This Intermediate workshop is fun and challenging. Participants will be choosing their glass as well as learning a surface decoration technique using a chemical etching compound. Participants will need to bring a pair of light duty disposable gloves to the workshop.
We invite all who feel inspired to experience the joy of creating art outdoors in the beauty of Burritt’s Historic Park. From 10:00 to 3:00, plein-air easels stocked with paper , charcoals, pencils and pastels will be set up throughout the grounds, ready for anyone who wishes to draw from nature in a peaceful, welcoming environment.
This beginner wheel throwing workshop will cover the basics of shaping clay using an electric pottery wheel. Your instructor will guide you through the essential steps of creating a wheel thrown vessel. Each student will create one or two pieces to be fired and glazed.
Shhhh! Secrets of the Forest: A Nature Mystery Camp July 13-17, 2026 Join us for a week of outdoor discovery and imaginative exploration. Set on Burritt’s beautiful grounds, this camp invites children to slow down, look closely, and connect with the natural world through a story-based mystery woven throughout the week. As campers explore Burritt’s trails, farm areas, and outdoor spaces, they will follow a nature-themed storyline that encourages them to observe animal tracks, habitats, and behaviors.
Burritt on the Mountain is excited to partner with The North Alabama Zoological Society (NALZS) and Beth Girard, a retired natural resource educator and Tennessee Naturalist Program Volunteer, for our Reptile Day this year. NALZS will bring their reptile ambassadors Apollo, the king snake, Million, an African Pygmy hedgehog, Twickenham, a Sulcata tortoise, and Squirtle a yellow-bellied slider turtle. Beth Girard will bring her menagerie of reptiles, including a legless lizard, a blue-tongue skink, a terrestrial non-tortoise turtle, and an aquatic turtle. Burritt will also introduce you to our education Snake Ambassador SAL.
