• Tree of Life Project (Virtual)

    (DC) (Grace Capital City) Learn more about how we're resourcing and partnering with low tree canopy neighborhoods in the DMV to provide free trees and elbow grease! Grace Capital City is working with EEN to increase tree coverage in low canopy areas of the DMV starting with houses of worship - trusted community centers within these neighborhoods- in an effort ...

  • 2026 City Nature Challenge

    (DMV) Join community and citizen scientists all over the globe to observe wildlife: animals, plants, and fungi in backyards, neighborhoods, and parks in urban areas. Using iNaturalist to document them, you can share your observation to help scientists track the wildlife that share our urban areas. See DC metro area events here and in this calendar. Register to track you ...

  • Community Tree Planting at Stanton Park

    Stanton Park 6th Street NE and 226 4th St NE, Washington, DC, United States

    (DC) (Casey Trees) In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, we’re planting 250 trees across DC’s national parks with National Capital Parks-East, a unit of the National Park Service. Join us to help plant and welcome 19 trees at the historic Stanton Park, part of this milestone campaign made possible by generous donations. Participants will receive hands-on training on-site. After learning ...

  • Second Annual DC Climate Week Forest Bathing Walk

    Dumbarton Oaks Park Lover's Lane and R Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

    (DC) (Sarah DeWitt & Radhika Bhatt) During DC Climate Week, join Regenerative Leadership Coach and Forest Bathing Guide, Sarah DeWitt, and Climate Career Coach, Radhika Bhatt, for a Forest Bathing walk through Dumbarton Oaks Park for an opportunity to pause, reflect, and deeply connect with nature and each other.

    Free
  • The Butterfly Experience

    Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) A world of wonder takes flight as Montgomery Parks’ popular Butterfly Experience returns to Brookside Gardens. Visitors will be surrounded by hundreds of brilliant butterflies from the Americas, Africa, and Asia as they flutter among vibrant, lush tropical blooms. This intimate experience offers rare, up-close encounters while trained staff and volunteers highlight the stages of metamorphosis, the ...

    $11 – $16
  • City Nature Challenge at Meadowlark

    Meadowlark Botanical Gardens 9750 Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna, VA, United States

    VA) (NOVA Parks) Join us at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens for the global City Nature Challenge—an exciting opportunity to explore and document the wildlife all around us! Led by Roving Naturalist Matt Felperin, we’ll start with a quick introduction and practice session before heading into Meadowlark’s natural areas to document plants, birds, insects, amphibians, and more. The City Nature Challenge is ...

  • CNC Observation with Arlington Master Naturalists

    Madison Manor Park 6225 12th Rd N, Arlington, VA, United States

    (VA) (Arlington Regional Master Naturalists) Bring curiosity and a camera (mobile phone cameras are great!) to explore the hill and hollows of Brandymore Castle for the City Nature Challenge. Photograph wild plants and critters to upload to iNtauralist to help the greater DC area excell in this friendly worldwide competition. After the guided trek, feel free to explore on your ...

  • Bug Bingo at Potomac Overlook

    Potomac Overlook Regional Park 2845 N. Marcey Road, Arlington, VA, United States

    (VA) (NOVA Parks) Enjoy a special bug hunt with a NOVA Parks Naturalist! Explore the park while looking under logs, searching the gardens, and more to find creepy crawly friends. Learn what makes these critters unique and why they’re so important. Along the way, participants will record observations using the iNaturalist app and fill out bug bingo sheets. You’re sure ...

    $7