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November 21, 2023

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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.

12 Days of Giving: Day 7 — $150 donation In 202

12 Days of Giving: Day 7 — $150 donation

In 2023 Capital Trees launched an Education and Engagement Committee to continue to develop meaningful education programs focused on public landscape development and care, and to build our engagement in communities with which we partner. Help us spread the word about the necessity of trees, green spaces, and sustainable stewardship of public landscapes. We love to share about our work through speaking engagements, hands-on teaching, and onsite tours. Your gift of $150 helps to support our efforts to engage individuals and neighborhood residents in our projects, and educate about the value of this work to the larger community. Help more people learn about our work by making a gift today from the link in our bio. 👆

12 Days of Giving: Day 6 — $100 donation Thank

12 Days of Giving: Day 6 — $100 donation

Thank you to our volunteers! This year, we've led community, private, and weekly workdays totaling over 1600 hours of volunteer service. Our volunteers braved all sorts of weather to plant trees, remove weeds, prune perennials, transplant plants, and otherwise care for our urban green spaces. Our workdays provide meaningful and tangible ways for volunteers to make Richmond greener and more livable. A gift of $100 can help support the planning of and preparation for a workday. Donate easily online from the link in our bio.

12 Days of Giving: Day 5— $75 donation Mulch is

12 Days of Giving: Day 5— $75 donation

Mulch is an integral part of our approach to sustainable management. Not only do we leave the leaves in the gardens, but also we apply layers of mulch seasonally to help retain water, improve soil quality, and suppress weeds. Your gift of $75 can help support the purchase of organic materials like mulch to continually improve the health of our green spaces – making them more resilient over time. Learn more about the importance of mulch here: bit.ly/mulch-for-gardens
🌳 Contribute to Capital Trees from the link in our bio. 👆

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12 Days of Giving: Day 4 — $50 donation Thanks

12 Days of Giving: Day 4 — $50 donation

Thanks to the consistent contribution of time from our volunteers, we manage our gardens with eco-friendly practices. That includes hand pulling unwanted plants and weeds rather than using harsh herbicides. Pulling weeds before they go to seed requires many volunteer hours, but is an essential part of reducing the seed bank in the gardens. (You can learn more about this approach from this blog post: capitaltrees.org/friend-or-foe/) A $50 donation to Capital Trees can help purchase TEN 5-gallon plastic buckets that volunteers fill with hand-pulled weeds to carry to our compost areas. Head to the link in our bio to make your gift.

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