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Bessie Bocock Carter, a Part of Capital Trees History

April 26th, 2023

Author: Lisa Trapp

Let’s talk a little bit about the history of Capital Trees! Beyond being a woman founded organization, Capital Trees has deep roots in the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV). Each of our original founders came from four area garden clubs, Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt, and Tuckahoe, all affiliated clubs of the GCV. Last week was Historic Garden Week and it always feels fitting to reflect on our foundation during this time.

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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
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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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12 Days of Giving: Day 3 — $25 donation Thanks t

12 Days of Giving: Day 3 — $25 donation
Thanks to your support, hundreds of new plants were planted and transplanted in 2024 to maintain existing gardens, and launch new projects. Your gift of $25 can help support the installation of one plant, increasing biodiversity and providing food or habitat for pollinators and wildlife. Want to do more? A monthly gift of $25 helps to fund several plants throughout the year, helping us to continually enhance our urban gardens. Click the link in our bio to head over to our website to make your gift.

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12 Days of Giving: Day 2 — $15 donation We leave

12 Days of Giving: Day 2 — $15 donation
We leave fallen leaves in our green spaces over the winter to provide habitat for insects. Sometimes though, leaves need to be raked off the trail and into garden beds, or we need to rake up pulled weeds to remove them altogether. Your gift of $15 can help us purchase gardening equipment like rakes to properly equip our volunteers. You can make a one-time gift or set up recurring monthly donations easily from our website to help us refresh tools as needed throughout the year. Click the link in our bio to chip in! 👆

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12 Days of Giving: Day 1 — $10 donation Thanks

12 Days of Giving: Day 1 — $10 donation
Thanks to the tireless efforts of our volunteers, we manage our urban gardens with eco-friendly practices. That includes hand pruning plants to ensure they remain beautiful and healthy. Making a gift of $10 today can help us purchase tools, including pruners and kneeling pads, that will be used week after week by our volunteers to safely and comfortably care for our public greenspaces. You can donate easily online from the link in our bio. 👆

Your support makes a difference. A real, lasting,

Your support makes a difference. A real, lasting, important difference. THANK YOU. Join us for "12 Days of Giving" starting tomorrow, here on Facebook and over on Instagram. We will highlight the myriad of ways that your contributions can make Richmond a greener and more livable place!

The days are getting shorter, and winter is on the

The days are getting shorter, and winter is on the way. We have good news though... Our gardens are designed to provide beauty and interest every season of the year, including late fall and winter! We're always partial to the red berries of Winterberry, Ilex verticillata ’Sparkleberry', which provide color along the Low Line during the winter.

Last month we hosted a tree planting at Eastern He

Last month we hosted a tree planting at Eastern Henrico Recreation Center. Volunteers from Blue Sky Fund’s Outdoor Leadership Institute and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority joined us for a productive Saturday morning, and we planted 20 trees! Thank you to our friends at Virginia Department of Forestry and Henrico County Recreation & Parks for their help in managing the many volunteers who joined in, and for everyone who took time out of their weekend to help plant trees — it matters!

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There’s still time to add your gift to today’s

There’s still time to add your gift to today’s giving total as part of the wave of generosity that is #GivingTuesday. We’re a lean nonprofit with nearly 15 years of experience making Richmond a greener, more liveable place for all of us. The work we do provides residents and visitors with beautiful, restorative spaces to disconnect from the stress of day-to-day life, and reconnect with nature. And we can’t do it without the generous support from people like you. captialtrees.org/donate

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