Chinese Fountain Grass Survey at Rock Creek

Picnic Grove #8 5200 Glover Rd, NW, Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) The National Capital Region (NCR) Invasive Plant Management Team (IPMT) will be hosting surveys at Rock Creek Park in search for Cenchrus purpurascens (Chinese fountaingrass). Chinese fountaingrass is used in landscaping throughout the region and has been spreading into natural areas. An abundance has been found and treated, especially throughout the past week. Our goal for ...

Free

Festive Fall Foliage Hike

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

(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join naturalist Matt Felperin on a lovely walk around the trails and take in the beautiful fall colors! Learn why trees shed their leaves and other adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive winter’s cold. Plus, meet a few of our birds of prey that are able to stay outside all winter! $8, ages 7+.

$8

Exhibit: Forces of Nature

National Portrait Gallery 800 G St NW, Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (National Portrait Gallery) “Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism” presents some of the key people—scientists, politicians, activists, writers and artists—whose work has influenced attitudes toward the environment in the United States from the late 19th century until today. The exhibition traces a history of the movement from turn-of-the-20th-century conservationism to mid-20th-century environmentalism and its backlash. It also addresses ...

Free

The Anthropocene: Delusion, Loss, and Immeasurable Joy

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 1000 Madison Drive NW, Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (Smithsonian) From ancient philosophers through the Enlightenment and today’s most eminent physicists and physicians, not a one of us can hold out our hand and say definitively where it ends, and the rest of the world begins. There is opportunity indeed in accepting both that in our human form, we cannot quite see clearly, and that eventually, every one ...

Free

Campfire at Croydon Creek

Croydon Creek Nature Center 852 Avery Road, Rockville, MD, United States

(MD) (City of Rockville)  Enjoy a campfire and fall folklore as part of the Families Outside series at Croydon Creek Nature Center.

Free

Yoga for Gardeners

Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Rd, United States

(VA) (Fairfax County Parks) Session 9 of 11 (Adults) This class features a gentle introduction to the Vinyasa method which helps participants increase the strength, flexibility and endurance necessary for gardening. Class held indoors.

$137

Exhibit: To Live and Breathe

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Pl, SE, Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum) Women have led the environmental justice movement. This exhibition explores how local women of color draw on a long history of activism and advance environmental justice efforts not only in D.C., but across the country and beyond. Visitors will be inspired as they learn why women have become leaders in the environmental justice movement, which ...

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