Date Event
Monday-Thursday The Walking Club
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 The KFNV Metro Club:
US Botanical Gardens
Monday, October 6, 2025 The KFNV Movie Club
Thursday, October 9, 2025 The KFNV Book Club
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Game Night
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Highlight Event: Celebrate Fall with Patricia Dubroof
Monday, October 27, 2025 The KFNV Metro Club:
The National Portrait Gallery
Monday, October 29, 2025 Coffee and Conversation
Events
The King Farm Neighbors Village (KFNV) has many activities to end September and for October.
- Please note this is a change in time for this activity.
The KFNV Walking Club will continue its walks Monday-Thursday at 8 am except in the case of inclement weather. The group meets in the park across from The Fontina Grille.
- On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the KFNV Metro Club will be visiting the United States Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC. The Botanical Garden’s featured exhibit is “Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise” about the angry side of the bright and beautiful plant world. The particulars of this activity are:
- The KFNV Metro Club participants will meet on the Shady Grove Metro platform at 9:30 am to board the train at 9:39 am.
- Upon arrival at the Judiciary Square Metro stop, the group will walk .7 miles to the Botanical Gardens.
- After the exploration of the Gardens, you may want to have lunch on your own or with others.
- Metro back with a group or on your own to Shady Grove.
- Please note that you must be a KFNV member to join this excursion; however, joining the KFNV is free and is open to all adult residents of King Farm. Please see below under “Contacting the KFNV” for the easy process to become a KFNV member.
- Please note the change in day for the Movie Club for October only.
On Monday, October 6, 2025 from 2:00-3:00 pm, KFNV Movie Club members will meet in the King Farm Community Center to review the film, The Six Triple Eight. This 2024 film is an American war drama written and directed by Tyler Perry on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-female battalion, in World War II. It is based on the article “Fighting a Two-Front War” by Kevin M. Hymel.
- On Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 12:30-2:00 pm, the KFNV Book Club members will meet in the King Farm Community Center to discuss the novel, The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng. This 2012 Finalist for the Main Booker Prize tells the story of a Chinese-Malaysian woman who comes to love a Japanese man, despite the horrors of her experiences at the hands of the Japanese.
- On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from 7:00-8:30 pm, the KFNV will host Game Night in the King Farm Community Center. The KFNV will provide various board games, but you are welcome to bring your own game(s) as well. In addition, please bring your own snacks and drinks to nibble on and sip as you play your favorite board game.
- On Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the King Farm Community Center, the KFNV will host its monthly highlight event: Celebrate the Fall by Sipping Seasonal Cocktails and Getting Creative! with PatriciaDubroof. Ms. Dubroof will lead participants in several art projects relating to fall. Come and create with us!
- On Monday, October 27, 2025, the KFNV Metro Club will visit the National Portrait Gallery’s current exhibit: Star Power-Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age. The particulars of this activity are:
- The KFNV Metro Club participants will meet on the Shady Grove Metro platform at 10:00 am to board the train at 10:39 am.
- The museum opens at 11:30 am.
- We will meet in the F Street lobby and take the walk-in tour at noon.
- After the tour, we will lunch at the museum’s Courtyard Cafe
- Please note that you must be a KFNV member to join this excursion; however, joining the KFNV is free and is open to all adult residents of King Farm. Please see below under “Contacting the KFNV” for the easy process to become a KFNV member.
- On Wednesday, October 29, 2025 from 10:00-11:30 am, KFNV Coffee and Conversation participants will meet in the King Farm Community Center to celebrate Diwali with treats, costumes, and a better understanding of Indian culture.
A special note to the King Farm Community
On Monday, September 29, 2025 at 6:30 pm, the Rockville City Council will discuss the future of the King Farm Homestead. If you would like to learn more, see the work session discussion, or share feedback, visit engagerockville.com/kingfarm.
Services
The KFNV continues to support King Farm residents with its community services: transportation to appointments, simple household tasks, friendly phone calls/texts, and friendly visits. Please feel free to avail yourself of all of the community services that the KFNV offers. If you are in doubt about whether a task could be performed by one of the KFNV volunteers, go ahead and fill out the service form on the KFNV website. Our Operations Team will get back to you to determine if the task is under our umbrella of tasks. Also, please note that services are open to KFNV members only; however, membership is free and an easy process. See below on how to contact the KFNV to schedule any of the services or with any questions that you may have about the services as well as how to become a KFNV member.
Contacting the KFNV
For most of the KFNV monthly events as well as all the services, membership is required; but membership is as easy as filling out an on-line or mail-in form with residency in the King Farm community being the only membership requirement. We are a multi-generational Village; therefore, the KFNV welcomes all adult King Farm residents of all ages.
Although there is no fee to become a KFNV member, the KFNV does, however, accept and welcome donations; for these donations help defray the cost of KFNV services and events.
For information on how to register for any of the events, to request a service or a ride, to become a KFNV member or a volunteer, or to make a donation, please contact the Operations Coordinator by calling (301) 799-8104 to leave a voicemail, emailing the KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org.