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Join the National Capital PRISM and Rock Creek Conservancy on Saturday September 25th, 2021 for its first Weed Wrangle®, a one-day, area-wide, volunteer effort to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from non-native invasive species. Neighborhood Weed Wrangle events will be held at: Broad Branch Stream from 9 a.m. to noon Rock Creek […]
Art All Night celebrates the visual and performing arts, showcasing the diverse talents of our city’s creative community. Public and private spaces throughout the Tenleytown business district transform into pop-up galleries and performance stages for an evening of art in all its forms. Details: https://tenleytownmainstreet.org/event/art-all-night/
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 […]
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a morning of socially-distant service. Under Rena's leadership, volunteers will remove invasive plants from Melvin Hazen East in Rock Creek Park. For details and to register: https://events.time.ly/8ib56fp?event=43205582
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event. For details and to register: https://events.time.ly/8ib56fp?event=43151287
Volunteers will participate in a socially-distant invasive plant removal in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. When: Saturday, January 15th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where: Volunteers will meet at Picnic Grove 1. Detailed instructions and directions will be sent to all registered participants prior to the event. Volunteers must wear a mask […]
Volunteers will participate in a socially-distant invasive plant removal in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. When: Saturday, January 15th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where: Rock Creek Conservancy's Trail 9 mini-oasis project site. Meet near the hill entrance to the Western Ridge trail, near the intersection of Broad Branch and Beach Drive […]
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for an afternoon of socially-distant service. The volunteers will focus on removing invasive plants from from a conservancy "mini-oasis," Melvin Hazen West. Find details and register here.
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a morning of socially-distant service, removing invasive plants from Rock Creek Park's Melvin Hazen tributary. Find more information and register here.
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event at Melvin Hazen West. For details and to register: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/calendar#event=43151294
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/
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Rock Creek Fellow Ruth Wielgosz in Rock Creek Park for an invasive plant removal event. Learn more and register at https://publicevents.secure.force.com/volunteerEventRegisterPageBootstrap?cid=7014u000001kdp0AAA
Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for an invasive plant removal restoration event in a section of Reservation 630 west of Connecticut Avenue. Find details and register here.
Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for an invasive plant removal restoration event at Rock Creek Park Trail 9. Find details and register here.
Van Ness Main Street's Art All Night 2022 will be an evening filled with local music, dance, film, art and community all along Connecticut Ave in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Wakefield. Learn more about being a performer, exhibitor or volunteer at vannessmainstreet.org/art-all-night-2022