(DC) (Hillwood) Explore the Collections and Research Center native garden featuring a bio-retention pond with gardener Matt Boyle. Matt became a gardener at Hillwood in March 2017. Prior to that, he worked in urban farming after moving back to D.C. from Virginia Tech, where he received his B.S. in Agriculture Sciences, majoring in Horticulture, and Crops and Soil Science. Tickets ...
(DC) (MD) (VA) (Capital Nature) Join us for the September edition of iNaturalist Virtual ID Night. The topic this month is: Fungus Among Us. We will have a presentation on fungi by Serenella Linares, mycologist and Director of the Mt Rainier Nature Center. You will then have an opportunity to hone your fungi identification skills using iNaturalist. Cosponsored with The ...
(DC) (DC Bird Alliance) Get your head in the game! Join fellow bird, beer, & board games enthusiasts for our monthly Wingspan Wednesday hang at Valor Brewpub.
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Check out our nativescaping programs and learn how to incorporate native plants into your landscape. Where do plants prefer? What kind of “look” would you like to design? Explore the needs of plants, how they fit your space, and how to plant communities while creating an aesthetic that works for you. This program is part of our ...
(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) (US Botanic Garden) Join a USBG volunteer to explore the Regional Garden! You'll learn about Mid-Atlantic native plants and how to incorporate them into a garden. Note: This tour is dependent both on weather and volunteer availability.
(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, ...
(MD) (The Writer's Center) You're invited to the opening reception of "Faces of the Forest" by DC-based artist Sophia McCrocklin. Join us as we celebrate the beautiful yet fragile forests of Rock Creek Park. Registration is not required, but we will send reminders to those who do register.
(MD) (Strathmore) Strathmore’s MONUMENTS: Forces of Nature highlights the achievements and social impact of six individuals who work in climate, environmental stewardship, or resource justice in the DMV. Large-scale, nighttime portraits are projected onto live trees for stunning effect and challenge traditional expectations of public monuments and the selective history represented in our public spaces. Craig Walsh is a visual ...
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Be an early bird and join us for a fabulous show of migrating warblers, a family of small insect-eating birds that often display striking plumage! While some warblers stay here for the warm season to breed, most of these birds only use our forests as a pit stop between their breeding grounds further north and their wintering ...
(VA) (Northern Virginia Bird Alliance) Butterfly and dragonfly surveys are carried out in temperate months (April-October), normally on Friday mornings, at one of four sites around Occoquan Bay, all within the 15-mile diameter circle established for the annual North American Butterfly Association's Annual Count. The results of these surveys are made available to the participants and other interested individuals and ...
(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 ...
