by Ken Sands Forest Hills residents who’ve used the sidewalk on Albemarle between Connecticut and the entrance to Soapstone Valley know the perennial problem of tall weeds choking off access to the sidewalk. It’s a small slice of city sidewalk at the entrance to National Park Service property, and it’s infrequently maintained. So local residents […]
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Neighborhood August to-do list: Learn about trees, frogs and the moon, and picnic like a Hillwood heiress
Rock Creek Conservancy’s 2022 summer fellows put their own spin on the organization’s community engagement efforts in July, organizing a spoken word performance and a “full moon gathering.” They’re not done yet. On Thursday, August 11th, when the “Sturgeon Moon” will be making an appearance, the conservancy is hosting another gathering and discussion of the […]
Rock Creek Conservancy branches out this month with a full moon talk and spoken word performances
Rock Creek Conservancy has hosted several free events in Rock Creek Park over the years. But few, if any, were moon themed. On Wednesday, July 13th, the conservancy is hosting “a full moon gathering and discussion” at Rock Creek Park Trail 9, where Beach Drive and Broad Branch Road meet. It’s also the site of […]
Plan your Saturday: Forage at the reopened UDC farmers market; Remove an invasive plant (and maybe eat it too)
The weather forecast for the last day of April looks sunny and lovely. We have a couple of ideas for getting out in the neighborhood to enjoy it. John Burwell, one of the official caretakers of the rehabbed Linnean Stream, is a certified Weed Warrior who is leading a volunteer group removing invasive garlic mustard […]
Linnean Park has officially been adopted by some neighbors
In 2014, a DC stream restoration project gave us a park between Broad Branch Terrace and Linnean Avenue. Now, Linnean Park has a group of official caretakers. The Linnean Park Partnership was established early this year through an agreement between the DC Department of Parks & Recreation and a group of environmentally committed neighbors to […]
Plan your Saturday: Morris dancers greet spring at Peirce Mill; Join the Rock Creek “Extreme Cleanup,” Shop the “Books and Blossoms” pop-up
4/7/2022 update: Friends of Peirce Mill says the mill will not be running on April 9th after all, due to a “recently identified safety issue.” “The gears will be still, but the Mill will nevertheless be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with volunteers and park rangers on hand to provide […]
MLK weekend events include Peirce Mill, Melvin Hazen and Trail 9 cleanups
For the 12th year in a row, volunteers will spend the Martin Luther King holiday weekend sprucing up Rock Creek Park and its tributaries. Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service are hosting several trash and invasive species removal events from Saturday, January 15th through Monday, January 17th. Volunteers will be picking up trash […]
Volunteers have been freeing trees and other native Linnean Park plants from smothering invasive species, and you can join them
John Burwell, an invasive species-fighting champion of the Linnean and Broad Branch stream restoration areas, was at it again last Saturday with a group 10 volunteers, some from neighborhoods close by and some as far away as Buzzard Point. They worked in Linnean Park to clear trees of smothering vines, and the trail of invasive […]
Volunteers have improved the Linnean Park Trail. Now, volunteers are needed to help maintain it.
Neighbors walking the Linnean Park Trail since early July have noticed and enjoyed some sorely needed improvements. The upper part of the trail was renovated with the installation of rolling grade dips, and waterbars, both designed to channel water off the trail. Clearing silt under the rustic footbridge allowed for better water flow. Stone steps […]
Round up invasive weeds at the first Rock Creek “Weed Wrangle” on Sept. 25
Saddle up, pardners. Volunteers are being deputized to round up some weedy invaders in and around Rock Creek Park. On Saturday, September 25th (which is also National Public Lands Day), the National Capital Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) and Rock Creek Conservancy are leading their first “Weed Wrangle,” during which volunteers will remove […]