Forest Bathing at Hillwood

Hillwood Estate 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington

(DC) (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens) Slow down, awaken your senses, and connect with nature as you experience a forest bathing walk in Hillwood’s gardens and grounds. Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku (which translates to “absorbing the forest atmosphere”), forest bathing is a research-based activity designed to promote health and well-being through immersion in natural settings. Participants will ...

$30 – $35

Shepherd Parkway Community Cleanup

Shepherd Parkway 555 Newcomb Street SE, Washington

(DC) (Ward 8 Woods) Join Ward 8 Woods every second Saturday of the month to restore Shepherd Parkway by removing trash and invasive vines that are smothering the trees. Since 2011, over 2,000 volunteers have removed over 200 tons of trash from the woods and cut invasive vines from over 500 trees, but much work remains to be done. Give back ...

Free

Sound and Nature Therapy at Meadowlark

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens 9750 Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna

(VA) (NOVA Parks) As the sun sets at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, give yourself the gift of slowing down. Join Ilana Rubin (Kindred Nature) and Toni Kim (Inner Sound Collective) for a restorative evening of nature therapy and sound meditation. We’ll wander gently—up to one mile through the beauty of autumn—before settling into immersive soundscapes of singing bowls, chimes, and drums ...