Capital Region Land Conservancy

06/05/2026

Where will you be tomorrow, June 6 for National Trails Day? 🥾We might be biased, but we’d recommend the Varina LandLab Conservation Area!

Located off historic Route 5 off Deep Bottom Road, CRLC stewards 353 acres of beautiful lands filled with pine forests 🌲 and wildflower 🌼 and grassy meadows with river and creek views. There over 5 miles of easy-level trails from three trailheads of grass and gravel surfaces for you and your little ones 👶and leashed pals 🐶. You’ll find educational signage, benches and picnic tables (carry out what you carry in!), ADA Accessible Port-A-John (Trailhead #2), plus an art installation by environmental sculptor Reece Camp Carter.

Whether you’re looking to get in your steps 🚶‍♀️bird watch 🪶or find a contemplative place to get away from the bustle 😌 the LandLab is an outdoor gem waiting for you to discover. Visit daily during daylight hours. Learn more and find the trails map and guidelines at our website.

06/04/2026

🎂Happy 100th Birthday to Maymont, Richmond's treasured natural and historic site. Be sure to put Saturday, June 6 on your calendars for the free open house "Cheers to 100 Years” celebration happening across the grounds in celebration of Maymont's centennial.

06/03/2026

Learn about the birds 🐦‍and the bees 🐝with CRLC this summer! 😉

CRLC's Land Stewardship Manager, Ashley Moulton, is joined at the Varina LandLab Conservation Area on June 27th by Ashlei Selden, Habitat Chair for the Central Virginia Chapter of Quail Forever, and then Clara Aus, Butterfly Exhibit Manager with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, on August 1st. Both family-friendly hikes will highlight the conservation area's natural habitats and benefits to the bounty of birds and insects that call this protected land home.

👉Visit our website for more details on these Saturday morning events and to register! Your registration fees help to support CRLC's educational programs and community outreach. https://capitalregionland.org/events/

06/03/2026

🙏🌳We’re always grateful to our partners in land conservation! Sincere thanks to Safe Harbor Title Company for their assistance on our latest conservation project supporting Central VA Agrarian Community Land Trust.

At Safe Harbor Title we believe smart land development isn't just about breaking ground, but about building resilience. We're proud to have recently facilitated title and settlement services to Capital Region Land Conservancy in its acquisition and transfer of over 60 acres in eastern Henrico County to the Central Virginia Agrarian Community Land Trust. As a Black, Indigenous, People of Color-led nonprofit organization, CACLT supports BIPOC control of land for building sustainable regional food systems. This work helps provide land tenure and ownership opportunities to farmers of color throughout the Central Virginia region.

Congratulations to the visionaries at Capital Region Land Conservancy and CACLT for making this landmark achievement a reality and many thanks for the opportunity!

06/02/2026

Rise & Shine🌞And join CRLC tomorrow morning for the next Greater Scott's Addition Association's public meeting where you can hear more about our work to bring a public park to the neighborhood. Enjoy coffee ☕and convo 🤝and learn how you can help bring "Christie's Garden" 🌳to life!

📅Date: Wednesday, June 3
⏰Time: 8:30am-10:00am
📍Place: The Chasen Apartments, 2922 W Marhsall St Richmond, VA 23230, 3rd Floor

06/01/2026

🌳Happy Great Outdoors Month!
Whatever your plans this June, make it outdoors! As we kick off one of our favorite months of the year, we encourage you to get outside and take in all that nature has to offer. 😊

Get started this Saturday, June 6th with a hike 🚶 at CRLC's Varina LandLab Conservation Area or get that bike ready for a trek 🚴 along the nearby Virginia Capital Trail in celebration of National Trails Day!

📝Make your plans to check out the wealth of public lands in Virginia at the online resources at our website:
capitalregionland.org/visit-public-lands

05/31/2026

🗞️Kudos to the Friends of the James River Park and their new Executive Director on today’s front page feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch! You can meet Penelope Davenport Gorman, along with James River Park System’s Superintendent, Andrew Alli, at Basic City Beer Co- RVA 🍻 this Tuesday, June 2 to learn about the new Nature Exploration Area at Belle Isle, plus what’s on tap for the organization and JRP moving forward. Doors open at 5:30pm with talk starting at 6:00pm.

View the Richmond Times-Dispatch for Sunday, May 31, 2026

05/28/2026

Pack your wagon and head to this year’s Pollinator🐝Festival & Plant 🪴 Sale presented by the Henrico County Master Gardeners, happening this Saturday, May 30 from 9:00am – 1:00pm at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center (1440 North Laburnum Avenue Richmond, VA 23223)!

In addition to the well-loved plant sale, the festival will feature community organizations plus entertainment, food trucks, sharpening service for tools and knives, plus a demonstration on vermiculture – the cultivation and use of earthworms to enhance composting. Best part, admission is FREE!

👋Be sure to stop by the CRLC table to pick up your native plant seeds and enter to win a $50 gift certificate to Moulton Hot Natives!

05/26/2026

Do you have a favorite view? 🌅One of CRLC's is of course, "The View That Named Richmond" that looks out over the James River from Libby Hill, which CRLC along with our partners helped save from development. 🤝 Special places like this are irreplaceable and need documenting, and you can help recognize others!

Make your favorite vista, historic landscape, or everyday view that captures the essence of your community known to Scenic Virginia. Nominations to the "Treasured Views" program run now through June 30 where your submission helps to ensure these sites are documented, understood, and considered in future planning decisions. The program is a multi-pronged effort to identify those scenic landscapes that are most precious to Virginia’s citizenry and to highlight the ones that are worthy of state recognition.

👉Make a nomination today! https://www.scenicvirginia.org/inventory

05/26/2026

Looking for volunteer opportunities this summer? Our friends at the Dorey Park Farmers Market are looking for some smiling faces.😊