Nature Nook
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesFun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities at the Seneca Creek State Park office vary each week!
Montgomery Parks Speaker Series
Montgomery County Regional Office Building 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MDMikah Meyer and Sangita Chari – Championing Inclusion in the Outdoors In 2016, adventurer Mikah Meyer launched a journey to experience all 418 National Park sites, attempting to become the youngest person to experience every unit and the sole person to do so in a continuous journey. His odyssey began as a way to mark his […]
Washington Revels World Story Time
Washington Revels 531 Dale Drive, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesJoin Washington Revels in celebrating the world through children's literature! This winter and spring, we're off on a multicultural adventure through legends, tales, and newly written stories from around the globe. Enjoy crafts, songs, snack, and more! Revels World Story Time is geared toward the 3- to 7-year-old age range, but all are welcome. Questions […]
Beginner Hooping (Part 2)
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesGet a great workout in while learning a fun new way to exercise. Hula hooping provides a productive aerobic activity to help shed winter weight. This lesson will focus on basic waist hula hooping and strengthening coordination. All skill levels welcome. Limited hoops will be available to borrow. Hooping takes place at the Seneca Creek […]
Woodlawn History Hour
Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park 16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD, United StatesThis lecture series for history aficionados features local historian, educators, and more as they share their knowledge of local and regional history. As part on Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park’s Black History Month programming, Montgomery Parks Historian and Author, Jamie Kuhns will present “Sharp Flashes of Lightning Come From Black Clouds”: The Life of Josiah Henson. […]
Lecture: Still Standing: The Relics of School Segregation in Montgomery County
Takoma Park SDA Church Center 6810 Eastern Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.This Black History Month lecture will be presented by Ralph Buglass.
Maple Sugaring Days
Brookside Nature Center 1400 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United StatesFebruary is Maple Sugaring Month at Brookside Nature Center. Every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday you’ll have an opportunity to experience an American tradition: maple sugaring! Watch the whole maple sugaring process from start to finish. See sap drip from trees and taste it. Watch it boil down into sweet maple syrup, then sample a tasty […]
Weekday Hike
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesThis is a chance to get some fresh air and exercise in the middle of the day at Seneca Creek State Park. We will hike a loop of between 1.5 and 2 miles, with frequent stops for animal sightings, plant and praying mantis egg case searches. Route varies with trail conditions, and will occasionally stay […]
Conservation Cafe Celebration
Woodend Nature Sanctuary 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD, United StatesNature Celebration through the Words and Music of African American Poets and Composers Join the Audubon Naturalist Society on February 28, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. to hear the secrets plants have whispered to African-American poets and composers. Vocalist and Spoken Word Artist Karen Wilson-Ama'Echefu explores the work of black artists from James Weldon Johnson to Marilyn […]
Winter Birding at Black Hill
Black Hill Visitor Center 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD, United StatesThe winter months can be an ideal time to learn more about birds and birding, and Black Hill Regional Park is an ideal outdoor classroom for this study. Each expert-guided walk in this series, intended for beginning to mid-level birders, will visit one or more sites in the park in search for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, […]