We recently completed two much-needed Garden restoration projects: we rebuilt the beloved Wetland Walk, and also re-resurfaced our 70 year old driveway.
Look What We Found Under The Tree
Boxerwood is now the proud owner of a pre-loved Ford F-150. We’ve been looking for a pickup for some years, but have had a hard time finding one we could afford. Just before Christmas we received our wonderful present.
The Great Oak Transitions Again
If only the Great Oak could talk, what stories it would tell! This Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii) has been around for at least a century. Although one of its large limbs came down in a storm on July 17th, 2021, it still stands tall and continues to grow.
The Boxerwood Nursery Fills Up
This month Boxerwood opened its nursery to 300+ babies — not human babies, but native trees. The tiny oaks, maples, sycamores, and dogwoods arrived over a 10-day period, unloaded by the van-full by our Boxerwood educators after trips to local schools.
From the Garden: Farewell Fossil Fuels. Hello Bright Future.
Boxerwood has always relied on energy generated from fossil fuels for heat, power, and light, but no longer. We have reached the end of that era. We’ve found our green path.
Boxerwood Goes Solar
A long-term dream is now a reality: Boxerwood has just installed an 11.05 kW solar array, which will supply all of our electricity needs for the Lodge.
Garden Art: Stealthy Reflections
People often ask, “Are you the guy who makes the art?” Suppose I am. Scattered around Boxerwood and other places are mostly wood art projects usually made from found, salvaged, scrap, gifted materials. I started making abstract art projects years ago with materials gathered while working with a small construction crew.
Slowing the Flow
Boxerwood endures mini-floods when it rains hard, sending sediment into our waterways and the Bay. New slow-the-flow measures are working! With the help of the Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners, we recently planted about two dozen new trees at a new catchment site and around the other catchment basins also. They bring benefits to Boxerwood, and all the way downstream.
katsura
Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) is a tree now listed as endangered in its native range, due to habitat loss, although it is a rather popular landscape tree in many parts of the world. In Asia, katsura grows together with dawn redwood (also planted at Boxerwood), and like dawn redwood, katsura trees once grew in North America and can be found in the fossil record.
Atlas cedar
Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) is native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria, yet it also thrives here at Boxerwood. Also of note, ancient Egyptians used oils extracted from Atlas cedar wood for embalming, cosmetics, and incense. It is closely related to the Cedars of Lebanon of biblical fame.
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