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Two-Day Workshop: Environmental Sensing Networks for Streams and Rivers

Wednesday & Thursday, March 28 & 29: You are invited to participate in a two-day Do-it-Yourself Environmental Sensor Workshop hosted by the Renfrew Institute and instructed by the Stroud Water Research Center. The workshop is free but registration is required as it is limited to 20 participants.  The goal of the workshop is to introduce […]

Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home—a Movie

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

The public is invited to attend a free showing of “Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home” in the visitors center at Renfrew Park. The program is presented by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Antietam Watershed Association. The environmental education documentary focuses on showing how and why native plants are critical to the survival […]

Free

Public Forum on Ticks: Tiny Creatures—Big Trouble

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

A panel of experts will discuss the topic of ticks, and the many problems they can cause for people and animals. Landscaping solutions and tips for staying tick free will […]

Free

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SUMMER, FALL & WINTER “SOAR” Bird Walks

Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

SOAR (“Studying Ornithology At Renfrew”) is now virtually year-round! First and third Saturday summer, fall and winter bird walks began on June 16! Birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro will lead […]

Free

Pin Loom Weaving Workshop

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

NEW this year for Summer Institute! Learn how to create your own colorful fabric with a pin loom. Materials include a 200-yard skein (your choice of colored yarn), personal loom, […]

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Take a Hike

Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Discover park trails and hidden wonders! Come hike the trails of Renfrew.  Hikers will discover park trails and hidden wonders, accompanied by institute staff member Kathy Seiler and others. As […]

$4 – $5

Letterkenny’s Northern Bobwhite Quail Reintroduction

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

To celebrate 2018's designation as the Year of the Bird, Tom Keller, the bobwhite quail and wild pheasant biologist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), will discuss the reintroduction of the […]

Free

Fraktur Workshop

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Donna Selfridge Spangler will lead a workshop to teach the historic art of the fraktur, a Pennsylvania German tradition to decorate documents such as birth or marriage certificates. Using pens, […]

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Pennsylvania Foods: Foraging Over Time

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

First program in the 3-part lecture series, Penn’s Woods Over Time. Presented by Dr. David Foster, Professor of Biology & Environmental Science, Messiah College (photo). A local author and forager, […]

Free

Pennsylvania Forests Over Time

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Location Change: We have moved this popular series to a larger venue: Social Room of the Church of the Apostles, 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, Pa.  Second program in the 3-part […]

Dinosaurs in Pennsylvania

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Location Change: We have moved this popular series to a larger venue: Social Room of the Church of the Apostles, 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, Pa.  Final program in the 3-part […]

Free

Renfrew Rocks! Gold and Fossils Under Your Feet

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Geologist Jeri Jones In partnership with the Franklin Co. Rock & Mineral Club, geologist Jeri Jones presents a fun and educational program. There have been many reports of gold found […]

Free