Woodlawn Cemetery Clean-Up

You are invited to come out to help us clean-up the Woodlawn Cemetery as we continue our preservation efforts at this historic cemetery. 

Tools are needed for this activity: heavy duty lawn mowers, weed trimmers, weed eater, mulch, trash bags, gloves, rakes, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, curved-shaft trimmers, shears, and buckets.

There is room for everyone. Bring church members or other organizations with you. Bring your own gardening tools.

2025 Dates

• April 26, 2025: 9:00 AM – 12 PM
• May 31, 2025: 9:00 AM – 12 PM
• June 28, 2025: 9:00 AM – 12 PM

Please note: If it rains the day or night before a cleanup, we will wait until the next scheduled month.

Contact: Woodlawnlandscapingcommittee@gmail.com

Woodlawn Cemetery is an historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, DC. The 22.5 acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African American. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1966.

The Woodlawn Collaborative Project involves local chapters from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated working together to make a difference in this sacred burial space of our ancestors. The Woodlawn Collaborative Project aspires to have Woodlawn Cemetery burial grounds regarded as a place where our FOUNDER/ancestors could be appropriately honored and provided with dignity, care, and respect in death. These places matter and merit our consideration and protection because they represent our collective history. Telling their stories through preserving their final resting place is vital to accurately portraying African American history in D.C. The Woodlawn Collaborative Project will continue until 2026, or until the activities have been completed.