Green Spring Garden Club’s Christmas Homes Tour, Saturday, December 2nd, is thrilled to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin’s return to Williamsburg. In 1923, Rev. Goodwin also known as the Father of Colonial Williamsburg, would plant the seed that would flourish into the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The tour will feature four houses in...
Colonial Williamsburg Commemorates Juneteenth Sunday, June 18 and Monday, June 19 On Sunday, June 18, Colonial Williamsburg will host a 6 a.m. Juneteenth Sunrise Service under the Compton Oak featuring a keynote address by thought leader, actress and playwright Tina Lifford. The Foundation will also reprise last year’s inaugural offer of free admission on June...
Soil. To gardeners and horticulturists soil is a fundamental element which influences the survival of a plant in the future. To archaeologists, soil is the very thing that holds the remains of the past. Digging in the soil is key both to gardening and to archaeology, which converge for Colonial Williamsburg’s 76th Annual Garden Symposium....
Working Wood in the 18th Century celebrates its 25th year with a flourish of ornament and a gathering of craftspeople and scholars. Whether adorned with carving, inlay, marquetry, or japanning, period woodwork draws much of its enduring appeal from thoughtfully designed and well-executed ornament. Join Colonial Williamsburg staff and special guests presenters Brock Jobe, Mary...
The 61st Annual Colonial Christmas Homes Tour is Back! Two Weekends, December 3rd and 10th. Two Distinctive Tours, each featuring this year's "Designer in Residence House" - the Nelson-Galt House, which is the oldest dwelling in the Historic Area dating back to 1695, and rounded out with 2 additional and different Private Residences in the...
Join us for an exciting weekend of beer and history at Ales through the Ages! Beer is likely the oldest beverage invented by man. It has long been valued for its nutritional content and its mental effects. Beer played important social and economic roles in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greeks and Romans help spread...