Capital Nature

(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service 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. Event location, directions, and information will be ...

(VA) (Arlington Parks) Help us with improving Glencarlyn Park. Each Sunday we will have stewardship projects like weed pulling, raking, trail maintenance and trash pick-up. Your hard work will make the park a better place for both people and nature. Teens ages 12 to 17.

(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join Weed Warrior Supervisor Monica for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Wheaton Woods Local Parkin the Aspen Hill/Wheaton area. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including round-leaf bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) and porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata). Plan to meet in the northern section of the park at Magellan Ave & Wissahican Ave.

(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join Ellen, Weed Warrior Supervisor, for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park in Colesville, MD. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including roundleaf bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), honeysuckle vine (Lonicera japonica), and multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora). We’ll be working in close proximity to the Good Hope tributary, which has ...