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This Week:
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MIGRATION HOPSCOTCH
November 10
It's so hard
to be a bird migrating for the winter! The exhausting journey is full of
dangers - do you think you could survive? Experience the challenges
as you turn into a migrating bird and play simulation games to see what
life as a migrant is like. Then we'll play Migration Hopscotch to see how
habitat loss impacts migrating birds. Explore
more.
Cost: $6 per
person. Preregistration is required.
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WILD ANIMAL EXPERTS: TURKEYS
November 11
Join a
naturalist for this popular series to learn about a new animal every
month.
This session
has to be about turkeys since it's the Thanksgiving month!
Gobble..gobble! Learn more.
Cost: $10
per child. Preregistration required.
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APPLE CIDERING FOR LITTLES
November 11 and 19
Since the
little ones are too young for our regular apple cidering demonstrations,
the GSOEC is offering a special session just for them. Enjoy an apple
cidering story, and fun activities before you help press apple
cider. Taste homemade cider at the end! Get more
information here.
Cost: $7 per
child. Preregistration required.
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APPLE CIDERING DEMOS
November 11, 12, 18, and 25
Find out why
you’ve been looking at apples upside down your whole life and help make
fresh apple cider by hand with an old-fashioned cider press. Taste
homemade cider at the end!
Find out
details here.
Cost: $5 per person. Preregistration required.
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PLANT OF THE MONTH: PUCKER UP
November 14
Who doesn't
love lemons? Explore the history and uses of this amazing fruit and grow
a tree from seed to take home.
Are you
ready to sow the seed? Get started
here!
Cost: $10
per child. Preregistration required.
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Spotlight On:
PARANORMAL EVENINGS:
HISTORIC SPEEDWELL
November 17
Join staff and the New Jersey Paranormal Project team as they
investigate Historic Speedwell’s Vail House to see what goes bump in the
night! Delve deeper
here.
Cost: $45 per person. Preregistration required.
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FESTIVAL OF TREES: CALLING FOR TREE
DECORATORS
November 10
Hurry!
Registration for tree decorators for our 2nd annual Festival of Trees is
open only until November 10, 2023. Calling all enthusiastic Christmas
tree decorators to register for the event. Learn more
here.
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Look What's Coming:
 Make Your Own
Butter
November 17
Learn to
make butter just in time for Thanksgiving! We will make butter in the
butter churns, then select the ingredients for flavored butter (salt or
fruit). Enjoy some butter and bread and take the rest home! Churn,
Butter, Churn!
Cost: $25
per family. Preregistration required.
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CLASSIC AND TRADITIONAL: WILLIAMSBURG
ARRANGMENT FOR THE THANKSGIVING TABLE
November 18
Create an
unusual yet traditional fall holiday centerpiece in the Williamsburg
Style in this hands-on workshop. All supplies will be provided but bring
a box in which to take home your arrangement.
Ready to get
crafty? Click here
for details.
Cost: $50
per person. Preregistration is required.
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FLORAL ARRANGING FOR KIDS: THANKS FOR
THANKSGIVING
November 19
Young
florists will create a fall floral centerpiece perfect for the
Thanksgiving table. All materials provided.
Are you
ready to impress your guests with your Ikebana skills? Look no
further!
Cost: $25
per child. Preregistration is required.
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WOODSTOVE COOKING CLASS – THANKSGIVING
PIES
November 20
The tastes
and smells of the fall season await you at Fosterfields! Bake your very
own pie in a historic woodstove. Impress your family and friends with a
pie you baked from scratch! Get
started!
Cost: $50
per person. Preregistration required.
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LEE’S MARINA WINTER STORAGE
October 1
Lee’s County
Park Marina offers Winter storage for all boats. Boat storage begins on
October 1st. Visit the Lee's
Marina page for contract information.
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