Richmond Tree Week Event: Workshop & Tree Planting
Join LERN and The Reedy Creek Coalition for a 1-hr walking tour through Crooked Branch Ravine, one of Richmond’s hidden gems. Topics covered during the walk will include tree identification, the role of trees in protecting water quaklity and reducing heat islands and the impact of invasive plants on the tree canopy. The second hour will be devoted to removing some english ivy plants that are threatening a high quality forested area of the park. We will also plant some small trees and shrubs to enhance the understory.
Keep Henrico Beautiful Plant Native! Festival
A festival to celebrate the benefits of native plants with a special emphasis on Fall is for Planting. LERN will be selling its local ecotype plants.
To Love and Heal Creation: An Environmental Ministry Conference
Bill Shanabruch and Stacey Moulds with Learn will be presenting, Restoring Nature’s Balance with Native Plants 1:30-4 pm
Keep Henrico Beautiful and Henrico Public Library Land Lovers Series: Rain Gardens
Stacey Moulds and Bill Shanabruch of the nonprofit Local Ecotypes Richmond Natives (LERN) explore planning for rain gardens and provide best examples of regional plants that like to keep their "feet" wet. This program is presented in partnership with Keep Henrico Beautiful.
Lewis Ginter Fall Plant Sale
The Garden’s plant sales are among the largest in the region with more than 40 vendors selling plants and other garden-related items. LERN will sell its local ecotype plants.
Lewis Ginter Fall Plant Sale
The Garden’s plant sales are among the largest in the region with more than 40 vendors selling plants and other garden-related items. LERN will sell its local ecotype plants.
Lewis Ginter Fall Plant Sale: Members-Only Preview
Special Preview Event for Garden Members only. The Garden’s plant sales are among the largest in the region with more than 40 vendors selling plants and other garden-related items. LERN will sell its local ecotype plants.