Local Ecotype Richmond Natives

Local Ecotype Richmond Natives Local Ecotype Richmond Natives (LERN) provides education on the value of local wild plant populations to inspire conservation efforts.

LERN grows and distributes plants propagated from locally collected seeds, to benefit native flora and fauna.

Our local ecotype plants are being planted today at the in celebration of !!!!
04/22/2026

Our local ecotype plants are being planted today at the in celebration of !!!!

Come out to Inaugural Garden Show & Plant Sale this Saturday, 9 am- 3 pm! LERN will be selling our plants and talking t...
04/13/2026

Come out to Inaugural Garden Show & Plant Sale this Saturday, 9 am- 3 pm!

LERN will be selling our plants and talking to you all about Native Plants!

We also need volunteers to help us at this event. Link to register to volunteer is found in our profile

Nova enjoying her farm stand carrot from Tomten Farm at Pizza Bones !
04/11/2026

Nova enjoying her farm stand carrot from Tomten Farm at Pizza Bones !

Join us and the at the East End Library as we highlight plants and animals visible with the James River watershed here ...
04/11/2026

Join us and the at the East End Library as we highlight plants and animals visible with the James River watershed here in the Richmond area during the spring! 11 am- noon.

We had a great time at at their Eater event! The flower pounding with native violets and other plants was a bit hit wit...
04/05/2026

We had a great time at at their Eater event! The flower pounding with native violets and other plants was a bit hit with little and big kids alike.

Join us at Maymont’s annual Easter Event next Saturday! Pop by our booth to do a fun native plant art activity!And we al...
03/29/2026

Join us at Maymont’s annual Easter Event next Saturday!

Pop by our booth to do a fun native plant art activity!

And we also still need volunteers to help us so go to our profile to sign up to volunteer.

CALLING VOLUNTEERS!! This will be LERN’s largest outreach event for us to date - over 10,000 visitors expected to this a...
03/25/2026

CALLING VOLUNTEERS!! This will be LERN’s largest outreach event for us to date - over 10,000 visitors expected to this annual event at Maymont! LERN will have a booth in the Communtiy Zone on the Carriage House Lawn along Willow of other fun organizations.

We will be teaching folks to appreciate Native plants while doing a fun art activity called “flower pounding” where visitors to our booth can transfer native flowers and foliage onto pieces of fabric or paper to take home with them.

LERN’s mascot, Catey the Caterpillar will be there to greet guests in her inaugural appearance!

For more info and to volunteer go to the link in the profile!

Applications for 2026 Green Grants are now open! Green Grants program empowers groups and organizations across Virginia ...
03/10/2026

Applications for 2026 Green Grants are now open! Green Grants program empowers groups and organizations across Virginia to make an environmental impact in their own communities.

Keep Virginia Beautiful accepts grant applications in spring each year, and funds thirty awards in amounts of $500, $750, or $1,000. The grants are awarded to schools, parks, counties and towns, environmental groups, associations, nonprofits, and service organizations.

For more info, go to the link in our profile.

Join me at the East End THIS Saturday, 1-3 pm to learn why native plants are so important in our community gardens, our...
02/05/2026

Join me at the East End THIS Saturday, 1-3 pm to learn why native plants are so important in our community gardens, our home gardens and everywhere else we can fit them in!

This will be the inaugural workshop for Dig It!, a brand new workshop series - organized and offered by the - for gardeners from across our RVA community gardens. Anyone is invited, no gardening experience required!

To register, go to the link in the profile!

We are Rescheduling Yet Again! To Saturday, Dec 20th, noon- pm. Forecast is for much waterm days later this week so 🤞...
12/15/2025

We are Rescheduling Yet Again!

To Saturday, Dec 20th, noon- pm.

Forecast is for much waterm days later this week so 🤞 it’ll be warm and fairly dry on Saturday afternoon.

Come help us FINISH planting this hillside- only 550 plugs left to install.

Registration required. Link in Profile to sign up and for more information.

We had to reschedule this past Saturday’s planting event due to the snow. Come on out next Tuesday, noon to 3 pm where...
12/10/2025

We had to reschedule this past Saturday’s planting event due to the snow.

Come on out next Tuesday, noon to 3 pm where hopefully it’ll be warmer and drier!

Sign up required- link to sign up is in our profile as well as more details .

Address

4020 Dunston Avenue, RVA
Richmond, VA
23225

Telephone

+18042416242

Website

https://www.lern-rva.org/events

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