Capital Nature

Montgomery Parks Urban Wood Sale
2025-11-15 08:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Green Farm Maintenance Facility, 8301 Turkey Thicket Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Shop for your next woodworking, home building, furniture repair, or craft project. The sale features cedar, pine, poplar, oak, beech, ash, and more. This year, customers can find kiln-dried, planed, and air-dried wood. Slabs are available in different sizes, thicknesses (ranging from 3/4” to 3”), and prices (ranging from $5- $400). All sales benefit Montgomery Parks’ Urban Wood Waste Recycling Program and Green Waste Recycling Program. Credit card only.

Nature Drawing: Birds
2025-11-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Get inspired with the beauty of nature in any of our Art in Nature programs at Locust Grove Nature Center.
Learn to capture the beauty of nature with pencil and paper in our nature drawing program. Join a naturalist for a guided lesson in drawing the flora and fauna that you see at the nature center. Each month there will be a theme with each program. Nature walks will be apart of this program so participants should be able to walk on natural surface trails, which may have some steep inclines.

WildSpeak DC
2025-11-14 - 2025-11-15 | First Congregational UCC, 945 G St NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
(DC) (International League of Conservation Photographers) Join us for WildSpeak D.C., the iLCP’s signature event, as we celebrate 20 years of impact through visual storytelling. This event brings together conservation photographers, filmmakers, scientists, advocates, and communicators from around the globe to share powerful stories and solutions for a sustainable future.
WildSpeak is where conservation, communication, and creativity intersect. The event features inspiring storytelling presentations by iLCP Fellows from around the world.

Landscapes of Liberation (Virtual)
2025-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | VA
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join us for a virtual panel exploring the historical connections between D.C.’s Black cemeteries and the Underground Railroad. This conversation will be moderated by award-winning author Lauret Savoy. Historian C.R. Gibbs will explore Holy Rood Cemetery’s ties to the Underground Railroad; Lisa Fager, Executive Director of the Black Georgetown Foundation, will discuss Mount Zion Cemetery’s role; and Mary Belcher, a founding member of the grassroots Walter Pierce Park Archaeology Project, will highlight Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, a recognized National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site.

Invasive Plant Removal at 630 West
2025-11-13 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-06 13:30 - 15:30 | Reservation 630 West, 3031 Sedgwick Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20008, United States
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and Rock Creek Weed Warrior Leader Kathy Sykes for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. 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 to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from non-native invasive species.

Gentle Yoga at Brookside
2025-11-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) This series of classes feature foundational yoga poses that are designed to support better breathing, walking, and space orientation. Yoga movements help build muscle, bone density and core strength while improving balance, posture, and flexibility. Mats are not included. Instructor: Sherry Weber. This class will be held weekly in the Japanese Tea House, located in the Gude Garden, through October. Ages 18+

Seed Saving Fundamentals with AWS
2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Station 3510, 3510 Rhode Island Ave Suite 100, Mt Rainier, MD, 20712, United States
(MD) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Join AWS and Project Greenfoot for a workshop on seed saving. The project is a collaboration of skilled diverse people from all walks of life who love nature and seek to thrive in the untouched world while helping to transform our relationship with food, wildlife and our planet. In this session, participants will learn the core principles of seed saving, from understanding plant reproduction to proper cleaning, drying, and storage techniques. Attendees will gain the knowledge and confidence to begin saving seeds with intention and care.

Monday Morning Birdwalk at Huntley Meadows
2025-11-10 08:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-27 08:00 - 10:00 | Huntley Meadows, 3701 Lockheed Blvd, Alexandria, VA, 22306, United States
(VA) (Friends of Huntley Meadows) The Monday Morning Bird Walk is sponsored by the Friends of Huntley Meadows Park and takes place every Monday at 8 a.m. Following the walk, members of the group gather at the nearby Denny’s for breakfast and to compile the morning’s bird list. All are welcome.

Shepherd Parkway Community Cleanup
2025-11-08 10:30 - 13:30 | Shepherd Parkway, 555 Newcomb Street SE, Washington, DC, 20032, United States
(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 to the earth, exercise your body, spend time in nature and meet cool people with the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy.

Litter Cleanup at Rock Creek Trail
2025-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Normanstone, 2965 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC, 20008, United States
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and Stream Team Leader David Augenblick 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. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours prior to the event.

Let Nature Be Your Superpower: Class and Nature Stroll
2025-11-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
(MD) (Brookside Gardens) When our lives feel fractured and our prospects uncertain, we can tap into a powerful source of wisdom and resilience: Nature. In this class you will learn how to strengthen and deepen your connection with Nature in everyday ways that will comfort and inspire. Our instructor will share lessons she has learned from her own Nature connections as well as the latest health research on the mental and physical benefits. Together as a class, we’ll share our ideas and practices, collectively recognizing and celebrating what may be our greatest and most under-appreciated superpower: Nature. The lecture and discussion followed by a guided nature exploration and book signing.

Habitat Restoration Workday at Kingman
2025-11-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Driving Range Parking Lot of the Langston Golf Course, 2556 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
(DC) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Join AWS and National Links Trust for a workday that will help us with our invasive plant control and revegetation efforts along the riverside area of Kingman Island at Langston Golf Course. By participating in this project you will not only have the opportunity to learn about invasive plants and the ecology of the Anacostia River, you will help us to improve the habitat for wildlife and the water quality of the Anacostia River.

A Fall Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island
2025-11-06 08:30 - 11:30 | Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington DC, United States
(DC) (Smithsonian Associates) Enjoy a fall morning walk on a natural oasis in the Potomac River with Melanie Choukas-Bradley, the author of Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. The nearly 2-mile path follows Theodore Roosevelt Island’s shore and moves deep into the swamp and tidal inlet along the boardwalk where willows, bald cypresses, and cattails frame views of Washington, D.C.
Choukas-Bradley shares an overview of the landscape’s fascinating mix of trees, wildflowers, birds, and other wildlife and highlights the island’s history and the legacy of the naturalist and conservationist president it memorializes. The morning also includes pauses for moments of guided forest bathing to quietly soak up the beauty of this wild island near the capital city.

A Fall Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Wait List)
2025-11-05 08:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-04 08:30 - 11:30 | Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington DC, United States

Free Peek Walk at Meadowlark
2025-11-04 10:15 - 11:15 | Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna, VA, 22182, United States
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Enjoy free garden admission and a guided walk around Meadowlark’s 95 acres on Tuesdays. Each one-hour walk will be over uneven, hilly terrain, have a positive focus, and include a silent, meditative portion and a few interesting facts from our docent along the way. Ages 18 and up.

Tree Climbing Academy
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07 | Wheaton Regional Park, 2000 Shorefield Road, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
(MD) (Casey Trees) Join Casey Trees, Montgomery Parks, and Bartlett Tree Experts to learn how to climb trees! The academy aims to introduce climbing skills and experience to those interested in arboriculture and forestry, or those already in the tree care industry or related field.
Over the five days, candidates will be led by expert instructors in safe working concepts, ropes and knots, climbing saddles and equipment, and industry best practices. Candidates will set ropes in trees, ascend vertically, and walk limbs to traverse within the canopy of small and large trees. Upon completion, candidates will receive a Tree Climbing Academy certificate, as well as a $500 stipend.

Sunday Morning Bird Walk at Dyke Marsh
2025-11-02 08:00 - 10:00 | Dyke Marsh, Alexandria, VA, 22307, United States
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Join FODM for a bird walk every Sunday at 8 a.m. The Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve is a freshwater, tidal marsh on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in Fairfax County. It is a unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, U.S. National Park Service.

Film Screening: Bird Walk
2025-11-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, 20008, United States
(DC) (Tregaron Conservancy) Join filmmaker Cintia Cabib for a screening of her documentary “Bird Walk.” The film features the birds and birders that have flocked to RedGate Park in Rockville, Maryland, where more than 160 bird species have been sighted, and follows the grassroots campaign which helped preserve this defunct golf course as a public park and avian oasis.

Invasive Plant Removal at Fort Slocum
2025-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Fort Slocum Park, 5800 Kansas NW Ave, Washington, DC, 20011
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours prior to the event.

Mystical Forest Bathing Walk at Tregaron
2025-10-31 09:30 - 12:30 | Tregaron Conservancy, 3031 Klingle Road NW, Washington, DC, 20008, United States
(DC) (Politics & Prose) Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of Wild Walking—A Guide to Forest Bathing Through the Seasons, The Joy of Forest Bathing, A Year in Rock Creek Park, and several other nature books for a fall forest bathing walk through the enchanting Tregaron Conservancy, a woodland garden tucked away in the midst of northwest Washington. We will meander under tall trees in autumn glory, cross picturesque bridges over musical streams, and climb stone steps through a century-old cultivated and wild woodland landscape reminiscent of “the secret garden.” Halloween is a mystical time in many cultural traditions, midway between the fall equinox and winter solstice. Get yours off to a serene start with a magical morning walk.

DC Bird Alliance Autumn Gala
2025-10-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Jospehine Butler Center, 2437 15th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
(DC) (DC Bird Alliance) Join us for the first-ever Autumn Gala! We’ll gather to celebrate community, conservation, and the partners who make our work possible. ✨ What to Expect:

An elegant evening with friends, supporters, and fellow bird lovers
Inspiring stories from our conservation work across all eight wards of DC
Live music, door prizes, great food, cash bar (one drink ticket with each ticket purchase)
Opportunities to support DCBA through our Silent Auction and Sponsorships

Every ticket helps us expand programs that connect people with birds — from youth workshops and Lights Out DC to community bird walks and conservation advocacy. Together, we’re building a vibrrant birding community and protecting the places birds and people call home.

Native History in Rock Creek and Beyond (Virtual)
2025-10-29 17:30 - 19:00 | VA
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy for an engaging discussion where archaeologists, historians, and Indigenous voices come together to share how the Native past of Rock Creek continues to inspire and inform the present and future. Tufts University professor of history Jim Rice will moderate. Archaeologist John Bedell will share what he has learned from years spent exploring the archaeological sites of Rock Creek Park. Parks & People Co-Founder Steve Coleman will share how the Native past of Meridian Hill has been both an inspiration and a lesson for the present and future of this dramatic hilltop, regarded as sacred ground since long before Europeans arrived. And, community organizer Sebi Medina-Tayac will share some of his story as an Indigenous Piscataway Washingtonian, including stories from the Native rights and environmental justice movements in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Natural Resources Survey at Occoquan
2025-10-29 07:30 - 12:00 | Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 14050 Dawson Beach Rd, Woodbridge, VA, 22191, United States
(VA) (Northern Virginia Bird Alliance) If you would like to discover native birds, other fauna and flora — in the company of dedicated citizen scientists — then consider joining this outing!
Many know Northern Virginia for its economic dynamism, cultural development and ever-changing landscape. Less well known are the places sheltering remnants of an earlier, vital, natural history: Occoquan Bay NWR, Meadowood Recreation Area and other parks and preserves in eastern Fairfax and Prince William Counties. Each of these publicly-protected sites has a particular blend of habitats representative of Northern Virginia’s special natural character.
A report of each of the weekly, monthly surveys is emailed to participants as well as the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and other managing agencies. Summary reports, checklists and analyses of survey data provide an up-to-date inventory of species and insight into the state of populations.

Glory of Fall Garden Tour
2025-10-28 10:30 - 12:00 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Josh Demers, Brookside Gardens staff – Discover a whole new garden brought on by the changing Autumn season. This walking tour highlights the spectacular fall colors in the woody and herbaceous plant collections with a closer look at our staff’s favorite fall blooming perennials like asters, coneflowers, sedums, and grasses.

Fall Walk at Meadowlark
2025-10-28 10:15 - 11:15 | Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna, VA, 22182, United States

Halloween Letterboxing at Potomac Overlook
2025-10-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Potomac Overlook Regional Park, 2845 N. Marcey Road, Arlington, VA, 22207, United States
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Letterboxing is a family-friendly, scavenger hunt-style adventure that takes you to interesting locations around the world, solving clues and searching for hidden treasures! Participants will learn where to find clues, how to decipher them, and receive hints on what to look for. Then, it’s off on an adventure around the park to find the boxes hidden here! Participants will also have the chance to carve their own personal stamp and receive an introductory logbook. Ages 7 and up.

Birdability Celebration!
2025-10-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Wheaton Claridge Local Park, 11901 Claridge Road, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) People of all abilities and ages are invited to celebrate Birdability Week with a fun-filled morning of birding activities! Discover the diverse bird species that call Montgomery Parks home and learn about the services provided to make your birding experiences accessible. Activities and resources provided by Montgomery Parks Program Access, Readability, Nature Forward, DC Bird Alliance, EnChroma, and more!
