Capital Trees is working to create a greener, more liveable Richmond through the thoughtful planning, planting, and maintenance of public green places.
Capital Trees 2023-2024 Impact Report
CELEBRATE WITH US IN 2025! Join us for events celebrating 15 years of building a greener, vibrant, and more connected Richmond. Celebrations will kick off in March 2025. Follow along at Capital Trees turns 15!
NEW PROJECT ALERT! Hotchkiss Green is underway! (project updates).
Together with private citizens and public benefactors, Capital Trees works to make Richmond a greener, more livable city by creating public landscapes that foster community building, environmental stability, economic investment and healthier lifestyles.
Our projects:
CLAREMONT – Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (LILP) have named Shelly Barrick Parsons as one of the 60 civic leaders selected for the Spring 2025 cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows Program, a novel initiative for public sector leaders working to enhance their leadership skills and to tackle the most pressing issues facing cities—housing, climate, land, water, finance, infrastructure—to build and sustain vibrant communities.
