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Are you looking for educational activities for your kids to do while they are home from school? Our naturalists and facility staff have come up with fun, educational activities and we have compiled a list of them below.

Become a Citizen Scientist Montgomery Parks is participating in the City Nature Challenge in April 2020, and we want you…

Nature is our muse! Join us all year for programming and special events that focus on the connection between the…

On Thursday evenings, from November 7, 2019 to December 12, 2019, Montgomery Parks will offer two chances to win a…

On Friday, July 26, Food Matters will feature Cheryl Kollin, Program Director for Community Food Rescue. She will talk about food recovery as a way to alleviate hunger in Montgomery County and decrease food waste at the landfill.

On Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, 2019, Montgomery Parks will offer a chance to win one free pass…

Karen Chapple, a planning professor at University of California, Berkeley, will present strategies for equitable development during first conference event…

The Bicycle Master Plan team will participate in the Olney community bike ride, Metropolitan Branch Trail review, Bike to Work…

SILVER SPRING, MD—The warm weather is here and Montgomery Parks, part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has…

Wings of Fancy Butterfly and Caterpillar Exhibit Returns April 27, 2016   SILVER SPRING, MD— Montgomery Parks, part of the…

SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is pleased…

Planning Board will discuss recommended affordable housing, updated transportation analyses and property owner requests submitted after the public hearing process…

Proposed revisions to the transportation elements of the Subdivision Staging Policy were discussed at a public meeting held at the…

Media are invited to join Brookside Gardens’ staff to tour major renovations to the Gardens; volunteer planting and ribbon-cutting ceremony…

Renowned Argentina-born architect will talk about the award-winning design of the Silver Spring Civic Building and projects undertaken by his…

Credits available for attendance at the Planning Department’s Makeover Montgomery 3 conference from May 4-6 SILVER SPRING, MD – The…

The online registration fee for the three-day conference increases from $40 to $50 after April 15 and to $60 at…

Counter operations will be limited to receipt and pick-up of documents, and staff queries SILVER SPRING, MD – The Information…

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Chair Casey Anderson Challenges Area Officials to a Game of Scrabble in the Parks….

Report highlights plans and projects completed over past six months, and outlines ongoing work and future initiatives SILVER SPRING, MD – The…

Group will discuss progress of developments, road improvements, bikeway projects and related White Flint 2 Sector Plan issues  SILVER SPRING,…

Planners evaluated 3,500 miles of roads and trails based on their comfort level for bicyclists SILVER SPRING, MD – The…

Travilah Elementary School (Students in grades three through five) wins special Arbor Day celebration. SILVER SPRING, MD –Montgomery Parks, part…

Planning Department expands Shades of Green program to provide free trees to eligible property owners in Montgomery County SILVER SPRING,…

Montgomery Preservation Inc. honors book that documents County’s mid-20th-century architecture and neighborhoods for demonstrating excellence in heritage education SILVER SPRING,…