Capital Nature

(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join us each Wednesday evening in September for a series of musical performances set in the beauty of the Gardens! Admission is free, and no registration is required. Bring your friends and family, and don’t forget your chairs, blankets, and picnics (allowed in the Gardens on concert evenings only). Alcoholic beverages of any kind are prohibited. Food ...

(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Park, Rock Creek Conservancy, Military Road School Preservation Trust (MRSPT), and the National Association for Colored Women's Club (NACWC), and the Civil War Defenses of Washington to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lincoln-Thomas Day. Lincoln-Thomas Day, initiated by the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of America, was first observed on September 22, ...

(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and Sarah DeWitt, Certified Forest Therapy Guide for a two-hour gentle walk to help you slow down and reconnect with yourself, nature, and your community. Forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is the simple practice of taking in the woods through the senses. This forest bathing walk will begin with some gentle mindful ...