Stratford Hall

Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Stratford Hall

March 26, 2016, 11:00am - March 26, 2016, 1:00pm

Stratford Hall

Easter Egg Hunt 2016 FREE to kids and accompanying adults Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. sharp Plan to join the hunt! Stratford Hall’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will again be sponsored by Northern Neck Lodge #32 of the Fraternal Order of Police. The hunt will begin at 11 a.m. SHARP so plan to arrive early. Kids will need to bring a basket or other container to hunt with. Over 4,000 eggs will be “hidden” on the large Oval field in front of the Great House. Areas will be roped off for each age group: 0-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Prizes will be awarded in each age group and for finding a golden egg! Volunteers will be assigned to each age group to record this information. During the “egg tabulations,” the Fraternal Order of Police will provide a hot dog lunch. No rain date. Does not include a Great House tour. For more information, contact Jon Bachman, 804-493-1972 or jbachman@stratfordhall.org Make Easter Special for your family! Stay on site at Stratford Hall for the weekend. On Saturday, enjoy the Hunt, enjoy a tour of the Great House and plantation. Book a night at the Inn, then on Sunday, stay for Easter Sunday Brunch! Call Lesley for details, 804-493-1966. More on Brunch: www.stratfordhall.org/events/easter-luncheon-buffet/

Fungus Trek

April 2, 2016, 9:00am

Stratford Hall

FUNGUS TREK BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Make your own oyster garden. Materials supplied at event! April 2, 2016, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Join us for our second Fungus Trek with mycologist Ryan Mooney on April 2, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program begins with a PowerPoint talk in the duPont Library, followed by a site “trek” into Stratford’s forests and fields and concluding with a “hands-on” assembling of a starter kit for growing mushrooms at home. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable hiking shoes. The event cost is $7 for adults, $5 for children (8-13) and free for Friends of Stratford cardholders. Schedule for the day: • 8:30 a.m. duPont Library doors open-light refreshments available • 9:00 a.m. duPont Library – talk on fungi • 10:15 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. “Fungus Trek” with Ryan Mooney, followed by assemblage of mushroom “starter kits” Make your plans, this event sold out last year! Pre-registration by March 30, 2016. About the speaker: Ryan Mooney has lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia, since 2000. His projects include remediation and erosion control along the Rappahannock River with the City of Fredericksburg and cultivating local strains of fungi. Ryan currently provides culinary mushrooms to local restaurants in the downtown Fredericksburg area from his shiitake farm. About Fungi: Ryan invites you to explore the intersection between fungi cultivation and ecological health. Partnering with fungi allows us to harness their power and cultivate awareness to environmental solutions. Mushrooms are recyclers: decomposing organic matter, building soils, and forming symbiotic relationships with over 90% of the plants and trees by exchanging nutrients with them. Fungi are a keystone species that help to connect all living organisms. Observing fungi can be fun for anyone with the proper resources, knowledge and safety precautions.