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The DCist spoke to Carolina Giraldo, Director of Meadowside Nature Center, to learn more about the pawpaw fruit, and where…

  Halloween Eye Spy Trains Welcome to Trainslyvania. Can you spot all the characters along the tracks? Can you spot…

Park Police has begun a pilot program for our new online Citizen Reporting Tool! Please visit our new public portal…

July is Park and Recreation Month and Montgomery Parks wants to hear your park story! How have parks impacted you?…

Our New Online Guide Tool allows you to create a personalized program guide based on the program categories, locations, and ages of your interest.

We congratulate Sgt. Myrical Gratton for being honored at the 2021 Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Awards.

Portions of Sligo Creek Parkway, Little Falls Parkway and Beach Drive will be open for people to walk, jog and bike on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Originally Published June 9. Updated on November 24.   1. Are the Montgomery Parks’ athletic fields open? Yes, all Montgomery Parks’…

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning CommissionMontgomery County Department of ParksWaiver & Consent Form for Cabin John and/or Wheaton Ice ArenaWinter…

Join staff from Montgomery Parks for a live virtual conversation on Friday, July 24, 2020.

People are flocking to the outdoors in record numbers for physical and mental exercise.  Practice social distancing on some staff picks of favorite trails.

When using your garden plot, please use the following guidelines and best practices to ensure everyone stays safe and healthy. 

              Nature is our muse! Join us all year for programming and special events…

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…