The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen Resort

UMBC’s Professor Jeffrey Halverson’s textbook on severe and hazardous weather. The book is lavishly illustrated and delves into big storms such as Nor’easter snowstorms and tropical cyclones, and local storms including thunderstorms, tornadoes and flash floods. Meet at Trillium House. Payment due before event. Refreshments provided.

Join a Foundation Naturalist for an interpretive hike and explore Wintergreen’s natural environment! These hikes are rated moderate to strenuous. Meet at Trillium House. Payment due before event.

Join TNFW’s dynamite volunteer duo, John and Abigail James for an autumn walk through Wintergreen’s golden woods to discover the secrets of fall. Hike is rated moderate to strenuous. Dress for weather. Meet at Trillium House parking lot. Payment due before event.

Halloween is around the corner! So let’s turn your Jack O’Latern into a cool pumpkin with Nancy Donnelly-Walters at this one- of- kind pumpkin painting workshop. Ages 6 and up. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Pumpkin provided. Payment is due at time of registration.

Join TNFW staff member Josh Palumbo as we compare the fall colors from overlooks in different physiographic provinces. We will start the competition at a local overlook here in the Blue Ridge and end at High Knob Fire Tower along the West Virginia border. The explorations will cover roughly 5 miles and is rated moderate […]

Join a Foundation Naturalist for an interpretive hike and explore Wintergreen’s natural environment! These hikes are rated moderate to strenuous. Meet at Trillium House. Payment due before event.

Want to know what to do if you see a bear in your yard? Department of Wildlife Resources’ (DWR) Black Bear Project Leader Carl Tugend will share advice on bear biology, behavior, management, and how to reduce human-bear conflicts. This talk is not to be missed.

Let the vibrant fall foliage inspire us for a brisk walk under the forest canopy. A wide array of colors should outline the trail ahead of us. Emily Ferguson, a Virginia Master Naturalist and Tree Steward, will lead you out and back while answering any of your natural history questions long the way. We will […]

JMU’s hidden gem, the Mineral Museum tucked away in the Festival Conference and Student Center, houses magnificent mineral specimens from 39 countries and 24 U.S. states. After lunch at JMU’s famed Festival Food Court, Dr. Eric Pyle, Geologist and Museum Curator will lead us on a tour of the history of the museum and its […]