A creative collaboration between Boxerwood and an advanced W&L Spanish class this spring  brought forth an idea of integrating concepts...

This month, Boxerwood’s very busy sustainability educator Ginny Johnson completed a masters degree in Natural Resources from Virginia...

This spring one of our program dreams came true: a new Boxerwood-led club to bring youth from two middle schools into shared outdoor...

Boxerwood’s COREworks Coordinator Ginny Johnson recently completed a 10-week training program with the Gauntlet, a regional...

In a season of celebrations, local schools this month are also marking an achievement of a different order: the reduction in thousands of...

Congratulations on completing the 2024 Backyard Compost Challenge! As you know, we began this journey with a question: How much food...

We’re nearly at the finish line, Compost Champions! You’ve completed 10 whole weeks of collecting and weighing scraps, reporting data,...

As we round into the Challenge’s home stretch, we know that many households new to composting will soon be embarking on their own for the...

Eight weeks into the Compost Challenge, many of us are gaining confidence diverting our food waste from the landfill. So now that we’re...

Thank you to Elise Sheffield, Boxerwood Education Director, for her guest blog this week: Hi everyone, as your Backyard Challenge enters...

This week a lively citizen review panel gave its stamp of approval to a tree planting project facilitated by Boxerwood in 2023. The...

Boxerwood will be hosting a free public event on Saturday, May 4 as part of World Labyrinth Day, an international project coming for the...

On Saturday, April 27, Boxerwood is sponsoring one final tree planting of the season – and it’s for individuals and families alike. RSVP...

“We’re not sure how it happened,” reflected sustainability educator Ginny Johnson, “but all of a sudden we had multiple tree planting...

The momentum continues to build in Buena Vista for a bright green future. This week city leaders announced a new three-year grant to...

Guest post by Ginny Johnson Hello Citizen Scientists! I’m Ginny Johnson, Boxerwood sustainability educator. One of the Boxerwood programs...

Happy halfway point, Slop Superstars! To commemorate this occasion, we checked our Data Summary page and noticed a huge range of weekly...

Congratulations on completing Week 4 of the Compost Challenge! As we continue weighing our slop – check out our Data Summary page for...

What’s the key to having fun and success with your composting? Keeping your chefs happy – and we don’t mean the ones in your kitchen....

Congratulations on successfully completing Week 1 of the Challenge! We’re off to a great start. Check out our collective Week 1 totals on...