Philip Blair and Mary Pat Rowan on their first trip to the Soldiers’ Home (à la Bogart & Hepburn) .

Mary Pat Rowan will lead a 60-minute nature walk at 2 p.m. at the Spring Fling on Saturday, May 4. The walk will begin and end at the gazebo next to the pond at the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (See more details about Spring Fling below.)

Rowan is a practicing landscape architect. She is Chair of the Washington Chapter of the Maryland Native Plant Society (www.mdflora.org), and conducts monthly tours of the native habitats at the Civil War fort sites in the District (including Fort Totten, just up the hill from the Soldiers Home.) She is the current president of the Greater Brookland Garden Club: Come for the Brookland House and Garden Tour on Sunday, June 2 (www.gbgc.org).  She is also a member of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, which defends the L’Enfant and McMillan plans for the city. She relaxes by telling her husband what to do. She has told him to help out on the Spring Fling tour. He is an anthropologist and knows something about the geology and hydrology of the area and its ancient history. (His name is Philip Blair.)

Friends of the Soldiers Home in cooperation with the Armed Forces Retirement Home is proud to present:

The cool jazz sounds of Herb Spice & The Cinnamonstix
and
The Nicole Saphos Group, featuring Nicole’s dulcet voice accompanied by her stand-up bass

Herb Spice & The Cinnamonstix

When:

Saturday, May 4, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., on the lower grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Rock Creek Church Rd & Randolph St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Also:

60-minute nature walk of the Home’s lower grounds with Brookland landscape architect Mary Pat Rowan, starting at 2 p.m.

Children activities and prizes including toy boat races on the Soldiers Home pond!

Local food vendors — he’s back, Captain Cookie and the Milk Man, home-made ice cream sandwiches to die for; The Big Cheese, try the Mt. Fuji with MT tam brie, fuji apple, honey on multigrain; DC Ballers, serving falafel & fries with different dipping sauces.

Local craft beer from DC Brau.

Carnival Games: Bocce/Volleyball/Football Toss/Horse Shoes/Baseball Throw/Golf Putting Mats and More!

A tent where you can play many of your favorite board games. 

This is a FREE event, rain or shine, $5 charge per car for those who drive in.

Friends of the Soldiers Home is grateful to our friends at the Soldiers’ Home for assisting with this wonderful event that will benefit Home residents and the community.

For more information about  Herbspice & The Cinnamonstix: http://www.herbspiceandcinnastix.com/

For more information about Nicole Saphos: http://www.nicolesaphos.com/

Nicole Saphos