Amidst canoeing and hiking at Lake Robertson this month, 90+ middle schoolers from Maury River Middle School also took a moment to pause, look, and create. The result: a wonderful array of cyanotypes – one of the earliest forms of photography that requires no camera, only specially treated cloth that is sensitive to sunlight. We shared this technique with the youth on June 4th and 11th as part of YAS (Youth Experiencing Success), a grant-funded camp run by MRMS. “The activit

Led by Caroline Coons and Liz Kuehner, Boxerwood’s signature camps hosted fifty children earlier this month for two weeks of play and learning. Our theme this year was making friends with the other creatures who call Boxerwood home. With help from junior counselors, seasoned staff, and special guests, kids aged 4 to 7 investigated the unique intelligences of five kinds of animal friends: jumping spiders, roly-polies, opossums, Eastern screech owls, and Eastern black rat snake

4 weeks, 4 camps – that’s how Boxerwood rolls. Our first two camps led children on story-telling adventures while the last two camps...

Despite the heat, Team Boxerwood rallied in early August with a 5-day camp for 30 youngsters ages 4 to 8. Led by educators Caroline Coons...

In June, eight Boxerwood camps sprang to life. Those camps served more than 300 children, ages 4 - 15, from all corners of Rockbridge....

A creative collaboration between Boxerwood and an advanced W&L Spanish class this spring brought forth an idea of integrating concepts...

Captions are below the slideshow. Click the arrow (>) on the right side of the photo to progress to the next slide. January: Connect...

This autumn, a different sort of harvest is happening at Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Garden. For months, locals of all ages have...

Partner in the Picture June 2023

Programa SOL, camp for children who speak more than one language, visited Boxerwood in June 2023.

Programa SOL, camp for children who speak more than one language, visited Boxerwood in June to explore the natural world and created...

This summer, Boxerwood hosted two weeks of camp on Lake Robertson for 6th-9th graders.

This summer, Boxerwood hosted two weeks of camp in June for children ages 4-8.