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Starts Sat, Sep 19, 9:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 17
Spring Township Parks & Recreation hosts an hour-long morning walk at Blue Marsh Lake. The group sets off from Swiftwater Lane on a trail rated easy to moderately difficult, with time to listen for…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 19
A presenter in period clothing leads this workshop on farming and gardening in early America, from the Colonial 1700s through the 1800s. You will hear what rural families grew and harvested for…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 9:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 17
Spring Township Parks & Recreation hosts an hour-long morning walk at Blue Marsh Lake. The group sets off from Swiftwater Lane on a trail rated easy to moderately difficult, with time to listen for…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 1:00 PM · Free
Step back in time with Benjamin Franklin as he talks about his many scientific discoveries. He shares behind closed doors stories about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and tales of his…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 19
A presenter in period clothing leads this workshop on farming and gardening in early America, from the Colonial 1700s through the 1800s. You will hear what rural families grew and harvested for…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Sep 24
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this workshop on getting yards and garden beds ready for a Pennsylvania winter. The talk covers ways to stretch the growing season, how to clean up organic matter…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 25
Coffee with a Colonial is a relaxed morning of conversation about early America. Guests sit down with a favorite hot drink while Mr. Leamer talks through life in the 18th century and brings out…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 1
Ways of Wildlife is an outdoor program with Naturalist Hemlock Hannah at Cacoosing Meadows Park Pavilion. Families look at how local animals live, from why White-Tailed Deer flick their tails to why…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Walk the trail at Blue Marsh Lake with Naturalist Porcupine Pat and take in the fall foliage. This is a quiet stroll with time to look closely at trees, learn how to identify them, and find out why…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this Halloween themed gardening program for kids, part of the Family Nature Series from Spring Township Parks and Recreation. The hour mixes holiday fun with plant…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · $40.00 per person · Register by Oct 19
This workshop introduces theorem painting, a technique where stencils carry the design and you learn how to work the paint. Participants use multiple stencils to apply oil paints to a fabric surface…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 22
Spring Township Parks and Recreation invites adults to slow down and spend time outdoors with Mind and Body Instructor Robert Sarnoski. The group takes a slow, mindful walk and focuses the senses on…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 26
This presentation looks at how people lit their homes, workplaces and public rooms in early America. Light mattered for household chores, skilled trades, writing and reading, and even the work of the…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 29
This Halloween themed nature walk brings families out to Shiloh Hills Park with Naturalist Kathy Grim. Children and grown ups learn about local wildlife, meet wildlife puppets, and make colorful art…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Nov 4
Stone tools are among the earliest tools people made. Stones such as flint, quartz and obsidian were used to build, garden, clean animal hides, make arrowheads and much more. An educator from…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 30
This history program invites you to sit in on a conversation with John Adams, the second President of the United States. He is presented as an imperfect, burdened, but ever-striving man, and the talk…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · $45.00 per person · Register by Nov 1
This workshop from Spring Twp Parks & Recreation looks at how Early American households made light. You dip your own double wick candle from 100% beeswax using the traditional dripping method…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 5
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this workshop on woodland terrariums, the small glass gardens you can keep going all year. They talk through how terrariums work and the quiet beauty of them, then…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 2:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 9
Local historian and author Paul Miller leads a slide presentation on the history of Spring Township and the boroughs that were formed from it over time. The images are vintage historical photographs…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Dec 6, 1:00 PM · Register by Nov 29
In this workshop you build a rustic woodland half-wreath on a 12 inch grapevine base. You work with a mix of evergreen greenery, eucalyptus leaves, pinecones and a ribbon, and you pick your ribbon…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring