES

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

May 21: CREATING ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL LANDSCAPES. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public. Retired York County Extension Agent and Senior Extension Agent Emeritus, Jim Orband, will discuss the benefits of incorporating...

BUTTERFLIES AND THE PLANTS THEY NEED

BUTTERFLIES AND THE PLANTS THEY NEED - Freedom Park Interpretive Center, Saturday, June 18th at 10:00 a.m. ADRIENNE FRANK, butterfly enthusiast and Virginia Master Naturalist from the Historic Rivers Chapter, will help us learn...

SUNFLOWERS, A NATIVE AMERICAN BEAUTY

July 16: SUNFLOWERS, A NATIVE AMERICAN BEAUTY. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public. This program is presented by James City County native, lawyer and gardener, Andy Bradshaw. He will tell...

Second Annual Butterfly Festival!

THE BOTANICAL GARDEN’S BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL RETURNS! It is with great excitement that Williamsburg Botanical Garden offers to our community the Second Annual Butterfly Festival! It will be held at the Williamsburg Botanical Gardens at...

LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD LIKE A PRO

August 20:  LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD LIKE A PRO. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public. Peggy Krapf is an award-winning VSLD Certified Landscape Designer who has been working in the Williamsburg Area...

WORMS AND THEIR USES

September 17: WORMS AND THEIR USES. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public. Local worm farmer, Ron Crum, will tell you all you need to know about raising worms. Ron has...

NATIVE USES OF NATIVE PLANTS

November 19: NATIVE USES OF NATIVE PLANTS. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 a.m., open to the public. Helen Hamilton, author and former high school science teacher, will deliver a PowerPoint talk about the food,...

PRUNING-WINTER TREE CARE

This workshop will provide instruction on early winter tree care. James City County/Williamsburg Master Gardeners will discuss the basics of pruning trees and shrubs and will demonstrate the proper use of pruning tools. This event is...