Takoma Park Folk Festival – Volunteers needed!
Sunday, Sept. 8th from 9:30am – 5:30pm
Join us at the Takoma Park Folk Festival Festival. Enjoy great music while helping out at the FOSC table. The Folk Festival is at Takoma Middle School on Piney Branch Rd.
We need volunteers for 2 hr. shifts throughout the day. You’ll be with an experienced FOSC buddy and you are welcome to bring a friend with you!
Many thanks.
Green Streets and Garden Tour in Sligo Park Hills
Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6:30 – 7:30pm
Contact [email protected] for the meet-up address. The area is hilly, so wear walking shoes. Any questions, email Kit at the email address above.
FOSC at MOM’s Organic Market Grand Opening
Friday, Sept. 20, Saturday Sept. 21 and Sunday Sept. 22
FOSC has been invited to be a part of the grand opening of My Organic Market (MOM’s) on Georgia Ave at Spring Street in DTSS. We will be one of three non-profits splitting 5% of the proceeds from the opening weekend.
If you can join us at the FOSC table for a few minutes, we’d greatly appreciate your help! We’ll be there at the following times:
Fri. Sept. 20: 1:30pm – 6:00pm
Sat. Sept. 21: 10:30am – 6:00pm
Sun. Sept. 22: 9:00am – 1:00pm
News & Updates
The Sligo Garden Program is Sold Out!
The Sligo Garden Program 2024 has sold out of both the garden kits and the design consultations. Every native plant counts for pollinators, and every sq ft of permeable conservation landscape helps absorb rainwater and reduce the stormwater entering the creek. You are adding resilience to our local ecology. Thank you to all who have participated in this program. We hope to obtain further grant funding to bring back this popular program.
Want to know what it was all about? Check out the Sligo Garden Program page under the Stormwater tab above.
Sligo Trail Improvements in upper Sligo Creek
Planned Sligo trail and other improvements to Sligo Creek parkland at the Colt Terrace Neighborhood Park (at the headwaters of Sligo Creek) will be presented by Montgomery Parks [...]
President’s Day Sweeps pulled a huge amount of litter from Sligo
Mini-sweeps at 3 trash hot spots yielded an impressive amount of trash from the creeks over the President's Day weekend. Altogether, 101 volunteers hauled 118 bags of trash, [...]
Faring well? Sligo and Long Branch in a warming climate
Faring well? Sligo and Long Branch in a warming climate How healthy are Sligo, Long Branch and NW Branch? The Water Quality Committee of FOSC invites you [...]
Join FOSC
Sligo Creek connects us. Please join FOSC and help protect and restore the Creek for everyone in our community. It’s simple to do and can be free if you wish. Membership gives you early notice of events and the FOSC newsletter.
You can make a donation too, either online (simple and secure) or by check to FOSC, P.O. Box 11572, Takoma Park, MD 20913. Thank you!
FOSC Listservs on
Friends of Sligo Creek – Main Listserv
FOSC Advocacy Listserv
FOSC-Stewards Listserv (for Section Stewards only)
FOSC-WeedWarriors Listserv (for Weed Warriors only)
FOSC Action Hub
Summer 2024 Top Invasives
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- Porcelainberry
- English Ivy
- Bush honeysuckle
- Italian Arum
- Porcelainberry
- English Ivy
- Bush honeysuckle
- Italian Arum
Invasive: Italian Arum
Italian Arum is back in force around Sligo Creek and Long Branch. One of the EDRR (Early Detection, Rapid Response) invasive species, it has many little “daughter” corms attached to its main corm which makes it difficult to remove completely. Dig it out carefully. Screen the loosened soil for small “daughter” corms. There is some evidence that spraying with glyphosate is effective at killing all its corms.
FOSC on iNaturalist
Heard about FOSC on iNaturalist.org but uncertain how to navigate the site or contribute your own observations? Expert birder and iNaturalist… Read more