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Melanie is working on a new book and will schedule events again in the fall of 2025.

Bluebells and Budbreak at Boundary Bridge (Nature Forward)

Boundary Bridge at Rock Creek Park

The author of the award-winning book, A Year in Rock Creek Park and the critically acclaimed City of Trees will offer her 17th year of Nature Forward walks in the country’s oldest urban national park. Under her expert guidance, you will witness the annual floral miracle of Virginia bluebells, spring beauties, and trout lilies in the floodplain forest, while the leaves of tulip tree and American beech begin to spill from their buds.

$40 – $49