6th Annual RVF Kite Festival – April 13, 2014

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!    11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Attractions: Kite Demonstrations and Competitions! Free kites and assembly for the FIRST 200 children! Duck Race on Reid’s Creek! Amazing Magician performs! Bird and Stunt Kites Flown! GREAT FAMILY FUN...

How Wolves Change Rivers

This amazing video was sent to us by one of our volunteers. If you have any suggestions for content, send it to us via info@rockfishvalley.org, and you might see it posted on the website.

Kid*Vention – February 22 on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall

RVF will have an exciting booth at Kid*Vention. This event, hosted every year by the Virginia Discovery Museum, “is a free community event at which children and their families can learn and play at a variety of stations.” Come find our station to participate in our...

The History of Moonshine in Virginia: Sunday, December, 8 2013

The Rockfish Valley Foundation and Rockfish Valley Community Center present the real stories of the world of moonshine in Virginia, from the history of shine in the last decades to the stories of the three distilleries currently under development in Nelson.  Dan...

Ornithological Tales

Saturday, August 10th  10 a.m. Would you believe that it’s possible to potty-train a goose? What’s inside those bird boxes? Find out the answers to these questions as you listen to Gerry Kruger and Paul Davis present information about Canada Geese and Eastern...

Butterfly Event : Lepidoptera Evening Extravaganza

The Lepidoptera Evening Extravaganza, named for the large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies, is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2 and will feature a number of activities for children and adults, all from the beauty of the center’s newly...