Throughout our 25th year, we’ll be sharing stories of young people whose Boxerwood experiences shaped their passions and vocations. Have a young friend to recommend? Contact Catherine Epstein: catherine@boxerwood.org Growing up in the small town of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Sarah Hollen loved every opportunity she had to get out of the classroom and explore outdoors. “Getting the chance to hold little critters, touch the snakes, all of those things…a highlight was macroinvertebr

Woods Creek in December 2025 after a brief rain. Credit: Amy DeHart. A note from our Executive Director, Ben Eland One of Boxerwood’s longstanding neighbors is the Lexington Golf & Country Club. Our shared property line meanders several acres alongside a small spring-fed creek that enters our wetland pond, then flows further downhill as an unnamed tributary of Woods Creek. With our neighbor in the midst of significant relandscaping, this  shared boundary presents both an oppo

Throughout our 25th year, we’ll be sharing stories of young people whose Boxerwood experiences shaped their passions and vocations. Have a young friend to recommend? Contact Catherine Epstein: catherine@boxerwood.org This past November, when Jake Osella was surveying the border between our Woodland Garden and the golf course, he found himself in an unexpectedly familiar position. “There was a Boxerwood kids’ program going on,” he explained. “They were walking through, so I wa

Registration is now open for Boxerwood’s annual Backyard Compost Challenge, a 10-week program in which participants receive free large-volume composters in exchange for adopting new stewardship habits. This citizen-science project poses the question: “How many pounds of food waste could Rockbridge County households keep out of the landfill if given the chance?” Last year, the 100 participating households diverted 4,179 pounds of food waste in just ten weeks. “That’s ultimate