• MLK Cleanup at Winding Creek Park

    Winding Creek Local Park Dewey Road, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) Individual and family volunteers can join a cleanup hosted by Montgomery Parks and partner organizations! Volunteers will help remove litter from a park, trail, or stream. Volunteers must stay with the group and follow safety guidelines.

  • Weed Warrior Workday at Sligo Creek

    Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Silver Spring, MD, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) Save the trees, celebrate celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, and protect the Sligo Creek watershed. Join Weed Warrior Supervisors Greg and Kathryn for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Sligo Creek Stream Valley Unit 4. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata), wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei), ...

  • Weed Warrior Workday at Rachel Carson Conservation Park

    Rachel Carson Conservation Park 22201 Zion Road, Olney, MD, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service while saving the trees and the meadow. Join Montgomery Parks Vegetation Management Staff for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including porcelainberry, wintercreeper, English ivy, roundleaf bittersweet, winged burning bush, and bush honeysuckle. 

  • How Plants Saved the World

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

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) Journey through millions of years of evolution in this fascinating lecture by Raymond Carter, Brookside Gardens Staff. Discover how the plant, fungi and animal kingdoms co-evolved to create the complex ecosystems we know today. Afterward, enjoy a guided tour of the conservatory, where living examples reveal the remarkable adaptations shaped by time and environment.

    $25
  • Teen Caving

    Black Hill Discovery Center 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) Have your teen join us for outdoor adventures! In this series, we’ll hike, paddle, and wade our way through some of the most interesting nature locales in our area! Join us for the day as we work our way through the twists and turns of a wild cave learning about local geology.

    $90
  • Wild Child Hike

    Black Hill Discovery Center 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD, United States

    (MD) (Montgomery Parks) This isn’t your average walk in the woods. Scamper like a squirrel, balance like a billy goat, and run like a rabbit through the park. We’ll be on and off the trail as we go on a hiking adventure. Wear shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Ages 4 to 11.

    $7