Step Lively at the Trolley Museum
National Capital Trolley Museum 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD, United StatesStep Lively Please for the Spring Break Special features trolley cartoons and story time for children from 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Wetlands Walk
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesJoin a Seneca Creek State Park Ranger on a walk through the wetlands area and learn about the importance of this fragile ecosystem. Enjoy a great chance to hear frogs and toads and search for salamanders and other wildlife. Meet at the Blue Jay/Nuthatch Pavilion.
Brookside Gardens Saturday Walk
Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesEnjoy a tour of Brookside Gardens, an award-winning g display garden featuring an abundance of annual and perennial displays throughout the year. Highly trained, knowledgeable guides offer engaging horticultural tours focusing on the plants that make the garden unique. The event is free; registration is required.
Skulls and Skins
Patuxent River State Park 23222 Georgia Ave, Brookeville, MD, United StatesJoin Patuxent River State Park for an interactive program about the amazing animals that live around the park. Explore real-life skulls and pelts from mammal residents, and learn how bones and hair can teach us about what animals eat and how they live. All ages welcome! At the Nature Center.
Owl Pellets
Patuxent River State Park 23222 Georgia Ave, Brookeville, MD, United StatesCome to Patuxent River State Park and learn about the habits and diet of owls by dissecting the pellets they leave behind. All ages welcome; at the Nature Center.
Skulls and Skins
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCome to Seneca Creek State Park and learn about the animals native to Maryland. Examine a real fur pelt and animal bones, and learn what these things tell us about our wildlife.
Song Circle/Tune Circle
Hyattstown Mill 14920 Hyattstown Mill Road, Hyattstown, MD, United StatesThe Hyattstown Mill Song Circle and Tune Circle meets the third Saturday of every month. Tune Circle takes place at 6:00; Song Circle begins at 7:30. Visit the Song Circle website to learn more about the event. All are welcome!
Twilight Trek at Woodlawn
Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park 16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD, United StatesThis NEW evening version of the Underground Railroad Experience guided hike lasts approximately 2.5 hours and is provided by “conductors” who lead groups along Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park’s wooded, natural surface trail. Hikers learn about various techniques that “freedom seekers” used to elude trackers, find food, and navigate their way North to freedom. This new […]
Nature Crafts
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMake things and have fun every Sunday in April at the Seneca Creek State Park office!
Nature Journaling
Patuxent River State Park 23222 Georgia Ave, Brookeville, MD, United StatesMaking and keeping a nature journal or notebook is a fun way for kids (and adults) of all ages to study nature and record their experiences with the natural world. Make you own simple nature journal, and practice using them with others and staff at Patuxent River er State Park. Nature Center open from 10:00 […]