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The round, high park of Sheridan Circle is one of the smallest but most prominent federal ‘reservations’ in the nation’s capital. The National Mall and Memorial Parks (NAMA) unit of the National Park Service is restoring the statue, the pedestal, and the fountains. Watch for the reopening of this magnificent park in May!
Meanwhile, the city-owned median strips around the circle are under renovation, too. Restore Mass Ave has held negotiated cleanup of these spaces over the past year. We are honored to have DCA Landscape Architects advise on plantings to frame the renovated circle.
Jerry Peck and John Buntin of RMA measure the median strips around Sheridan Circle.
DCA Landscape Architects meet with RMA’s John Buntin on April 1.
Our April 1 walkabout with Carole Feld and Deborah Shapley.
Finally we got a peek of the renovated statue through the fence!
Recent Events
RMA made new friends at Mitchell Park Fall Fun Day
Over 600 adults and children enjoyed music, food, and festivities on a beautiful October afternoon at the 20th Annual Mitchell Park Fall Fun Day. RMA volunteers Soniya Carvalho, Pierre Wagner, Deborah Shapley, and W.G. (Jerry) Peck connected with city policymakers, neighborhood leaders, embassy personnel, and residents.
RMA Treekeeper Workshop
Our ranks of Treekeepers grew at our August 23 2025 Treekeeper Workshop. New and returning volunteers got their hands-in-the-dirt helping to grow “happy” trees. We met up by the Embassy of Latvia at 2306 Mass. Thank you, Latvia Embassy! We excavated soil around a tulip poplar by the Embassy of Romania. We moved to trees the 2200 block. Grace Covenant Church Georgetown at 2230 Mass Ave loaned their hose so we could water the newly helped trees.
Photographing the event was Stanley Staniski of staniski.net an internationally renowned photographer and Mass Ave resident. Thank you, Stanley!
The Ambassador of Brazil H.E. Maria Luiza Viotti and her husband Eduardo Baumgartz joined us and pitched in. See “Two new magnolias for the Brazil Embassy” for our planting there last fall.
Spring ’25 Tree Walk
Out of area walkers joined RMA’s free public Tree Walk on a Sunday in April. They saw majestic trees and the historic landscape around some famous mansions. RMA’s Charmine Osore and photographer Lennon Maldonado are thanked for the walk’s success.
Two new magnolias for the Brazil Embassy
The Embassy of Brazil joined RMA’s program of planting trees at diplomatic sites in partnership with the city Urban Forestry Division and the Arbor Day Foundation. In November 2024 pair of magnolia grandiflora trees requested by Ambassador H.E. Maria Luiza Viotti were planted. A lovely welcome ceremony followed.
Our First Public Tree Walk
Our first free public Tree Walk was in August 25 2024. About a dozen people met under the double row ginkgo and tulip poplar trees that line the sidewalks around Sheridan Circle. Walkers were shown how Sheridan Circle’s design and trees embody L’Enfant’s grand design for the capital city. The walk featured otter species as well. We measured the huge white oak tree by 2419 Mass planted in 1908. It is larger than 100 inches around and a DC-protected Heritage tree. We thank the homeowners for caring for this historic specimen from the original second row.
