1951: Family physician Dr. Robert Munger and his wife Betty Munger purchased this property, formerly farmland. They raised three children and a slew of family dogs, many of them boxers, which inspired family friends to name the place “Boxerwood.”

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1957: Dr. Munger became intensely interested in horticulture and began landscaping the gardens with thousands of unique tree seedlings he collected from around the world.

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1996: Dr. Munger's garden successors, Hunter Mohring and KB Bailey, opened Boxerwood to the public.

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1999: Hunter and KB founded the nonprofit charitable organization, Boxerwood Education Association. BEA’s mission is to educate and inspire people of all ages to be environmentally responsible stewards of the Earth.

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Today: BEA partners with all local school divisions and other like-minded organizations to deliver award-winning environmental education programs throughout Rockbridge County. BEA maintains this Nature Center and Woodland Garden as an outdoor campus for many of its programs, and as a place for all to wander, play, contemplate, and enjoy nature.