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The Garden is Calling
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ― Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard's Egg Spring is a time of growth, not only...
Mar 18, 2024


Every Day is Earth Day
This year, we're hosting a series of family-friendly gatherings throughout April and into early May in celebration of Earth Day. Offered...
Mar 18, 2024


Making the Switch: New Service Helps Homeowners Go Electric
With increased national focus on adopting cleaner energy sources, a new initiative in Rockbridge is ready to help local homeowners and...
Mar 18, 2024


Ocean Protectors: We’re All Connected
written by Jess Sullivan, BEA's Early Education Coordinator In one quick month my colleague Caroline Coons and myself were able to go...
Mar 18, 2024
COREworks: A Local Way to Care for the Earth, Fight Climate Change, and Improve Our Community
written by Annette Green, volunteer COREworks ambassador 2023 We all want to be good stewards of the Earth and are aware of the growing...
Feb 23, 2024


Invasive Species Alert: Asian Jumping Worms
It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these...
Feb 22, 2024


Honoring Mollie J. Messimer
written by Hunter Mohring, BEA's Founding Director On Thursday, Jan. 25, Mollie Messimer died unexpectedly. She had been active and...
Feb 22, 2024


4th Annual Backyard Compost Challenge
This story first appeared in The News-Gazette on February 14, 2024. In partnership with all three local jurisdictions, Boxerwood is once...
Feb 22, 2024


2023: A Gift that Keeps Giving
Captions are below the slideshow. Click the arrow (>) on the right side of the photo to progress to the next slide. January: Connect...
Dec 15, 2023


Arctic Journey
What do a Belgian filmmaker, a Greek podcaster and British poet have in common? They all learned about Boxerwood’s mission of...
Nov 21, 2023


Sustainability Without Borders
Earlier this month Boxerwood educator Ginny Johnson traveled to Mexico for first-hand experiences with local organizations that are...
Nov 21, 2023


We're All Connected
We’re all familiar with the world wide web, but what about the wood wide web? Turns out that trees exchange information and nutrients...
Nov 21, 2023


Rockbridge Bird Club's 2023 Seed & Suet Sale
This story first appeared in The News-Gazette on OCT 18, 2023 Wild birds that winter in Rockbridge are back and scouting out safe and...
Oct 20, 2023


Green Career Expo 2023
Mushroom grower, geologist, urban planner, forester, game warden, decarbonizing consultant, engineer: these were some of the 30 green...
Oct 20, 2023


Get Wild: Dive In
The photos say it all: our 2023 Chesapeake Bay Club trip was a wonder. First boat ride. First island. First marsh muck. First crab. First...
Oct 20, 2023


Get Wild: Dig It
Use the arrows on the sides of the photos to progress through the images. Imagine you’re running a firefighters’ bucket brigade. But...
Oct 20, 2023


Get Wild: Create
While puppet-makers and songsters were busy fashioning their contributions to the Spectacle, so were twenty young writers in Buena Vista,...
Oct 20, 2023


Call of the Wild: An Invitation
The way we see it, the Spectacle was more than a performance, it was (and is) a way of being, a ruckus-y Boxerwood way open to all. In...
Oct 20, 2023


Call of the Wild: Our Journey
Over many months Boxerwood educator Jess Sullivan rode the waves of our Spectacle project, leading camps, making puppets, creating...
Oct 20, 2023
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