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Anacostia Community Boathouse  Bioswale Work Sessions

 

Welcome to the bioswale information page.  ACBA work sessions in the bioswale usually happen on the

last Sunday of the month (with exceptions to schedule around boathouse events).    

 

                    See Bioswale Work Sessions summaries for 2025 here                       End of Season Summary 2025 

 

     EARTH DAY every day

Bioswale Work Sessions 2026

  

 

Ready for 2026?

 

        2025 Summary Report 

   

           Would you like to join too?  

         SIGN UP HERE

        

Got questions?  Here's who to ask:         

                      Mary Ellsworth (marysellsworth@gmail.com)  

          Jim Smailes      (jasmailes@gmail.com)

 

        THANKS EVERYONE! 

 

                               

 

Love our Volunteers! 

🪓  ⛏️  🪚  🪛  ⚒️

 

 
           

 

 

Typical tasks for bioswale work sessions:

Remove invasive species

 Pick up recyclables & trash

 Clear & mulch around shrubs and tree fences

 Plant new trees, shrubs or herbaceous plants

 Move driftwood

 

Volunteers - it helps to bring tools such as pickaxes, rakes, clippers or sturdy trowels.  

Remember to bring water, hats, gloves, long pants and protective footwear.

 

 WORK SESSION DATES 2026

        Bioswale Work Sessions ACBA Programs by month - 10+ volunteers each 

  

       March

       Saturday, April 25 - AWS EARTH DAY 11-1pm

       May

       June

       July

       August

       September

       Sunday, October 25 -  American Univ, 9:30-noon

       Sunday, November 8 - NCAWPA, 9:3-noon

  

 

 

RELATED LINKS

 

Uncharted Waters - From The Progressive Magazine,  January, 2026

 

In the Weeds - The American Univ student magazine. Dec, 2025

 

What's Happening In the Anacostia River Corridor-  DC DOEE

 

The Long and Winding River - National Park Service article 2024 

 

 Bioswale Visionboard presented for 2021 AWS Earth Day Site Leaders' Orientation

 

WAMU's great article on the Anacostia River:  Anacostia Rising March 26, 2018

 

A Natural VS Overgrown shoreline - Why we do it! 

 

Here is a slide show of the August 2017 Work Session.  

 

 

 

 

  Tool Donations

 

Thanks to Andy Sohn for the donation of a small chainsaw!

THANKS to ACBA for providing two big wheelbarrows.   

THANK YOU to Gonzaga Parents for providing the Bioswale Tool Shed!

THANK YOU to JoAnn Andriko for donating trenching shovels and a pick axe!  

 

 

Kudos to the volunteers who keep the edge of our river healthy and looking beautiful!   

We  have truly the most amazing volunteers!  

 

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