Get into the Halloween spirit with a BOOtanical Halloween Scavenger Hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, available daily October 1 through November 1, from 10am to 6pm! It all starts with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, a...
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A Halloween scavenger hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens begins with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden.
A Halloween scavenger hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens begins with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden.
A Halloween scavenger hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens begins with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden.
A Halloween scavenger hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens begins with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden.
Vienna Theatre Company presents the play An Old‑Fashioned Family Murder at the Town of Vienna.
Daniel Hope and Maxim Lando perform chamber music at The Barns, Wolf Trap.
Guided forest bathing walk with Jane Stubbs, slow‑paced nature immersion ending with al fresco tea and snacks.
Volunteer at Brandymore Castle in East Falls Church Park to remove invasive plants, improve habitat, and learn about native plants and wildlife, ages 8 and up.
Southside Park Habitat Restoration (Town of Vienna) — Habitat restoration work at Southside Park.
Burke Lake Park naturalist leads a themed hike exploring wild plants, animals, and destinations, teaching iNaturalist app use, with phones, cameras, binoculars welcome, for ages 8 and up.
Sailors' diet comes alive at Colvin Run Mill as participants grind grain on waterwheel, meet War of 1812 reenactors, and bake ship biscuits for ages 4 and up.
NOVA Parks' Roving Naturalist explains leaf color changes and leads a leaf craft at Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch, free with admission.
Mini Golf course and Climb UPton transformed into haunted Halloween attractions at Upton Hill Regional Park — all ages.
Haunted mini golf and a terrifying trail wind through Pohick Bay Regional Park, offering spooky family‑friendly attractions and festive surprises.
Cox Farms offers giant slides, hayrides through Imaginature Trail, a corn maze, farm animals, apple cider and pick‑your‑own pumpkins, all ages.
1920s Party: American Girl Celebration (Carlyle House Historic Park) — Evening features 1920s music, period games, mocktails, celebrating the doll’s 40th anniversary and Samantha book.
