Week of Events
Sunday, October 5, 2025
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October 5, 2025 -Walk in the Woods: Tomorrow’s Trees
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October 5, 2025 -Invasive Plant Removal at Brandymore
Walk in the Woods: Tomorrow’s Trees
(VA) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Virginia expert forester, Jim McGlone, to discover the hidden wonders of our trees, and the next generation of trees within their seeds, in the Potomac basin. We will learn about how communities around the region are coming together to save our forests by simply collecting the seeds that drop all around us in the fall, like ...
Invasive Plant Removal at Brandymore
(VA) (Arlington County) Help improve habitat, meet fellow nature lovers, get exercise, and learn about native plants and wildlife all while making a difference in the great outdoors. Park Stewards lead volunteers in trying to eradicate “every last weed, every last Wednesday." And every first Sunday, too! Volunteers under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Monday, October 6, 2025
No events on this day.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
No events on this day.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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October 8, 2025 -Invasive Vine Removal at Woodlawn
Invasive Vine Removal at Woodlawn
(DC) (Casey Trees) Join Meredith from CCAN to remove Invasive Vines at the historic Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington, DC. We will spend the first 30 minutes doing a brief training on invasive vines and best practices for removal, and spend about 2 hours removing vines from the trees. We will focus on non-native invasive vines including porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. ...
Thursday, October 9, 2025
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October 9, 2025 -Invasive Plant Removal at Piscataway
Invasive Plant Removal at Piscataway
(MD) (National Park Service) Help the Accokeek Foundation remove invasive plant species on October 9 in honor of National Public Lands Day! Meet at 3400 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD 20607 to receive tools, learn some easy plant identification techniques, and get oriented to the project at hand. Please wear sturdy close-toes shoes, long pants and sleeves, and bring water ...
Friday, October 10, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
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October 11, 2025 -Invasive Plants Removal at Potomac Overlook
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October 11, 2025 -Invasive Plants Removal at Dyke Marsh
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October 11, 2025 -Shepherd Parkway Community Cleanup
Invasive Plants Removal at Potomac Overlook
(VA) (Arlington Regional Master Naturalists) Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants and replacing them with native plants. This is a continuing project typically held every Saturday to reclaim Potomac Overlook Regional Park from non-native invasive plants. Be sure to come dressed for work, wear long pants, long sleeves, and ...
Invasive Plants Removal at Dyke Marsh
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Help protect native plants by pulling and clipping invasive plants. We will train volunteers to identify the five or so target plants. We kindly ask that you not bring pets. Invasive plants can threaten and outcompete native plants.
Shepherd Parkway Community Cleanup
(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 ...