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Volunteers needed for rain garden maintenance at Forest Hills Park on Nov. 21

November 13, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

Did you know? Forest Hills Park (at 3200 Chesapeake Street) has two rain gardens. One is tucked alongside the basketball and tennis courts on Brandywine Street. The other is next to the amphitheater across the footpath from the tennis courts. They were installed to help capture and filter stormwater that otherwise might pollute Rock Creek […]

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Volunteer in our parks: December 7 and 21 cleanups

November 19, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

The next few weeks bring opportunities to beautify and protect local parks and streams. One gives you an opportunity to add “warrior” to your title! And they all present a chance for students to knock out some service hours. Saturday, November 23 – Weed Warrior Training: Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service will […]

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October at Forest Hills Park: Flower planting, coffee & mini cleanup, Spooktacular planning

September 25, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

Every year, for decades, there’s been a Halloween bash at Forest Hills Playground. Thanks to some fresh new faces on the Friends of Forest Hills Playground board, there’s going to be a party this year, too. They’re in the midst of planning it, and it looks like they could use some community help with this […]

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Forest Hills Park September events: Concert, board meeting and rain garden cleanup

September 4, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

Adding new rain garden cleanup and board meeting dates and details below. And the concert was fantastic. Has Forest Hills Park (at 3200 Chesapeake Street NW) ever had this much going on in one month? Saturday, September 7th, 5 to 7 p.m.: A concert at the park’s amphitheater near the Brandywine Street entrance. Progressive hip-hop […]

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Fall concert at Forest Hills Park on Sept. 7 featuring Christylez Bacon

August 29, 2019 by FHC 2 Comments

The concerts at Forest Hills Park went on hiatus this summer. But a new group of volunteers is preparing for an early September concert at the park. And it might become an annual tradition. Here’s what we know so far: The festivities begin at 5 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 7th at […]

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Forest Hills Playground nonprofit plans to call it quits – but there’s a way to keep it going

June 6, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

The nonprofit that has been organizing cleanups, concerts and other events at Forest Hills Park is preparing to dissolve unless more people join its board. Friends of Forest Hills Playground sent a letter to the community (see below) on Tuesday, June 4th stating that the board would begin winding down operations after June 30th, but […]

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How Forest Hills Playground Came To Be

July 9, 2014 by FHC

The Forest Hills Playground, currently closed for renovation, opened to neighborhood children almost 60 years ago. But the effort to create this play space began many years before that. Ann Kessler’s article below is adapted from two sources: A piece she wrote for us in November 2012 on the woman who advocated for our neighborhood’s […]

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How Our Playground Was Born

November 30, 2012 by FHC

by Ann Kessler (Part 2 of 2; see the first post, about Mrs. Wright’s efforts to build and improve our neighborhood schools here.) Establishing a playground and providing recreational facilities for the children of Forest Hills was a constant concern of Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Flenner Wright, a neighborhood activist from the 1920s through the 1950s. […]

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