Activities on the fourth Saturday of each month include removal of invasive plants, painting, lily pond restoration, trash removal, planting, pruning, and other duties as assigned.
Click here for a schedule of events and directions to the park.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens -1550 Anacostia Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20019
Telephone: 202/426-6905
Please note our events run rain or shine – severe weather cancels. Volunteers are urged to call the park if you have any questions or concerns about the status of the event.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens has ample off street, free parking. The closest Metro stop is the Deanwood station (orange line) approximately 10 to 15 minutes walking distance from the park.
Volunteer registration:
Walk-ons are welcome! For tracking purposes it helps to provide advance notice especially if you’ll be bringing a large group (10 plus). All volunteers will be required to fill out volunteer waiver forms on site. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Volunteers with special needs are asked to contact the event coordinator or Park Service staff at the Aquatic Gardens in advance of the activity.
Volunteer registration will take place inside the park’s interior fence line near the main greenhouse (don’t worry, you can’t miss it).
What you’ll need to bring:
All volunteers are requested (required really) to wear clothing appropriate for the work at hand, meaning long pants, long sleeve shirts, and no open toe shoes - much of our work will take place in overgrown areas where thickets, thorns, and poison ivy are present.
The Park Service and the Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens will provide rubber boots, gloves, waders, tools, and potable water. Light snacks (power bars) will also be provided.
Community Service Projects:
Our volunteers engage in a wide variety of community service activities including the removal of invasive plants, painting, lily pond restoration, trash removal (land based and river borne), planting, pruning, and other duties as assigned. These activities do require the ability to kneel, squat, lift, and perform routine gardening and clean up functions over a period of three to four hours – often in extremely warm or cold weather. Advanced work may also involve wading through lily ponds, streams, and tributaries of the Anacostia River, or the use of kayaks, flat boats, and canoes.
To register or to learn more about volunteer service activities at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens please contact Alan at 202/454-3384, or by e-mail at aspears@npca.org.
Click here for a schedule of events and directions to the park.
