Join us at Old Maryland Farm for farm-themed stories and crafts, and then explore the farm yourself!

Join us for an exciting time of exploring nature through outdoor activities, stories, and crafts. Learn about animals, plants, and habitats. Each class focuses on a different nature theme. This session is Get to know "Quellos."

Take this opportunity for self-care with a guided walk and learn about what nature is doing in your backyard, while you enjoy the nature trail at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

Join us the Watkins Woolly Bear Wingding for a day of fun and learning! Enjoy nature-themed stations, crafts, activities, games, story times, and more, all celebrating the Woolly Bear caterprillar.

Get ready to RAWR with us at Dino Fest! Join us for a prehistoric adventure filled with exciting activities for dino lovers of all ages. The fest is FREE, and registration is required.

Take a hike with a naturalist during twilight and search for nocturnal animals awakening from their daytime slumber.

Join us at Old Maryland Farm for farm-themed stories and crafts, and then explore the farm yourself! This month's theme are PUMPKINS

Join us for the annual American Indian Festival at Patuxent River Park! Free activities include: live music, drumming, singing, dancing, storytelling, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, American Indian games, live birds of prey and more!

Tour the universe above your head. Step outdoors for a unique opportunity to learn about celestial bodies. Find constellations. Listen to star stories.

Join us for an exciting time of exploring nature through outdoor activities, stories, and crafts. Learn about animals, plants, and habitats. Each class focuses on a different nature theme. This session is "Fall into Migration."

Take this opportunity for self-care with a guided walk and learn about what nature is doing in your backyard, while you enjoy the nature trail at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

Take this opportunity for self-care with a guided walk and learn about what nature is doing in your backyard, while you enjoy the nature trail at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

Join us at Old Maryland Farm for farm-themed stories and crafts, and then explore the farm yourself!

Explore the new Bladensburg Waterfront Park greenhouse and gardens. Learn about native plants, prepping and planting native plants for habitat restoration and pollinators.

Take a hike with a naturalist during twilight and search for nocturnal animals awakening from their daytime slumber.

Sugar and spice and everything nice! Is the perfect combination for the last remnants of summer. Join a naturalist for a hike dedicated to Paw Paw and Spicebush as we learn about how amazing these plants are and how to identify them.

It’s game night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Celebrate National Mushroom Month and join us for the Undergrove Launch Party! From the creator of Wingspan we get Undergrove, a game about mushrooms.

Tour the universe above your head. Step outdoors for a unique opportunity to learn about celestial bodies. Find constellations. Listen to star stories.

Celebrate the end of summer by experimenting with natural dyes. Join us in the Kitchen Garden as we look at plants and how they were used to color our world in the colonial period. Kids will make their own colorful tie dye shirts with contemporary dyes.

Join us for an exciting time of exploring nature through outdoor activities, stories, and crafts. Learn about animals, plants, and habitats. Each class focuses on a different nature theme. This session is on the Summer Skimmers Dragonflies!

Cruise down the picturesque Patuxent River where you'll learn from a Naturalist and experience Jug Bay's most iconic wildlife.

Come out and learn all about the beautiful and amazing peafowl by participating in peacock craft followed by an animal meet and greet.

Learn about the parts of a horse through an interactive game, followed by a horse meet and greet.

Try your hand at being a farmer! Join and help our farm staff with feeding and chores round the farm. Get an up-close experience with our animals and discover what it is like to work on a farm. Participate in farm activities and learn as you go with one of our farm naturalists.

Join us for hands-on activities with a farmer to learn about decomposers in the garden with a chance to get your hands dirty to explore and examine some of our wiggly friends up close!

Learn about horse leg markings and hooves through an interactive game, followed by an animal meet and greet.

It’s Movie Night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Learn about the "Light on Earth" phenomenon of bioluminescence and ask our naturalist your questions after.

It’s Movie Night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Experience a Wild Hope for amphibians! Discover the threat of the chytrid fungus killing frogs and how you can help! Watch the movie and enjoy a Q&A session after.

Fireflies, lightning bugs, glowworms, Oh my! Come see the world of fireflies during a fun and engaging hike that will explore the lifecycles and habits of these glowing creatures as well as watch the amazing lightshow that they put on.

Let's hit the trails for a fun guided bike ride down the Anacostia River Trail to the Bladensburg Wetlands, to explore and learn about butterflies! Registration includes bicycle rental and helmet, or you may bring your own.