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Shelly Barrick Parsons

June 3, 2021

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Our green spaces are designed to support humans, w

Our green spaces are designed to support humans, wildlife, and pollinators alike. Pictured here is a bee embracing the Ratibida columnifera that we have planted at Great Shiplock Park 😍 🐝

Tomorrow is the end of our fiscal year, but there’s still time to have your donation counted! Making a gift to Capital Trees is easy from our website, and it’s a great way to have an impact, locally in Richmond, to help us build public landscapes and enrich the community. https://bit.ly/3fpHQT4

We're rounding out the last few days of the fiscal

We're rounding out the last few days of the fiscal year, and we have lots to share! A recap of our Annual Meeting and End of Year Celebration, the adoption of our strategic plan, new Board Members and thanking the folks that are passing the torch. Read it all on our update from our Executive Director, Shelly Barrick Parsons. Use this link to give it a read ➡️ https://bit.ly/3O0iH3q

Pollinator Week is June 20-26, but, spoiler alert,

Pollinator Week is June 20-26, but, spoiler alert, pollinators are important EVERY week! We incorporate native plantings into our projects whenever possible to provide food and habitats for pollinators like bees and butterflies. 🐝🦋

Pictured here: Culver's Root, Virginia Speedwell

The latest installment of our sustainability blog

The latest installment of our sustainability blog is live, and we get down and dirty to talk about... soil! After all, it's the foundation for a thriving green space. Give it a read from the link in our bio 👆

It’s the first day of summer! Celebrate the long

It’s the first day of summer! Celebrate the longest day of the year with a visit to the Low Line Gardens, Great Shiplock Park, and the Low Line Green. Spending some time in the fresh air and enjoying nature can do wonders for your mental health, and will kick summer off on the right foot.

Thank you to the team at Sauer Properties for pitc

Thank you to the team at Sauer Properties for pitching in along the Low Line during their private workday last week. We love hosting small groups like this, teaching them about the gardens, and tackling some garden maintenance. Thanks for your hard work, and we hope to have your group out again soon!

The end of our fiscal year is June 30, 2022. If yo

The end of our fiscal year is June 30, 2022. If you’ve been meaning to support our work, there are a couple of weeks left to get your donation in and have it counted towards this fiscal year. Our gardens are a collective resource for all of us, and every private donation helps us continue our impact and maintain the green spaces we’ve created. https://bit.ly/3fpHQT4

Last week was the Capital Trees Year End Celebrati

Last week was the Capital Trees Year End Celebration at New Market Pavilion. Our Board of Trustees, Staff, and Volunteers gathered to celebrate this year’s accomplishments. We completed and adopted a 3-year strategic plan that will be launched in 2022 - 2023. Thanks to Natalie Garramone and Shantell Chambliss of One Eighty, who helped guide the Board and Staff in the strategic planning process. We can’t wait to share more with everyone about this in the coming months!

It’s National Weed Your Garden Day! At Capital T

It’s National Weed Your Garden Day! At Capital Trees, we’re no stranger to weeding our gardens. In fact, this fiscal year our volunteers contributed a whopping 1,000 hours to manually maintaining our projects, and a significant chunk of that time was spent pulling those pesky weeds to keep the plants, trees and shrubs in great shape. Pulling weeds manually allows us to avoid harsh herbicides, in an effort to make our green spaces as sustainable as possible.

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Raise your hand if you love the Low Line! Raise yo

Raise your hand if you love the Low Line! Raise your hand if you think urban green space is important! If you appreciate the work we do at Capital Trees, and enjoy visiting these four-season greenspaces, please consider making a gift from our website. We’re a non-profit organization, and donations help us to continue to make an impact. You can even set up recurring donations so that you can set it, forget it, and support Capital Trees throughout the year 👉 capitaltrees.org/get-involved/donate/

What does a sustainable management focus look like

What does a sustainable management focus look like, and how did we get here? Read our latest blog post, written by Anna G. Aquino, to see how we got started, and what you can expect to read about on the blog going forward. 🌱🌳🌲 Linked from our bio!

Saturday's Community Workday was a success! Shouto

Saturday's Community Workday was a success! Shoutout and a big thank you to all the volunteers who came out, got their hands in the soil, and helped the gardens transition from spring to summer. You can see walkers and joggers in the background of some of these photos, enjoying the @virginiacapitaltrail and the Low Line. Our gardens are truly a community resource, and we love that the community sees it that way too and comes together during these workdays to keep the green space beautiful for all to enjoy!

Richmonders love their dogs. Dogs love the Low Lin

Richmonders love their dogs. Dogs love the Low Line. It’s a match made in heaven. Bring your leashed pal for a stroll any time, and bonus points if they pose for a photo by flowers in bloom! But if this photo inspires you to take one of your pup, we want to see it!

Photo credit: Barbara Crowder-Moore

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