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Hotchkiss Green Project Update: When the weather w

Hotchkiss Green Project Update: When the weather warmed up a bit at the end of January, the crew was able to install the trees, shrubs, and mulch in the future pollinator garden, rain garden, and other beds. Most plants and trees are dormant right now, but it won't be long before it all starts budding out and waking up for spring.

These spring temperatures have us itching to get i

These spring temperatures have us itching to get into the gardens. Anyone else? 🙋‍♀️Good news! Our first community workday of 2025 is on Saturday, March 15 from 9 am - 12 pm. No experience is necessary. Get the details, and let us know you're coming from the link in our bio.👆

It's a new year and we're excited to introduce our

It's a new year and we're excited to introduce our 2025 blog series: The Fundamentals of Public Greenspaces. Read our first installment, linked from our bio.👆

Our volunteers enjoyed the spring-like temperature

Our volunteers enjoyed the spring-like temperatures out at the Low Line today! If you’re dreaming of spring in the garden, be sure to sign up for Capital Trees volunteer updates… we have lots of fun plans in the works! (You can get to the volunteering page of our website from the link in our bio 👆)

It's been extremely cold in #RVA so far this month

It's been extremely cold in #RVA so far this month, and while the Low Line is waiting for you when you're ready to brave a brisk walk...🥶 We thought you might like to know that there's only 59 days until spring.☀

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.

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