For 25 years, BEA has pursued a mission “to educate and inspire people of all ages to become environmentally successful stewards of the...

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Although less than two miles apart, students attending Lylburn Downing Middle School and Maury River Middle School have limited...

In a transformative leap forward, Boxerwood has been awarded a 3-year grant to develop comprehensive Environmental Literacy Plans (ELPs)...

“It was just incredibly inspiring,” said Boxerwood Educator Ginny Johnson. “That’s the best way to sum up the experience of this year’s...

How do you build bridges between Rockbridge County and communities in Michigan, California, St. Croix, Texas, the Bahamas, Massachusetts,...

Our 2024 Chesapeake Bay Club trip was the stuff memories are made of, and the photos say it all. For 26 seventh graders and five adults,...

Boxerwood is one of twelve U.S. environmental education organizations recently selected to receive project funding for engaging students...

What do a wind farm project manager, forest ranger, conservation biologist, solar developer, firefighter, filmmaker, outdoor educator,...

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

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

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

written by Jess Sullivan, BEA's Early Education Coordinator In one quick month my colleague Caroline Coons and myself were able to go...

This story first appeared in The News-Gazette on February 14, 2024. In partnership with all three local jurisdictions, Boxerwood is once...

Captions are below the slideshow. Click the arrow (>) on the right side of the photo to progress to the next slide. January: Connect...

We’re all familiar with the world wide web, but what about the wood wide web? Turns out that trees exchange information and nutrients...

Mushroom grower, geologist, urban planner, forester, game warden, decarbonizing consultant, engineer: these were some of the 30 green...

The photos say it all: our 2023 Chesapeake Bay Club trip was a wonder. First boat ride. First island. First marsh muck. First crab. First...

Use the arrows on the sides of the photos to progress through the images. Imagine you’re running a firefighters’ bucket brigade. But...

For months volunteer artists have been fashioning foxes, starbursts, giant mushrooms, and more for the Spectacle. The wild wonders are...