Virtual Horticulture How-To: Orchid 101
Washington, DCLearn how to care for your orchid and get blooms year-after-year from Hillwood’s expert, Drew Asbury. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/virtual-horticulture-how-orchid-101
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Learn how to care for your orchid and get blooms year-after-year from Hillwood’s expert, Drew Asbury. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/virtual-horticulture-how-orchid-101
Forest Hills neighbor and master gardener Kathy Sykes hosts a hands-on planting demonstration outdoors in front of Politics & Prose, introducing planting techniques of native seeds, bulbs, bare roots and seedlings. Learn more at https://www.politics-prose.com/class/online-class-and-in-person-demonstration-creating-pollinator-garden-one-plot-time-2273
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and native plant gardening expert Kathy Sykes for an informational session at Broad Branch Road and Linnean Avenue. They will be discussing the role that your home garden plays in providing habitat for wildlife and supporting the Rock Creek ecosystem. Kathy and RCC staff will be present […]
Please join Rock Creek Conservancy for a virtual training about its Stream Team Leader program. Stream Team Leaders are dedicated volunteers that work with the Conservancy to host their own trash cleanups and stormwater engagement events, increasing stewardship actions within their communities and throughout DC, and Montgomery County, MD. The training will take place on […]
On June 3, Assane Konte, the co-founder and Artistic Director of KanKouran West African Dance Company, will be sharing the rich cultures of West Africa through traditional dance and music. […]
Learn to make a candle in a cocktail glass, and take it home. Lunch and drinks included. Find details and purchase tickets here.
Swing your partner like it’s 2018! For the first time in five years, the DC Square Dance collective is coming back to Peirce Mill. We’ll be dancing to live music under twinkling lights in the mill yard. Don’t know the dos and don’ts of do-si-dos? Don’t despair! A caller will teach all the dances and […]
January Winter Workshop January 20, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Before cellphones and computers, folks amused themselves in the cold winter months with parlor toys like flipbooks, stereopticons, and thaumatropes. DC artist Denaise Seals will show families how to make some old-fashioned fun. Free, and all ages are welcome.
February Winter Workshop February 3, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Chapuchi Bobbo Ahiagble will demonstrate Kente cloth weaving and show families how to wind a bobbin and use a cardboard loom. They will also have other simple, hands-on yarn crafts to try. Free, and all ages are welcome!