Whimsical Woodland Fall Family Festival set for November 15 at the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern

Families are invited to celebrate autumn at Whimsical Woodland, a free fall family festival on Sunday, November 15, 2026, from 2-4pm at the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University. The garden is located at 1503 Bland Avenue in Statesboro. The event is hosted by the Botanic Garden in collaboration with Recreation and Tourism Management at Georgia Southern. The festival invites community members of all ages to enjoy an afternoon of autumn adventures, stories, crafts and live activities. Guests can meet farm animals from Hazelnut Pastures, shop local products from Sunny Sue Soaps and Hillbilly Willies, observe real bugs through microscopes, view birds with binoculars, and make a chorus of woodland sounds with musical instruments. Families can explore more than a dozen interactive stations, including planting a seed, going on a scavenger hunt, hosting a fairy garden tea party, and joining a woodland creatures dance party. Other featured activities include a woodland story walk, an enchanted book nook, crafts, and leaf piles and leaf prints. Visitors can also stop by the orchard and snack table to learn how mandarin oranges grow and to taste them. Admission is free. Guests are asked to bring one non-perishable food item each to benefit the