Events

To Have Butterflies, Make Butterflies

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

March 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 States

Event 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 States

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...

All About Herbs

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

April 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, Willliamsburg

Saturday 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 States

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...

Bluebirds in Our Gardens

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

May 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 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...

Eating Locally

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

June 21:   EATING LOCALLY.  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended.  Executive Chef Johnny McMillan uses locally grown foods in his recipes.   In this...

Zoo in a Suitcase

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

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...

Free Black Dirt!

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

July 19:  FREE BLACK DIRT!  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended. Art Gustafson knows all about composting – with PowerPoint slides and demonstrations,...

Life Stages of Monarch Butterflies

Williamsburg Botanical Garden and FP Interpretive Center 5535 Centerville Road, Willliamsburg, VA, United States

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...

Go Natives!

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 5537 Centerville Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

August 16:  GO NATIVES!  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended.   A Certified Member of the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers, Denise Greene has...

Macro Photography

James City County Recreation Center 5301 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, VA, United States

September 11, MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY.  7 pm, James City County Recreation Center, 5301 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, Va.  Felice Bond, Historic Rivers Chapter Master Naturalist and expert photographer will show how to achieve “up close 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...