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  • Springsong Museum: Living Landscapes: 2026 Fall Hike with Springsong

    Springsong Museum

    Forest Bathing Walk at Springsong with Melanie Choukas-Bradley Free with registration (limited to 15 participants) 🗓 Friday, September 18, 2026 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Nourish your sense of wonder during a September morning forest bathing walk in the Northwest Branch gorge adjacent to the Springsong Museum site. We will walk slowly and pause...

  • Rock Creek Park Tree Tour with Melanie Choukas-Bradley

    Join naturalist and author Melanie Choukas-Bradley for a guided walk through the rich landscapes of Rock Creek Park. This immersive tour invites participants to slow down and observe the intricate relationships between native trees, understory plants, and wildlife. Drawing on her deep knowledge of the region, Melanie will show you how to identify many of...

  • Smithsonian Associates: Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota

    Fly west and experience the wild beauty of the Dakota Territory that shaped young Theodore Roosevelt's course as a conservationist and naturalist. Follow the future president's steps in these landscapes - filled with dramatic vistas, vividly colored canyons, and wandering herds of wild bison. Leader: Melanie Choukas-Bradley Register Here.

  • Politics and Prose: WALKING TOUR: A Mystical Fall Forest Bathing Walk at Tregaron Conservancy

    Tregaron Conservancy 3031 Klingle Road, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of Wild Walking—A Guide to Forest Bathing Through the Seasons, The Joy of Forest Bathing, A Year in Rock Creek Park, and several other nature books for a magical fall forest bathing walk through the enchanting Tregaron Conservancy, a woodland garden tucked away in the midst of northwest Washington that has...

  • Smithsonian Associates: A Fall Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island – In Person

    Theodore Roosevelt Island

    Enjoy a fall morning walk on a natural oasis in the Potomac River with Melanie Choukas-Bradley, the author of Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. The nearly 2-mile path follows Theodore Roosevelt Island’s shore and moves deep into the swamp and tidal inlet along the boardwalk where willows, bald cypresses, and cattails frame views of...

  • A Fall Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island – In Person

    Theodore Roosevelt Island

    Enjoy a fall morning walk on a natural oasis in the Potomac River with Melanie Choukas-Bradley, the author of Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. The nearly 2-mile path follows Theodore Roosevelt Island’s shore and moves deep into the swamp and tidal inlet along the boardwalk where willows, bald cypresses, and cattails frame views of...