Hooray! We’ve just concluded our third BV Tree Team internship program with nine Buena Vista high schoolers. For the last three weeks, the interns worked in downtown BV on projects that strengthen the City’s tree canopy. They assessed downtown tree species and health for the BV Tree Board, weeded and enhanced the BV Tree Nursery, designed an informational trifold about trees for the public, and planted several trees to shade city playgrounds. “This experience has been one of

Throughout our 25th year, we’ve shared stories of young people whose Boxerwood experiences shaped their passions and vocations. This is the last in our series for now, and how fitting that it ends with a recent graduate for this month's theme of culminations. This time last year, 2026 Parry McCluer High School graduate Nikki Carroll expected she’d be preparing for cosmetology school. As a self-described “girly girl” – and recently crowned prom queen – cosmetology always made

In 2024, when Zola Brookman first joined the Tree Team internship – a Boxerwood-led initiative for Buena Vista high schoolers – she doubted she’d enjoy it. “I thought we were gonna get really dirty and really sweaty and muddy, and that wasn’t my thing,” she said. “At the beginning, you would not catch me outside, I did not like bugs, and I could not care less about plastic,” Zola explained. While that first summer was more fun than she expected – “It was so much more amazing

When Eli Nelson began interning as a member of Buena Vista’s high school Tree Team in 2024, he didn’t have high expectations. “I didn’t...

In June 2024, two Tree Team interns help Boxerwood Garden Steward Karen Stanley spread mulch through a new tree nursery at Enderly...

Democracy in action is always inspiring, especially at its most grassroots. This month, two teens stood before members of the Buena Vista...