Volunteer Tree Planting: Culpeper

Join Friends of the Rappahannock and The Town of Culpeper for a day of planting native trees in Culpeper on Wednesday, April 7!

Volunteers will be needed from 9:30am – 2:30pm for planting native tree seedlings (scalping, digging holes, planting, and pounding stakes).

FOR will provide all of the necessary tools for planting as well as snacks and extra water. The meeting and planting location is at the Spring Street Trailhead, located at 38.469148, -78.004428.

To register for the event, please click here. 

Native trees help our environment and our community in numerous ways, including:
Sequester carbon to improve air quality
Regulate temperatures in our urban environments
Increase property values in our neighborhoods
Catch and filter polluted stormwater before it enters our local streams
Stabilize soils and stream banks preventing erosion
Provide valuable forage and habitat for fish and wildlife

Please bring your own:
Mask (Required)
Work gloves
Hat
Sunscreen
Water bottle

THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT PARTNERS

This project is made possible thanks to generous grant funding from the Arbor Day Foundation, Virginia Department of Forestry, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.