Award-winning writer Rick Black will teach participants the basics of this short, meditative Japanese nature poetry form. Participants will learn to use haiku to capture and share their own life experiences. Please register for each of the sessions as they build on the prior week’s lessons.
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At Lubber Run, award-winning writer Rick Black teaches haiku basics, guiding participants to capture life experiences in short Japanese nature poems.
Reflective half‑mile woods walk at Fort C.F. Smith Park with historian Blake Lindsey, exploring historic influence of park plants.
Genealogy 101 at Lubber Run offers hands‑on instruction using primary sources, grave sites, family records and DNA services like Ancestry.com, guided by genealogist Eileen Bogdanoff.
Read-aloud stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards engage families at Central Library’s Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium, with first-come, first-served seating, all ages.
Informal English conversation practice led by experienced library volunteers in the Bluemont Room, beginner to advanced level, free, registration recommended, for ages 18+.
Closeup encounter with the eastern garter snake and other local snakes, guided by a bilingual naturalist at Long Branch Nature Center.
Guided forest bathing walk with Jane Stubbs, slow‑paced nature immersion ending with al fresco tea and snacks.
Forest bathing, journaling, tea and light snacks guided by certified nature therapist Ilana Rubin at Potomac Overlook Regional Park, Arlington — for ages 18 and up.
A short walk along the stream restoration project showcases local watershed conservation efforts at Gulf Branch Nature Center.
Weekend Hours: Registration Help (Lubber Run Community Center) — DPR staff provide assistance with class and camp registration.
Invasive plant removal at Fort Scott Park improves habitat, provides exercise, and teaches native plants and wildlife, ages 8 and up.
Ranger discusses FDR’s 1933 expansion of the National Park Service at the memorial’s bookstore exhibit area.
Courtney LeBlanc leads a short walk through Lubber Run Park, pausing for nature‑themed poetry readings and personal poem writing.
