Fall Foliage Festival

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Celebrate the wonders of autumn with The Wintergreen Nature Foundation! Explore the mysteries of changing leaves, meet live animals, make a treasure to keep, carve your holiday pumpkins, and get an up-close look at the fall sky. Fun for the whole family, all day long! Download a Brochure or call 434-325-8169 for more information.

Signs of the Season
10am-noon - $5
Join a Nature Foundation naturalist for a hike through the autumn woods. Enjoy the beauty and explore the how's and why's of fall's changing landscape.

Pumpkin Carving
10am-1pm - $7 per pumpkin
From traditional Jack-O-Lanterns to fancy pumpkin patterns, we have everything you need to get the whole family into the holiday spirit. Let your creative juices flow as you carve your Halloween pumpkins with us.

Fall Face-Painting
10am-4pm - $1
Show the world your season’s spirit with a fall design. Choose from many autumn drawings or start the Halloween season with a holiday display for all to see.

Bulletin Boards
10am-4pmm - $2
Organize your home or offi ce with a bulletin board designed especially by you. Decorative and fully functional, these bulletin boards are useful in all kinds of places.

How Many Acorns?
10am-4pm - $1 per guess
Guess the number of acorns in the jar. If your guess is the closest to the actual number of acorns, you win half the amount of money from all the guesses (50/50). Winner will be named at 4pm. You need not be present to win.

Seasonal Scents
10am-4pm - $1
Enjoy the scents of the season for months to come when you make your own apple-cinnamon air freshner from all-natural ingredients. Keep it for yourself or make a special gift for someone you love.

Animals in Autumn
11am-noon
Meet and greet live animals! Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary will introduce you to feathered, furry and scaly friends and discuss how different forest animals use the fall season to deal with the approach of winter. Donations accepted.

Cards of Many Colors
11am-noon - $5
3pm-4pm - $5
Make your own fall greeting cards in this fall card-making workshop. Use our materials and your creativity to create your masterpiece to share with your family or friends. Register early as space is limited. Ages 12 and up. Two sessions.

Atlatl Shooting Range
1pm-4pm
Try your hand at the atlatl, an ancient Native American hunting tool. Join us out on the shooting range and see if you could have prepared yourself for winter by stocking up on wild game. Ages 5 and up.

Color's Causes
2pm-4pm - $5
Nature Foundation Executive Director, Doug Coleman, leads the investigation into the reasons for autumn’s spectacular displays. Hike with him to bask in fall’s beauty and get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the season.

Eye on the Sky
7pm - $5
Join Richard Drumm, president of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society, for an upclose look at the fall sky. In addition to viewing the sky's features through telescopes, we'll see an introductory slide show and hear the stories surrounding the constellations' names.