Event Type : History & Culture

Scraposaurs has colossal creatures display at the MSV gardens now through October 19, 2025. Featuring 14 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals made entirely from scrap metal and found objects, Scraposaurs is an outdoor exhibition that will captivate all ages. Created by Minnesota artist Dale Lewis, highlights include an 18-foot-long stegosaurus named Stanley; an 1,800-pound T-Rex with ribs and teeth from a John Deere rotary hoe; and a woolly rhino covered in 600 hundred pounds of tie wire “hair.”

Open Tues – Sun

Scraposaurs has colossal creatures display at the MSV gardens now through October 19, 2025. Featuring 14 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals made entirely from scrap metal and found objects, Scraposaurs is an outdoor exhibition that will captivate all ages. Created by Minnesota artist Dale Lewis, highlights include an 18-foot-long stegosaurus named Stanley; an 1,800-pound T-Rex with ribs and teeth from a John Deere rotary hoe; and a woolly rhino covered in 600 hundred pounds of tie wire “hair.”

Open Tues – Sun

This one-day event will feature entertaining, educational, and interactive demonstrations provided by experts from nature and wildlife organizations.  Local businesses and vendors will showcase their bear/nature themed items, outdoor sporting equipment, and adventure activities. Live music and food will complete the bear’s den, as we close the streets of Stanardsville for the day!

Scraposaurs has colossal creatures display at the MSV gardens now through October 19, 2025. Featuring 14 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals made entirely from scrap metal and found objects, Scraposaurs is an outdoor exhibition that will captivate all ages. Created by Minnesota artist Dale Lewis, highlights include an 18-foot-long stegosaurus named Stanley; an 1,800-pound T-Rex with ribs and teeth from a John Deere rotary hoe; and a woolly rhino covered in 600 hundred pounds of tie wire “hair.”

Open Tues – Sun

Scraposaurs has colossal creatures display at the MSV gardens now through October 19, 2025. Featuring 14 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals made entirely from scrap metal and found objects, Scraposaurs is an outdoor exhibition that will captivate all ages. Created by Minnesota artist Dale Lewis, highlights include an 18-foot-long stegosaurus named Stanley; an 1,800-pound T-Rex with ribs and teeth from a John Deere rotary hoe; and a woolly rhino covered in 600 hundred pounds of tie wire “hair.”

Open Tues – Sun

Scraposaurs has colossal creatures display at the MSV gardens now through October 19, 2025. Featuring 14 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals made entirely from scrap metal and found objects, Scraposaurs is an outdoor exhibition that will captivate all ages. Created by Minnesota artist Dale Lewis, highlights include an 18-foot-long stegosaurus named Stanley; an 1,800-pound T-Rex with ribs and teeth from a John Deere rotary hoe; and a woolly rhino covered in 600 hundred pounds of tie wire “hair.”

Open Tues – Sun

The Virginia Clay Festival is the only festival of its kind in VA. Join us in the historic town of Stanardsville for the annual event, an art show celebrating the possibilities of clay. Virginia potters, sculptors and jewelers will be selling their latest work…ALL in clay! Each artist will give a demonstration showing how to throw pots, to sculpt or to explain a technique that makes their work unique. Artisan food trucks and live acoustic music will enhance the festival atmosphere. Admission is FREE!

The Virginia Clay Festival is the only festival of its kind in VA. Join us in the historic town of Stanardsville for the annual event, an art show celebrating the possibilities of clay. Virginia potters, sculptors and jewelers will be selling their latest work…ALL in clay! Each artist will give a demonstration showing how to throw pots, to sculpt or to explain a technique that makes their work unique. Artisan food trucks and live acoustic music will enhance the festival atmosphere. Admission is FREE!

The Rappahannock County Annual Farm Tour is a free, two-day, self-guided tour offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our working farms. With around 15 venues on the tour each year, you’ll experience a wide range of agriculture – from beekeeping to organic vegetable farms, not to mention goats, chickens, and cows, as well as local artisans selling their wares. The Rappahannock County Farm Tour is always the last full weekend in September. For more information visit http://rappfarmtour.org/.

The Rappahannock County Annual Farm Tour is a free, two-day, self-guided tour offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our working farms. With around 15 venues on the tour each year, you’ll experience a wide range of agriculture – from beekeeping to organic vegetable farms, not to mention goats, chickens, and cows, as well as local artisans selling their wares. The Rappahannock County Farm Tour is always the last full weekend in September. For more information visit http://rappfarmtour.org/.