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Browse on-line listings, check class enrollment and register with a few clicks of your mouse. You need a member number and VISA or Mastercard for payment. Internet registration offered daily, 5am to 11pm Spring Registration Underway Spring Listings Online Now! Switch to the Green E-Edition of Parktakes PARK NEWS GROUNDBREAKINGS & OPENINGS Claude Moore Foundation Supports Homeless Park Authority's George Lovelace Reappointed, Takes Oath New Exhibit Explores Riverbend Park's History Past Events Photo Gallery Click a date from the calendar(s) below to see what's happening on that day. March 2010 S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2   Weekend Highlights Search the Calendar: For those who want to keep their resolutions to be healthier in 2010, the Park Authority’s fitness directors offer assistance in beating the high resolution dropout rate. Take Twelve Steps For Health sets small, easy goals everyone can reach. Spring Break and Summer Camps Registration Underway Spring Eggstravanza & Puppet Show Hidden Oaks Nature Center Saturday, March 20 1pm-2pm Come to Hidden Oaks Nature Center from 1 to 2 p.m. to celebrate the first day of spring with a puppet show, stories and crafts highlighting the awakening of many of the woodland creatures and the blooming of the new season. Discover the natural and cultural history of eggs. This activity is recommended for children four years and up. The fee is $5 per child. To make a reservation, call 703-941-1065. Easter Egg Hunt Sully Historic Site Saturday, March 20 1pm-3pm From 1 to 3 p.m. at Sully Historic Site children three to seven years old are invited to bring their baskets and hunt for Easter eggs and participate in an egg roll as children may have done at the Capitol during the presidency of James Madison. Baby animals also will be available to visit. The kids will create an Easter craft to take home and enjoy yummy treats. The egg hunts will start at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. The fee is $5 per child. The rain date is Saturday, March 27. To make a reservation, call 703-437-1794. Easter Eggstravaganza Frying Pan Farm Park Visitor Center Saturday, March 20 Welcome spring with an egg hunt and an introduction to friendly farm animals at Frying Pan Farm Park Visitor Center. Make your reservation for noon, 12:45 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. for children four years and under. Please specify a second choice when you reserve. There will be a 2:15 p.m. hunt for youngsters, age five to seven years. A rain date is set for Sunday, March 21. The cost is $6 per child. To make a reservation, call 703-437-9101. Trees for All Seasons Green Spring Gardens Sunday, March 21 1:30pm-3pm The Harry Allen Lecture Series features Sean Hogan at Green Spring Gardens from 1:30 to 3 p.m., who opens our eyes to an unexplored world of foliar beauty from China and Japan to Australia and New Zealand. Hogan is the co-founder of Cistus Design in Portland, Oregon, a nursery world-famous for its collection of rare plants and display gardens. Copies of his new book, Trees for All Seasons, will be available for purchase and signing. The fee is $10 per person. To make a reservation, call 703-642-5173.