Shenandoah Green

06/06/2026

Happy World Environment Day! Here are some ideas for 'greening' your life from our Earth Day Staunton archives. 💚🌎

Reduce your use of plastic, especially shopping bags & beverage bottles. If unchecked, there will be more plastic than fish by weight in the ocean by 2050....

05/20/2026

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝💚Support your local solitary bee species--mason bees, bumblebees, leaf-cutter bees, etc.. They pollinate most of our flowers and food plants. No elaborate hives needed.

🐝🐝🐝Buzz buzz! It's World Bee Day! 🐝🐝🐝

Native bees are the super-pollinators of the garden! While honey bees have their place, it’s actually solitary bees, such as mason bees and leafcutter bees, that are critical to growing food and flowers.

The world is home to more than 20,000 species of bees, so let's celebrate them all! 🐝🐝🐝 Learn more about these amazing heroes of pollination! Almanac.com/native-bees-best-pollinators-your-garden

05/18/2026

Wednesday, May 20th is World Bee Day! 🐝Plant bee-food in your garden this spring. Watch labels on plants and seeds or ask your nursery if any have been treated with systemic pesticides, and avoid those! Plant native perennials, like bee balm, coneflower, and black-eyed susan. Join the citizen science project, Bumble Bee Watch.
https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/

05/15/2026

Go bats tonight! Learn about your local insect control squad! 🦇

🦇✨ Calling all night explorers! ✨🦇

Join us for An Evening with Bats at Montgomery Hall Park on Friday, May 15 from 7:30–8:45 PM for a FREE family-friendly adventure into the world of our local nighttime flyers! 🌙

👀 Watch bats swoop through the evening sky
🎧 Listen to their ultrasonic calls with real bat detectors
🦇 Learn about local bat species and where they live
🌟 Meet bat expert Leslie Sturges from Bat Rescue of Virginia

Perfect for curious kids and adults alike (recommended for ages 5+)! We’ll meet just outside the Parks & Recreation office at Montgomery Hall Park — just show up and enjoy the fun.

☔ Rain date: May 22 if weather interferes.

Who’s ready for a bat-tastic evening? 🖤

05/11/2026

Ready to garden? Pick up a copy of “Mulberries in the Rain” by local authors Ryan Blosser & Trevor Piersol and learn how to add some permaculture features to your garden. Staunton Books and Tea has signed copies. 🪏👩‍🌾

04/24/2026

See you tomorrow at Gypsy Hill Gym! 🌎🌧️💦

12/09/2025

Due to frigid conditions, the compost station at the Staunton Recycling Center will open from 11am-Noon. 🥗💚

12/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out for our first Cigarette Butt Cleanup Day yesterday! We collected an estimated 2,100 butts off the streets of downtown Staunton. So 2,100 toxin-filled butts that won't end up in our soil and waters.👏👏👏
Some of the worst places were on Middlebrook by the train station and the Depot, City Bank parking lot, Dollar General, and Hardee's. One man who was standing on Middlebrook smoking as we were picking up the many butts in the street said he never litters his butts. He puts out his cigarette and puts the butt in his pocket until he gets to a trash can. He pulled a handful out and showed us. 💚
So if you smoke, don't be a butthead! Keep your butts off the ground. Respect your neighbors and your planet. 🚬🚭

12/07/2025

Get your butts down to the Wharf at 1pm for our Cigarette Butt Cleanup! 🚬🚮💚🌎

11/15/2025

Shenandoah Green celebrated Veteran's Day with volunteers at the Veterans’ Garden of Augusta, planting new trees at the VFW in Staunton. 🌳💚

It was a simple, meaningful way to honor those who’ve served while adding more life to a space that means so much to our community. Huge thanks to everyone who came out, got their hands dirty, and helped these young trees take root.

Small acts of care like this add up & we’re grateful to grow something lasting together.