Nature Fest is Coming to Bowie Nature Park on Saturday

Nature Fest, Fairview’s annual festival in the 700-acre Bowie Nature Park, will celebrate the honey bee with a workshop and information about the vital creatures.

The 32nd annual festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, featuring music, living history, free kids games and crafts, hayrides, inflatables, shopping, food and lots of information and exhibits about bees and other aspects of nature.

Observe a live beehive through glass, learn how to be a beekeeper in your own backyard and how to harvest your own honey, and learn about pollinator-friendly plants.

Honey bee workshops on various topics are at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., with a panel discussion from 3:30 p.m. to 4.

Bowie Nature Park is one of the largest parks in Williamson County. The park was named for Dr. Evangeline Bowie, who acquired the barren and eroded site in the 1950s, and over the years replanted and re-contoured the property to over the years, sponsoring tree drives in local schools. She deeded the land to Fairview for a park, and now it is protected by the Land Trust for Tennessee. Dr. Bowie passed away in 1992.

In addition to hiking and mountain bike trails, Bowie Park is home to a nature center that features exhbits and special events.

Bowie Nature Park is off Highway 100.