Midnight in the Garden @ Hillwood
Preview Hillwood's special exhibition The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky, explore the magic of Hillwood, and bid on choice items in the online auction. Learn more and buy tickets at […]
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Preview Hillwood's special exhibition The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky, explore the magic of Hillwood, and bid on choice items in the online auction. Learn more and buy tickets at […]
Join Master Gardener Kathy Sykes on two 75-minute walking tours of the Connecticut Avenue street gardens on Sunday, April 25th and Monday, April 26th. The proceeds from each will benefit […]
An NSO chamber quintet will perform outdoors, in front of the Rock Creek Nature Center, accompanied by the quiet bustling sounds of nature.
Join Van Ness Main Street and Master Gardener Kathy Sykes for planting events in Van Ness and Forest Hills. All supplies will be provided. Please bring gardening gloves and your […]
Explore Hillwood's twenty-five acres of landscaped gardens and lush natural woodlands with your pup, and enjoy the annual costume competition. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/spooky-pooch-howl-o-ween-celebration-0
Alice Deal Middle School hosts a winter greens sale. Learn more at https://www.alicedealmiddleschool.org/calendar
Hillwood hosts a step-by-step guide to create your own holiday floral arrangement. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/virtual-floral-design-how-holiday-blooms
Hillwood hosts a virtual lecture series that brings stories of extraordinary homes, lush gardens, and the people who brought them to life. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/great-homes-and-gardens-lecture-series Tuesday, February 8: Wild […]
Horticulturist Drew Asbury brings Hillwood's orchid-filled greenhouses to you in this beautifully illustrated 20-minute virtual tour. Learn more about the greenhouse history, Marjorie Merriweather Post’s infatuation with orchids, and the […]
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
SPRING NOW: COMMUNITY PLANTING WITH KATHY SYKES Help bring some color to the corridor and the small businesses along Connecticut Ave between Van Ness Street and Nebraska Ave, every Saturday […]
Help prepare the young fruit trees in the orchard at Peirce Mill. Learn more at https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/event/extreme-cleanup-at-peirce-orchard/
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 for a full moon gathering and discussion at our Trail 9 mini-oasis in the heart of Rock Creek Park. We will be talking about the importance […]
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, National Park Service, and Rock Creek Fellow Isaac Wilson for an evening celebrating our public green spaces with an evening of freestyling and spoken word performances. This event is open to people of all backgrounds and experiences to come perform their own works, and enjoy time in the park as a […]