by Amber Ellis | Feb 1, 2018 | Conservation Tips, News, River Hero Home, Watershed Restoration |
Meet TreeLab, the newest nursery that is offering a 20% discount to JRA’s River Hero Home members! TreeLab is the Enrichmond Foundation’s one-year-old urban nursery growing trees and plants to beautify and improve the City of Richmond. In late 2016, Enrichmond...
by Amber Ellis | Dec 23, 2017 | Conservation Tips, News, Watershed Restoration |
We all want a garden that looks great year round, but it can be hard to visualize the winter landscape when you are out in the garden planting in fall and spring. It is normal for plants to go dormant during the winter and for there to be more open space in your...
by Amber Ellis | Oct 25, 2017 | Conservation Tips, News, River Hero Home, Watershed Restoration |
“Restoring watersheds – One native plant at a time” Written by: Bill Shenanbruch, Owner of Reedy Creek Environmental Reedy Creek Environmental provides native plants of local ecotype for conservation landscaping and habitat restoration. Seeds are...
by Amber Ellis | Oct 3, 2017 | Conservation Tips, News, Watershed Restoration |
Every fall, Chrysanthemum (aka Mum), the iconic flower of fall, finds its way to porches everywhere. While it does bring beauty and color next to our bright orange pumpkins and scarecrows, they don’t do much for the butterflies and pollinators that are looking for...
by Amber Ellis | Jun 20, 2017 | Conservation Tips, News, Watershed Restoration |
If you have a septic system on your property, do you remember the last time you had it pumped and inspected? If it’s been over 5 years (or you can’t remember) then it’s probably been too long! It is suggested that you have it pumped every 3-5 years under normal use....