Free-A-Tree at Pony Pasture

Please register for this event on Hands On Greater Richmond: https://www.handsonrva.org/opportunity/a0C5c00000Mqlp5/free-a-tree-at-pony-pasture-this-spring?Id=a0C5c00000Mqlp5

This March, April, and May at Pony Pasture we will be focusing on Free-A-Tree work in the two main trail corridors. 

Work with a JRPS invasive plant manager and other volunteers to control invasive vines overtaking trees in the park. Volunteers will use  hand tools–pruners, loppers, and handsaws–to cut wintercreeper and English ivy vines climbing trees before clearing a buffer around the base of each tree.

We will meet at the east end of the parking lot, near the picnic tables, and walk to the work site.

VOLUNTEERS MUST: 

• Arrive on time
• Wear long sleeves and long pants that completely cover the ankles (leggings and any material that easily snags are discouraged)
• Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes or boots
• Bring water

DIRECTIONS TO PONY PASTURE, 7200 Riverside Drive: 

Traveling west on Forest Hill Avenue, turn right on Old Westham.  Old Westham becomes Longview. Continue on Longview for about one mile until you reach the stop sign at the intersection with Rockfalls Drive. Turn right on Rockfalls. Bear left around the traffic circle at the intersection with Riverside Drive. Turn right into the Pony Pasture parking lot.