Literary Hill BookFest (Online Class — Capitol Hill Community Foundation)
OnlineMelanie will teach a nature writing workshop during the Literary Hill BookFest, Writers Gone Wild: Turning the Great Outdoors Into a Great Read.
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Melanie is working on a new book and will schedule events again in the fall of 2025.
Wonders at Woodend: Forest Bathing through the Seasons (Audubon Naturalist Society — Guided Walk)
Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD, United StatesDiscover the magic of shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular all over the world.
$30 – $42
Forest Bathing with Certified Forest Therapy Guide Melanie Choukas-Bradley (Tregaron Conservancy — Guided Walk)
Tregaron Conservancy 3031 Klingle Road, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesShe will guide you on a calming and rejuvenating walk through the Tregaron woodland with plenty of time to slow down and soak up the special magic of spring in this enchanting wild garden. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Free
Finding Your Wild Home (Smith Center — Virtual Talk)
OnlineLearn how a relationship with a special place can be as integral to your happiness as your relationships with loved ones.
Free
Forest Bathing Walk with Author Melanie Choukas-Bradley (Politics and Prose — Guided Tour)
Tregaron Conservancy 3031 Klingle Road, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWe will meander under tall trees resplendent with summer foliage, cross picturesque bridges over musical streams, and climb stone steps through a century-old cultivated and wild woodland landscape reminiscent of “the secret garden.”
Wonders at Woodend: Forest Bathing Through the Seasons (Audubon Naturalist Society – Guided Walk)
Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD, United StatesDiscover the magic of shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular worldwide.
$30 – $42
Rock Creek Park: A Virtual Exploration (Virtual Tour — Smithsonian Associates)
OnlineLearn about the Indigenous people who hunted, fished, and quarried on the land; the presidents including Theodore Roosevelt who enjoyed recreation here; and the flora and fauna that find wild refuge in their urban surroundings.
$25 – $30
Rock Creek Park: A Nature and History Walk (Guided Walk — Smithsonian Associates)
Peirce Mill at Rock Creek Park 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWe survey the botanically diverse native trees of Rock Creek Park’s floodplain forest and upland woods and covers the history of D.C.’s woodland gem, the oldest urban national park in the country, twice the size of Central Park.
$55 – $75
Rock Creek Park: A Nature and History Walk (Guided Walk — Smithsonian Associates)
Peirce Mill at Rock Creek Park 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesView the outcrops where an exuberant President Theodore Roosevelt led his famous rock scrambles and get acquainted with the well-maintained trail network.
$55 – $75
Rock Creek Park: A Nature and History Walk (Guided Walk — Smithsonian Associates)
Peirce Mill at Rock Creek Park 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe walk begins near Peirce Mill, the historic and recently restored grist mill that celebrates the region’s agrarian past. Participants view the adjacent fish ladder that opened the spawning route for migrating shad and herring, dubbed the “herring highway.”
$55 – $75
Paddle on the Potomac (Audubon Naturalist Society — Guided Tour)
Theodore Roosevelt IslandJoin a naturalist at the Key Bridge Boathouse for a summer paddling trip around Theodore Roosevelt Island.
$30 – $42
Autumn in Washington: Arboreal Splendors (Evening Lecture/Seminar — Smithsonian Associates)
OnlineGet primed for the coming season with a preview of botanical highlights in store, learn about the trees, flowers, and fruits in the city’s storied landscapes, and you’ll be ready to get out and enjoy this fall more than ever.
$25 – $30