Outdoor Programs

Fun with Paint and Crafts
Sundays, 1-3pm

May 1: Mother's Day Themed, Wildflower Glasses (#7682)
June 12: Flip Flops on Beach (#7686)
Sept. 25: Fall Trees Sponge Painting (#7687)

Great for all experience and ability levels, this guided interactive experience will bring you joy through the creative process, and create happy memories as you take your one-of-a-kind creation home with you. Have fun with paint and crafts with Dawn Spruill at the City Park Train Hub Outdoor Pavilion. All materials, supplies, and step-by-step instruction provided. $20/class.

Saylor House Workshops

Plaster Wall Repairs & Finishing
Fridays, 9am- 3pm
- May 6, 13, 20 (#7739)
Be a part of saving building history and learn how to repair your own plaster walls with the restoration team at the Saylor House in Kiwanis Park! This 3-Friday workshop teaches participants the hands-on process of restoring historic lime plaster walls, including how to assess the condition of the walls and techniques to repair and finish them with original lime materials. Limited to 6 participants. Fee $225 for 3-day workshop includes materials, lunch and snacks.

Laying Brick Floors in Stone Dust
Saturdays, 9am-3pm
- ~~May 7, 14, 21~~ ~~(#7740)~~ Cancelled due to low enrollment
Join the restoration team at the Saylor House in Kiwanis Park and help reinstall the house’s original brick floor! During this 3-Saturday workshop, learn from experts all the steps to properly lay and install a brick floor in stone dust so that it does not heave or sink. Limited to 6 participants. Fee $225 for 3-day workshop includes materials, lunch and snacks.

Hosted by the Washington County Historical Trust, for more information email info@wchistoricaltrust.org.

Skateboarding Lessons
Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 am

Apr. 2 (#7724) Enrollment Closed
Apr. 9 (#7725) Enrollment Closed
Apr. 16 (#7726) Enrollment Closed
Apr. 23 (#7727) Enrollment Closed
Apr. 30 (#7728)
May 7 (#7729)

ALL SKILL LEVEL program. For beginners who have never stepped foot on a skateboard before, to those who have pushed around a bit but really don’t know where to begin with learning tricks, to more involved riding. Using a variety of equipment to learn on from ramps, rails, and halfpipes. Experienced instructors help you achieve goals and milestones in skateboarding. No pressure atmosphere encourages skaters to engage at individual comfort level with help walking through the next steps safely as ready!

Class mainly consists of ages 8-12 years, however anyone who wants to learn to skate is welcome. Lessons cover various styles of skating skills: Pushing, Leaning/Balance, Riding up and down ramps, Grinding on rails, Dropping in on ramps quarter pipes, Pumping, & more! $20/ class.
Located at Covenant Life Church, 1515 Dual Highway.

Skateboard Pop-Up Skate Park

- Monday, April 11, 5-7pm (#7730)
- Friday, May 20, 5-7pm (#7731)

This is a free skateboard event to get the local skateboard community together to skate. There will be a 4 foot tall halfpipe, multiple skateboard boxes, benches, rails and ramps. This is not a class, but an opportunity to meet other skaters, practice tricks and have fun. This event is a skate at your own risk event, and while helmets and safety pads are encouraged, they are not required. Free!
Located at Covenant Life Church, 1515 Dual Highway.

Urban Nature Hikes
Saturdays, 10am - 12pm

June 18 City Park (#7771)
July 30 Pangborn Park (#7772)

Join Katrina Fauss of the Antietam-Conococheague Watershed Alliance for family friendly urban nature adventure in our city parks. Nature is all around us, even in the city, and enjoy a stroll through the park to find it. Walks will include nature spotting, and the enjoyment of being outside together and playing in nature. No fee, all ages, family friendly; stroller and wheelchair friendly.