Rain Garden Maintenance at Forest Hills Park
Neighbors are invited to help maintain the rain gardens at Forest Hills Park (by the tennis courts) under the guidance of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the DC […]
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Neighbors are invited to help maintain the rain gardens at Forest Hills Park (by the tennis courts) under the guidance of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the DC […]
#OptOutside on Black Friday and support our local waterways by completing an individual cleanup or other socially distant stewardship activity. Individual cleanups are just what they sound like: you, a trash bag, and whatever patch of the Rock Creek watershed means the most to you. Register with Rock Creek Conservancy and report how many bags […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a habitat restoration service event. Volunteers will be restoring a section of Melvin Hazen West, one of the Conservancy's five mini-oases. […]
Rock Creek Conservancy and volunteers have planted native plants in the Melvin Hazen West restoration area. This volunteer event will build and install plant fences to help protec those new […]
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event. Volunteers will be removing English ivy from the Melvin Hazen […]
Join Rock Creek Conservancy and National Park Service for a socially-distant trash cleanup focusing on a section of park along Broad Branch Road NW. Find more information and register here.
This easy DIY community clean-up is perfect for all ages. Van Ness Main Street will be stationed outside of its office at 4340 Connecticut Ave, giving out plastic bags for […]
Help Van Ness Main Street bring some color to the corridor and the small businesses along Connecticut. The community is invited to help plant seeds that will become colorful wildflowers, […]
The Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup is happening on the weekends of April 3 and 10. Rock Creek Conservancy and the Alice Ferguson Foundation encourage us to signup for a group cleanup in the Rock Creek watershed, or register for an individual cleanup on a street, park or tributary of your choosing. If registering for a […]
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41431428
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41435053
Zoom in to learn this year's Spirit of Van Ness award winner, see the unveiling of our 2020 Annual Report, hear about our recent Spring NOW campaign and learn more […]
Feed The Family Pantry (a project with Ward 3 Mutual Aid) opens Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. beginning May 16. The location behind the former Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut […]
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41435060
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, the Invasive Plant Management Team (IMPT), and Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) for socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Rock […]