Little Nature Explorers is a weekly outdoor program created for young children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. This free event takes place every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the beautiful setting of the Garden. It combines early childhood learning with the magic of nature, offering a fresh experience each week. [...]
Ages 2-5 years. Registration Requested. Bring a blanket or chairs for stories and rhymes outside at Charlottesville's Botanical Garden of the Piedmont. After the storytime, you can do an activity, enjoy the garden, trek the trails, and delight in the wonders of nature. The program is outside; inclement weather cancels.
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Join for a special Super Saturday event for ages 8-12: Poetry Tea Time Workshop. Up to 10 young poets can join Gwendolyn Bright on Saturday, March 28th from 10-11:30am. Enjoy collaborative time for inspiration, creation, and affirmations in the garden. There will be tea and fruit for everyone to enjoy while we compose original works. [...]
Little Nature Explorers is a weekly outdoor program created for young children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. This free event takes place every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the beautiful setting of the Garden. It combines early childhood learning with the magic of nature, offering a fresh experience each week. [...]
Join us on a Spring Habitat Walk! With the arrival of the spring equinox, the calendar marks the start of spring. While the dramatic greening up of nature is yet to come, the fading winter chill and lengthening days are already causing remarkable happenings during these earliest days of spring. Come and find out about [...]
Create With Nature on Wednesday, March 11th from 10:30-11:15 am! Visit the Garden for a nature themed art activity with Bruce Gatling-Austin. Stay for a stroll through the Garden. Keep an eye out for story pages as you enjoy your walk. Walk-ins are welcome at this free program, but we invite you to register by emailing programs@piedmontgarden.org [...]
Create With Nature on Wednesday, March 11th from 10:30-11:15 am! Visit the Garden for a nature themed art activity with Bruce Gatling-Austin. Stay for a stroll through the Garden. Keep an eye out for story pages as you enjoy your walk. Walk-ins are welcome at this free program, but we invite you to register by emailing programs@piedmontgarden.org [...]
Experience the quiet power of the full moon with our Labyrinth Walk – Lunar Eclipse at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont. This special session will encourage you to set intentions after this dark event and focus your energies forward. We will meet at the Garden’s amphitheater near the lower meadow and stream. A brief [...]
Join the Landscape Manager, Bridget Curran, for a community art project that celebrates one of the Garden’s most meaningful symbols: the nest. 🪺 Together, we’ll help create a woven nest made from natural materials—lightly placed on the land, shaped by many hands, and offering winter habitat for small creatures. You can take part [...]
Bring a blanket or chairs for stories and rhymes outside at Charlottesville’s Botanical Garden of the Piedmont. After storytime, you can enjoy the garden, trek the trails, delight in the wonders of nature at the garden, or stay for the Garden’s Create with Nature program at 10:30am. The program is outside; inclement weather cancels. Ages [...]
Bring a blanket or chairs for stories and rhymes outside at Charlottesville’s Botanical Garden of the Piedmont. After storytime, you can enjoy the garden, trek the trails, delight in the wonders of nature at the garden, or stay for the Garden’s Create with Nature program at 10:30am. The program is outside; inclement weather cancels. Ages [...]
The Botanical Garden of the Piedmont is excited to announce our Botanical Art Festival taking place September 2025. This Festival will celebrate art in our community by offering free art programming for all ages, botanically themed workshops, and collaborations with regional artists and organizations, including a ticketed Botanical Art Show supporting local artists and the [...]