An earlier version of this listing misstated the admission charge for the Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. The charge is $15 per car or van Monday through Thursday and $20 per car or van Friday through Sunday.
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· Nov. 28-29; Dec. 5-6: Holiday wreath and centerpiece sale. Sponsored by the Friends of Brookside Gardens. 4-8:30 p.m. Visitors Center Atrium, Brookside Gardens.
· Nov. 29: Invasive plant removal with the Anacostia Watershed Society. The day includes identifying native plants and removing invasives to allow natives to grow back. Gloves and tools provided. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Little Paint Branch Park and Cherry Hill Road Community Park, Beltsville. Contact Kyle Watts http:/
· Dec. 6: Winter birding at Black Hill. Winter can be an ideal time to learn more about birds and birding. Black Hill Regional Park in upper Montgomery County is an ideal outdoor classroom. Join Mark England in a search for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, and resident and overwintering species. For beginning to mid-level birders. Join for one walk or a series of three, offered in December, January and February. 8:30-11 a.m. $23 per walk. Audubon Naturalist Society, 301- 652-9188, http:/
· Dec. 6-Jan. 4: Winter Display: Colors of the Season. The Washington Virginia & Maryland Garden Railroad Society will return for its fourth year with a garden railway in the south conservatory at Brookside Gardens. Flowering plants and evergreens provide a colorful landscape through which the trains travel. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
· Dec. 14: Natural History of Galls. Naturalist Edwin Way Teale called galls edible homes. Discover the occasionally bizarre world of these abnormal outgrowths on plant tissue, what creates them, and their associates. Lecture and field exploration, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Registration required. Audubon Naturalist Society, Woodend Sanctuary, 8940 Jones Mill Rd., Chevy Chase, 301-652-9188, http:/
· Jan. 4: Winter hike on Sugarloaf. Join Stephanie Mason for a full-day 5.5-mile hike to the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain (1,282 feet in elevation), which offers a rich community of plants and animals. Discuss adaptations of plants and animals for surviving the stresses of winter, while looking for birds and other wildlife. Practice winter plant identification. Hike includes uphill and downhill rocky trails. $41. Audubon Naturalist Society.
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