Staunton Tree Stewards

Staunton Tree Stewards Planting, restoring and maintaining the trees of Staunton. A project of Shenandoah Green.

Staunton Tree Stewards was founded from the successful completion of Shenandoah Green's Staunton Legacy Tree Project, which led many in the Staunton community to plant over 2,746 trees during the pandemic - at least one for each child in our public school system. With a generous grant from the Proteus Foundation, we then pivoted to a more sustainable tree steward program. Our mission is to take ca

re of the trees we planted, plus help maintain additional significant trees at local schools and other public spaces, as well as support our City Arborist in caring for the remainder of the "gentle giants" - 1,500 trees planted by local citizens in our two local city parks on the occasion of Staunton's first Arbor Day in 1889. We are using PlanIT Geo's TreePlotter software to geolocate, inventory and document the current status and ongoing maintenance of as many trees as we can, and we need additional tech-savvy, environmentally oriented folks to help us finish all of the geolocations and assessments. We also need volunteers to help us water, mulch, and generally care for as many public trees around Staunton as possible. And we are also open to folks "adopting" specific trees, for which they could provide a more total care approach while supporting us. We've also begun more strategic tree plantings around Staunton, with a focus on mitigating storm-water runoff, reducing heat islands, and environmental justice projects, and we need folks to help us identify and accomplish more of these tree planting projects. Our goals also include advocating for more native plantings, removal of invasive tree species like Bradford/Callery Pear and Autumn Olive, and control of harmful invasive insects like Emerald Ash Borer and the Spotted Lantern Fly. Staunton Tree Stewards is a proud member of Trees Virginia (www.treesvirginia.org), Virginia's Urban Forest Council. Staunton Tree Stewards is an ongoing program of Shenandoah Green (www.shenandoahgreen.org), a 501c3 environmental organization, registered in Virginia.

Throwback Thursday! remembering when Mary Baldwin men’s basketball team planted these trees along Churchville Avenue. Lo...
05/07/2026

Throwback Thursday! remembering when Mary Baldwin men’s basketball team planted these trees along Churchville Avenue. Look how big they’ve gotten! 🙂

Beautiful Earth Day for planting trees! Thanks to the crew for getting it done. And to Braden van Fossen for starting th...
04/22/2026

Beautiful Earth Day for planting trees! Thanks to the crew for getting it done. And to Braden van Fossen for starting the West End tree planting ball rolling!

Earth Day celebration tomorrow planting trees at Braden van Fossen Ironworks on West Beverley. Come out and help if you ...
04/21/2026

Earth Day celebration tomorrow planting trees at Braden van Fossen Ironworks on West Beverley. Come out and help if you have a little time! 10 am-1 pm unless we finish sooner! we’ll have gloves and shovels or bring your favorites
2507 West Beverley St.

https://www.whsv.com/video/2026/03/16/staunton-volunteers-work-plant-tree-by-lewis-creek/Great coverage by WHSV of the t...
03/16/2026

https://www.whsv.com/video/2026/03/16/staunton-volunteers-work-plant-tree-by-lewis-creek/
Great coverage by WHSV of the tree planting project at our 575 New Hope Road property. This site is being developed by The SAYMCA in hopes of expanding Child Care services, programs for youth and adults and more!

Many thanks to Youth Volunteer Corps and Staunton Tree Stewards for their hard work in the creation of this green-space for our community. By returning this site to it's more natural state, we can ensure that it can be enjoyed for many generations.

Well the tough nuts showed up this morning! thank you all so much!Still plenty of work to do though!
03/12/2026

Well the tough nuts showed up this morning! thank you all so much!
Still plenty of work to do though!

03/12/2026

This Friday, March 13th, volunteers needed!

Plant trees (small or large) along the river on the new Staunton-Augusta Family YMCA property in Staunton. 5 volunteers needed, aged 11-18 (parents/guardians welcome to stay too!).

To sign up, send us an email or FB message.

A few of the plants we're adding to the banks of Lewis Creek at the new YMCA facility! Big trees coming this Thursday, w...
03/10/2026

A few of the plants we're adding to the banks of Lewis Creek at the new YMCA facility! Big trees coming this Thursday, we'd love to have your help planting them in their new home :)🌳🌳🌳
Official start at 10 am, 575 New Hope Rd.

03/08/2026

If you are coming to the tree planting today, we are working on the north side of Lewis Creek. So pass by the new pavilion on New Hope Rd and turn down the little farm road by the catalpa. It’s called Tankersly Rd. ,
park at the bottom parking lot. See you there!

YMCA New Hope Road project off to a great start, got 60+ new plants in along the north side of Lewis Creek yesterday! El...
02/26/2026

YMCA New Hope Road project off to a great start, got 60+ new plants in along the north side of Lewis Creek yesterday! Elderberries and silky dogwoods for erosion control and sycamores for shade. Thanks so much to our intrepid volunteers!

60 trees planted at new YMCA facility today! thank you so much to our volunteers!
02/26/2026

60 trees planted at new YMCA facility today! thank you so much to our volunteers!

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202 S. Lewis Street
Staunton, VA
24401

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