Springsong Museum Event

Where: Burnt Mills East Park, 10701 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring (adjacent to the shopping center with Trader Joe's)

When: Saturday, October 31st from 10AM to 2PM

Springsong Museum is honoring the life and work of Rachel Carson - writer, biologist and Montgomery County resident, who is often credited as the “Mother of the Modern Environmental Movement”. Carson wrote the pivotal book Silent Spring. 

Come to:

• Learn more about Rachel Carson and see her nature writings, books and magazine articles.

• Engage in hands-on activities, including a nature observation station with microscopes.

• Explore designs and plans for the new museum.

• Observe nature up close on an hour-long native plant walk led by members of the Maryland Native Plant Society starting at 10:15am and 11:45am

• Hear about the long history of the historic Burnt Mills site with a local architect, starting at 10:30am and 12:30pm

For more information and to donate to the museum, go to www.springsongmuseum.org