Red Wing Park
Red Wing Park is a park in Red Mill & General Booth, Virginia Beach, best for spring cherry blossoms, garden strolls, court sports, family cookouts.
A 97-acre park on the General Booth corridor best known for its gardens: the Miyazaki Japanese Garden — created in 1997 for the fifth anniversary of Virginia Beach's sister-city relationship with Miyazaki, Japan, complete with gazebo, cherry trees, pond, and red bridge — anchors the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Reba S. McClanan Fragrance Garden and a Bee City USA pollinator garden round out the horticultural draw. Beyond the gardens it works hard as a neighborhood park: tennis, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, horseshoe pits, two playgrounds, shared-use paths, five picnic shelters with grills, and a fenced dog park.
- Free
- Family Friendly
- Dog Friendly
Amenities
- Miyazaki Japanese Garden
- Reba S. McClanan Fragrance Garden
- Pollinator garden
- Tennis, pickleball, basketball, and volleyball courts
- Two playgrounds
- Five picnic shelters with charcoal grills
- Fenced dog park
- Public restrooms
Know Before You Go
- Best for: spring cherry blossoms, garden strolls, court sports, family cookouts
- Parking: Free lots inside the park off General Booth Boulevard.
- Accessibility: Shared-use paths connect the gardens, shelters, and courts on mostly flat terrain; restrooms are accessible.
- Dogs: allowed — Dogs must be on a leash at all times in the park except inside the fenced Red Wing dog park, where they can run off leash.
- Location: 1398 General Booth Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA
Last verified 2026-07-10.
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Upcoming Events Nearby
Cherry Blossom Festival
March 26, 2027 – March 28, 2027 · annual
Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation's spring showcase fills Red Wing Park's cherry tree grove with live cultural performances, martial arts demonstrations, and hands-on crafts timed to peak bloom in late March. The 2026 edition added a first-ever Nighttime Hanami, lighting the blossoms after dark on opening evening before the daytime festival took over the weekend. Admission and parking are free, with an overflow grass field opening for weekend crowds -- a genuinely photogenic, low-key alternative to the Oceanfront festival circuit, along General Booth Boulevard.
Sandbridge Pig Pickin'
September 12, 2026 · annual
The Sandbridge Volunteer Rescue Squad's all-you-can-eat pig roast at Little Island Park has been the neighborhood's signature fundraiser for more than four decades, paying for the advanced life-saving equipment behind the squad's 1,000-plus annual emergency calls. Barbecue, beer and wine, live music, local art vendors, and a bounce house for kids fill the park for an afternoon, with free admission for children under 10. It's Sandbridge at its most neighborly -- a beach-community fundraiser rather than a tourist draw, held at the same park that anchors the south end of the beach.
Virginia Beach Restaurant Week
January 15, 2027 – January 24, 2027 · annual
The Virginia Beach Restaurant Association's flagship dining event fills each January with prix-fixe menus at roughly five dozen restaurants citywide, from Laskin Road institutions to Oceanfront hotel dining rooms. The 2026 edition ran the theme 'Tastes & Traditions, A Culinary Celebration by Land and by Sea,' spotlighting Chesapeake staples like crab, oysters, ham, and peanuts alongside modern reinterpretations. A companion Dine & Stay program bundles discounted rates at more than a dozen partner hotels, making it as much a slow-season visitor draw as a locals' night out. The VBRA runs the event out of its Laskin Road office in Hilltop, the city's densest cluster of independent kitchens.