(DC) (Arlington Regional Master Naturalists) ARMN Park Stewards and National Park Service Weed Warriors welcome volunteers to help us restore native habitat and stamp out invasive non-native plants on Theodore Roosevelt Island. This work is vitally important to protecting the island’s natural areas, including plants that have co-evolved with birds and other local wildlife over thousands of years that are ...
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park behind the National Zoo. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. This event is part of an area-wide volunteer-powered effort ...
(DC) (District Department of the Environment) Join DOEE staff to remove invasive plants near the entrance of Kingman + Heritage Islands and the Anacostia River Trail. DOEE will provide tools, gloves, and instruction. Please wear closed-toe shoes and long pants, and bring water, sunscreen, and bug spray. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Farrah at [email protected].
(DC) (National Park Service) Join us for our annual Rock Creek Park Day - this year over four days - on September 20-21 and 27-28, 2025. This event celebrates the founding of our national park. For the 135th Anniversary, we're having a one-of-a-kind celebration: Punk Rocks! that blends DC's legendary punk rock spirit with the park's geologic, cultural, and cosmic stories. Visitors of all ...
(VA) (Potomac Conservancy) Calling all tree friends! Join Potomac Conservancy's Tomorrow's Trees program for a fun, 100-person acorn collection all around the grounds of Arlington Cemetery. The Virgina state tree nursery needs more local seeds collected to grow out millions of trees for our communities - and you can help! These future trees lead to a healthier and more resilient Potomac ...
(DC) (National Park Service) Take a walk on the wild side of Rock Creek! Our Punk Rocks Hike starts at Boulder Bridge, cranking up the volume on history and style. Built in 1902, this stone arch is Rock Creek’s ultimate stage piece—rugged, loud, and impossible to ignore. After exploring the bridge, the hike continues to Pulpit Rock, a natural stone ...
(VA) (Arlington Parks) History and nature crossover during this exploration of the surprising roles played by Arlington’s trees during the Civil War. By looking at history through their eyes, you’ll discover that just because trees don’t have mouths does not mean they cannot speak!
(DC) (District Department of Energy and the Environment) Join DOEE and partners for the 5th Annual Kingman Island Friends and Family Day! This family-friendly event is a celebration of everything the islands have to offer as a unique space in the District dedicated to conservation, environmental education, and recreation. Activities will include paddling, music, nature-themed arts and crafts. More information ...
(MD) (Amy Kaslow Gallery) Enter Mother Earth’s majestic wooded world where thick velvet moss carpet thrives between massive tree roots anchoring towering trees. From the ferns along the forest floor to the lichen attached to the tallest growth, woodlands give us exquisite color and form. Indiana's Meg Lagodzki commands the room with striking hues of paper layered on board. Martina ...
(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Come and enjoy a ranger-led program in the only planetarium in the National Park Service! The Stellar Star Show will be a 30-minute ranger-led program about the planets and the night sky.
