Join us in a special presentation tent at Riverfest as we welcome local authors.
Riverside Chats moderated by Mary Katharine Froehlich.
Stone Soup Books will have books available for purchase and signing.
11:00am “Energetic Herbs along the South River” with Kat Maier, founder and director of Sacred Plant Traditions, a center for herbal studies in Charlottesville, Virginia and author of Energetic Herbalism; A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine.
1:00 pm “History of the South River” with panel of local historians & educators – Nancy Sorrels, freelance writer, historian, and a former Augusta County Board of Supervisors member, Calvin Jordan from Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality, and Jeremy Hopkins curator from Waynesboro Heritage Foundation. Hear about the History of the South River from Native American artifacts found along it’s bank to the industries and mills that have impacted it and how it has shaped our community. Books available at discussion will be History of Waynesboro Volume I & II by George Hawke.
2:30 pm “Rehabilitating Owls” with The Wildlife Center of Virginia, conservation education organization and hospital for native wildlife. Join Center staff members Amanda Nicholson and Connor Gillespie as they talk about why owls are admitted to the Wildlife Center, the treatment and rehabilitation process, training non-releasable education ambassador owls, and what you can do to help owls in Virginia. Books available at talk will be signed copies of What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman and Greta, the Great Horned Owl by Christy Gove both of which feature work being done by The Wildlife Center of Virginia.