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  • A Fall Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Smithsonian Associates )

    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 (Smithsonian Associates)

    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...

  • Politics & Prose: IN-PERSON CLASS AND NATURE STROLL: Let Nature Be Your Superpower – Cultivating Resilience and Wisdom in Everyday Life

    Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD

    Lecture and Discussion Followed by Nature Exploration and Book Signing. These days it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and disconnected. Yet when our lives feel fractured and our prospects uncertain, we can tap into a powerful source of wisdom and resilience: Nature. In this class you will learn how to strengthen and deepen your connection with...

    $36
  • Rock Creek Park: A Virtual Exploration (Smithsonian Associates )

    Rock Creek Park

    Rock Creek Park is the oldest urban national park in the country and covers twice the size of New York’s Central Park. This forested gem running through the heart of Washington, D.C., has delighted residents long before it was declared a national park by an act of Congress in 1890—and continues to offer a welcome...

  • Washington Through the Seasons: A Naturalist’s Journey (Smithsonian Associates)

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    The splendor of springtime in Washington is world-renowned, owing largely to the Japanese flowering cherry trees that have encircled the Tidal Basin for over a century. Yet the cherry blossoms are a single aspect of the city’s spectacular flowering spring, and spring is only one of the city’s vibrant seasons. Smithsonian Associates tour guide, naturalist,...

  • Nature Forward: Bluebells and Budbreak at Boundary Bridge

    Boundary Bridge at Rock Creek Park

    Leader: Melanie Choukas-Bradley Location: Boundary Bridge, Rock Creek Park Members $35; nonmembers $49 We’re delighted that the author of the award-winning book A Year in Rock Creek Park, and the critically acclaimed City of Trees, will offer her 20th year of Nature Forward walks in the country’s oldest urban national park. Under her expert guidance,...

  • A Spring Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Smithsonian Associates)

    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 Spring Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Smithsonian Associates)

    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 Spring Walk on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Smithsonian Associates)

    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...

  • Nature Forward: Tree Walk at Theodore Roosevelt Island

    Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Dakota

    Field Trips & Walks Leader: Melanie Choukas-Bradley Members $35; nonmembers $49 Usher in the merry month of May with a springtime nature stroll on the trails and boardwalk of DC’s Theodore Roosevelt Island! Join long-time field trip leader and author of the award-winning Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island, City of Trees, Wild Walking—A Guide...

  • Casey Trees: Spring Tree Walk in Rock Creek Park with Melanie Choukas-Bradley

    Piece Mill 2401 Tilden Street Northwest, Washington, DC, DC, United States

    Join us for a historic, scenic tree walk through Rock Creek Park, led by author and naturalist Melanie Choukas-Bradley. More than twice the size of Central Park and the oldest urban national park in the U.S., Rock Creek Park is an 85% forested gem coursing through the heart of our city. Join Casey Trees and...

    $10