Community Tree Planting at Armed Forces Retirement Home

Armed Forces Retirement Home 140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW, Washington

(DC) (Casey Trees) Join Casey Trees for an exciting day of tree planting, made possible by partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation and United. You provide the volunteers, we provide all the necessary tools and supplies to plant the trees. Participants will receive a hands-on training on site. After learning the tools and techniques, participants will be split up into ...

Extreme Cleanup at Piney Branch

Piney Branch Oasis 3499 Mt Pleasant St NW, Washington

(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Stream Team Leader Keith Krosinsky for a litter removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Trash is the visible form of stormwater pollution, a major threat to water quality and park health and its removal makes the parklands cleaner, safer, and more beautiful for all.

Film: Bird Walk

MLK Public Library 901 G St. NW, Washington

(DC) DC Public Library) Join filmmaker Cintia Cabib for a screening of her documentary “Bird Walk.”  The film takes viewers on a visual and aural excursion through an abandoned golf course in Rockville, Maryland where birders discover more than 160 bird species and mount a campaign to preserve this avian oasis as a public park and critical bird habitat. The ...