Events

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...

No Bees, Fewer Fun Foods

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

September 20:   NO BEES, FEWER FUN FOODS!  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended.   A member of the Colonial Beekeepers  Association, Pam Burton has...

How and Why Rain Gardens

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

October 18:  HOW AND WHY RAIN GARDENS.  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended.    Master Gardener Carol Fryer has designed rain gardens for James...

Light and Native Plants

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

November 15:  LIGHT AND NATIVE PLANTS.  Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation for each guest is recommended.   All plants need light, but how much shade they can tolerate, and how much...

CAST-IRON PLANTS FOR WILLIAMSBURG GARDENS

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

February 21: CAST-IRON PLANTS FOR WILLIAMSBURG GARDENS. Freedom Park Interpretive Center, 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation is recommended. Gordon Chappell, FASLA, Williamsburg Landscape Architect. Gordon is a resident of Williamsburg and...

THE GEOLOGY OF PLANTS

Freedom Park Interpretive Center 10:00 am, open to the public, $5 donation is recommended. Retired Geology Professor Dr. Jerre Johnson will give a short review of the geologic history of this area, the processes...

ADULT INTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL PAINTING

On Saturday, April 25th (rain date May 2nd), Linda Miller, local artist and Virginia Master Naturalist, will help you develop your artistic skills.   Working with a dogwood bloom drawing created by the artist, participants will...

$40.00

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,...