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Join Buttonwood Nature Center to learn all about the process of pollination! Discuss different pollinators, why animals pollinate, and what bees, the world’s best-known pollinators, do with the nectar they...
Age: Kids completing grades K – 7Maximum enrollment: 40 per camp weekArt Show open to artists and family at 3:00pm on July 12.This is the third year offering this one-week art immersion program designed to inspire students to creative expression through visual art. In an outdoor park setting surrounded by nature, students spend a full...
Join Strawberry Hill as we present at the NPS Campfire Programs! What are the Campfire Programs? NPS rangers present evening campfire talks on a wide variety of topics on the...
In this class you will meet some common toxic plants of our region. Discussions will take place about what makes a plant toxic, different plant constituents, and ethnobotanical uses of toxic plants. We will also cover positive plant ID skills and safe foraging practices. Register HERE.
Join Mount Tabor Preservation project on a history walking tour to see the latest construction updates and much more.
Listen to Luke George talk about his mother, Jean Craighead George, researching her Newbery Award-winning Julie of the Wolves. RSVP your seat HERE.
Children gather under a tree in the park to listen to stories and enjoy related hands-on activities. This year, Summer Stories will be on Wednesdays, June 12, 19 and 26, and July 3, 10, and 17 at 11:00 a.m. The theme for the 2024 Summer Stories is “Tales of Tails.” Kathy Helfrick and Jane Glenn will...
Get up close with nature as you explore life on, in, and under logs in the forest. Hands, magnifiers, and our senses are all used to explore how this “forest trash”...
During this 3-day camp, students will get in touch with nature through observation, recording what they see with writing and drawing, and learning about the science of what’s happening in nature while immersing themselves in the beauty of the natural world. Through observation, awareness and attention to detail, students explore such things as animal tracks,...
First and third Saturday spring, summer, fall and winter bird walks find birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro leading the walks along the hiking trails at varying locations throughout...
The Blue Ridge Summit Free Library will hold its 48th annual Ice Cream Social and Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 on the library...
Ancestral Skills is an all-new three part series! Part 2 - Water Water: In this class, you will discover multiple methods to filter and purify water for drinking and avoiding...