Community Events

Youth Festival—Our 34th! Play Outside! is the spirit of Youth Fest! Fun outside day for kids to include hikes, story walk, hands-on activities and partnered stations. Happening at Pine Hill […]

A full day of fun is planned during our inaugural StoryWalk® Festival! Admission is FREE. See the event flier here! Featuring award-winning Pennsylvania author & illustrator, Lindsay Barrett George, with […]

This year is our 32nd Institute annual jazz festival—featuring NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. The Institute's annual jazz festival continues to spotlight top professional artists each year […]

You'll be raven' about this performance! FREE and open to the public. The Institute presents a theatrical production spotlighting Edgar Allan Poe, performed in an outdoor venue by MEG Theatre […]

NASA space scientist, Todd Toth, and the staff of Buttonwood Nature Center (formerly The Institute) will guide a safe viewing experience of a solar eclipse at the stadium of Waynesboro Area […]

April is National Kite Month Our 28th annual kite fly event in Waynesboro! Free kite flying (all ages) with expert flying help from our Kite Masters—brothers Sam and George Adams—in […]

Our 2024 Earth Celebration will happen at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. Buttonwood Nature Center, Home of The Institute celebrates spring with environmental exhibitors, live music, environmental artists […]

Youth Festival—Our 35th! Play Outside is the spirit of Youth Fest! Fun outside day for kids to include hikes, story walk, hands-on activities and partnered stations. Happening at Pine Hill […]

Jazz guitarist, Paul Bollenback This year is our 33rd annual Jazz Festival.  The Institute—now Buttonwood Nature Center— presents our annual jazz festival, which continues to spotlight top professional artists each […]

DATE AND TIME TO BE CONFIRMED FREE and open to the public! The Institute is hosting their fourth annual Winter Solstice Celebration. The winter solstice is the longest night—or shortest […]