Capital Trees 2018-2019 Annual Report

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We’re excited to announce that our Executive Dir

We’re excited to announce that our Executive Director, Shelly Barrick Parsons, was selected to take part in the spring 2025 cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows Program. This achievement reflects Capital Trees' continued commitment to staying at the forefront of emerging best practices for creating and caring for urban landscapes. Give the announcement a read from the link in our bio.👆 @claremontlincoln

The Republic Services Charitable Foundation suppor

The Republic Services Charitable Foundation supported the Hotchkiss Green project with a generous National Neighborhood Promise grant. With their support, we’re in the process of transforming almost two acres of space at the Hotchkiss Field Community Center. Renovations include walking trails, seating areas, lighting, shade trees, a pollinator garden, and native plants, shrubs, and trees. The Republic Services team joined us in November for a National Neighborhood Promise Day to volunteer their time planting 20 new trees at the project site, marking the first plantings for the new green space. We’re so grateful for the support from @republic_services, and were thrilled to have the team on site to make a hands-on impact.

Enjoy your snow day #RVA! And if you need a place

Enjoy your snow day #RVA! And if you need a place to take a wintry walk, the Low Line is always a beautiful option.

It’s that time of year again when we make resolu

It’s that time of year again when we make resolutions for the upcoming year. And in case you need a little inspiration, how about a greener 2025? Our advice?
🌳 Make time at least weekly (or as often as possible!) to go for a walk or bike ride outside, in nature. The Low Line welcomes visitors 365 days a year, and is beautifully landscaped alongside the @virginiacapitaltrail between Great Shiplock Park and Richmond’s Canal Walk. Bring a friend, or your furry companion, and reap the benefits that spending time in nature affords us.
🌳 2025 is another opportunity to renew support for the causes you care about. Whether that’s signing up to volunteer, or setting up a monthly donation, consider investing your time and dollars with organizations that are near to your heart. We make it easy to do both at capitaltrees.org (linked from our bio 👆)

We're wishing our community a restful start to 202

We're wishing our community a restful start to 2025. We have lots to look forward to and celebrate this year, and we're glad to have you all along for the journey.

As the clock runs out on 2024, we're reflecting ba

As the clock runs out on 2024, we're reflecting back on our organization's triumphs this year, and we couldn't have accomplished them without your support. Our FY 2023-2024 Impact Report (linked in our bio) offers an overview of our organization's impact this year, including our volunteer efforts, tree plantings, eco-friendly approach to maintenance, fundraising, and construction progress at our newest project: Hotchkiss Green. Please consider helping us ring in the New Year with hope and positivity as we look towards all that we aim to accomplish in 2025 — a gift to Capital Trees is a gift towards our collective greener future 💚capitaltrees.org/donate (also in our bio!)

We've been focusing on trees this year with our mo

We've been focusing on trees this year with our monthly blogs, and for good reason — they're an incredibly important part of our work. Take a trip down 2024 memory lane with us in our latest blog post to see all of the tree-related accomplishments we're celebrating this year. It's linked from our bio. 👆

Project update! If you're new here, our latest pro

Project update! If you're new here, our latest project, Hotchkiss Green is under construction. We're excited to share the latest on the progress so far. Reclaimed timber from another City of Richmond community center renovation has arrived on site for use in the natural play area. The permeable asphalt trail paving is complete along with most of the major site work, including excavation for the rain garden and berms! As we close out this calendar year, you will see smaller detail work being completed: smoothing the trail edge, grading soil along the trail, placing the final reclaimed logs, and stabilizing the site for the winter to prepare for landscape installation in the early spring. We have a dedicated page on our website where we share updates about Hotchkiss Green periodically, head to the link in our bio to check it out.

Wishing a Merry Christmas to those who celebrate t

Wishing a Merry Christmas to those who celebrate today, and happy holidays to all. The Low Line is always decorated this time of year, thanks to the red berries of the Winterberry, Ilex verticillata ’Sparkleberry’ planted there.

12 Days of Giving: Day 12 — $2000 donation Have

12 Days of Giving: Day 12 — $2000 donation

Have you heard? Following community engagement, project development, and fundraising, our Hotchkiss Green project is now under construction. Your gift of $2000 can help support the completion of Hotchkiss Green, donate easily from the link in our bio. Learn more about our latest projects under development by heading to our website 👉 capitaltrees.org/projects

12 Days of Giving: Day 11 — $1500 donation

It’s our anniversary (in 2025)! Capital Trees turns 15 next year, kicking off our anniversary celebrations on March 20, 2025 — the first day of spring. You can help commemorate this momentous anniversary with a gift of $1500. Get involved or support our 15th anniversary events from the link in our bio.

12 Days of Giving: Day 10 — $500 donation In 20

12 Days of Giving: Day 10 — $500 donation

In 2023 Capital Trees launched an Education and Engagement Committee to continue to develop education opportunities and to build our engagement in communities with which we partner. Capital Trees connects with our neighbors to build partnerships throughout the year by attending neighborhood meetings, teaching in classrooms, tabling at community events, attending public meetings, hosting community volunteer opportunities, and participating in community initiatives (including Bee City and East End Green Infrastructure) Your gift of $500 can help to support our ongoing commitment to community engagement. Support our work from the link in our bio.👆

12 Days of Giving: Day 9 — $300 donation Capita

12 Days of Giving: Day 9 — $300 donation

Capital Trees is committed to building a greener and more vibrant Richmond by increasing tree canopy and developing transformative public green spaces. Trees are the cornerstone to this effort. 🌳 We partnered with public, private, and government groups to plant 90 trees in the Richmond region last year. Our goal is to plant over 100 trees throughout Richmond next year; a gift of $300 can help support the planting of one new tree and a recurring monthly gift of $300 would help support our ambitious tree planting goal. Make a one time contribution, or set up a monthly gift from the link in our bio.

Want to learn how to plant trees yourself? Check out our November blog, also linked from our bio.

12 Days of Giving: Day 8 — $200 donation One of

12 Days of Giving: Day 8 — $200 donation

One of the essential components for plants and trees to thrive? Water!💧 While some of our gardens have irrigation, and we plant drought tolerant plants when possible, irrigation is not available in the late fall through early spring when new plants are getting established. Your gift of $200 can help support hand watering when needed, or the installation of 2 tree diapers (pictured here). Ensuring that our plants and trees have adequate water is a year-round endeavor and a great opportunity to set up a recurring gift, for this recurring maintenance need. Hop over to capitaltrees.org/donate (linked from our bio) to help our green spaces get the water they need.

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