VOLUNTEER: invasive plant removal @ Pony Pasture

Help remove invasive plants and “free trees” in Pony Pasture to restore habitat and support wildlife!  (Please register here: https://www.handsonrva.org/opportunity/a0C5c00000R93DwEAJ/pony-pasture-invasive-plant-management-habitat-restoration)

This fall and winter we will work at different sites on different activities including cutting down invasive shrubs, pulling invasive vine groundcover, and “freeing trees” from invasive vines.  In October we will focus on removal of Amur honeysuckle shrubs.

Work with JRPS and other volunteers to cut down and remove invasive Amur honeysuckle shrubs that have taken over the understory in Pony Pasture.

• No experience necessary: plant identification and training provided.
• Volunteers will use handtools (pruners, loppers, and folding handsaws).
• Tools and work gloves are provided.

Volunteers MUST: 

• Dress appropriately: sturdy closed-toe shoes or boots and long pants that cover ankles. Long-sleeved shirts are recommended.
• Bring water.
• Arrive on time for orientation and training.

Please, if you register for this event and then are unable to attend, cancel your registration on Hands-On or otherwise notify the project leader. 

Meeting location will be at different areas of the parking lot depending on the work site for the day. Look for  a pick-up truck, either a Richmond city pick-up or a red pick-up. 

DIRECTIONS TO PONY PASTURE, 7310 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.