LRNow

🌹Don't miss this year's LRNow Native Garden Tour!🌺

🏡You will tour seven unique gardens located in Alanton, Linkhorn Cove, and Brighton on the Bay to discover how each garden has integrated native plants and trees into their landscapes and learn about their importance. Native gardening experts and non-profits will be on hand at each location and there will also be refreshments and fun giveaways.🌷

🗓Friday, June 26
⏰9:00 a.m. to noon
🔗https://www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/

🌿Join or renew your membership in June and receive a special thank you gift!🌿

Your membership helps restore vital habitats, identify and reduce pollution, and engage and educate the community.

💙💚Together, we are making a difference! Learn More at www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/donate/

A wonderful time was had by all ages at Saturday’s Pollinator Workshop! Participants learned how to create backyard habitats for pollinators while building their own pollinator hotels and bee baths to take home.

Even Tony Nargi from WTKR News 3 joined in the fun, creating his own New England Patriots-themed pollinator hotel!

Check out the WTKR feature here:
https://www.wtkr.com/news/environment/hotels-and-habitats-for-local-pollinators

Plaza Middle School 8th graders joined us earlier this week for their Day of Service. They helped clean up around our office, decorate reusable bags, and finish building a storage box for our clean up kits!

Feeling strong? LRNow is looking for volunteers to help move sand behind coir logs to build a living shoreline on four separate days! Prepare to wade in shallow water and get hands-on to restore our waterways. Every hand helps!

When you register, you will have the option to sign up for however many days you want.

🗓Fri. June 12, Mon. June 15, Tues. June 16, and Weds. June 17
⏰Friday is 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. All other days are from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
🔗https://x.gldn.io/rrjRQ5gZN3b

How much is nature worth? Old Dominion University is quantifying the real value of green spaces by considering the ecological benefits it provides in hopes that it will empower local governments to prioritize projects rooted in nature.

Check out this article from WHRO to learn why nature may be one of our region's most valuable assets. 🌿💙

Parks, trails and other pockets of green space have multiple benefits for Hampton Roads, such as boosting people’s health and naturally absorbing rainwater.

A team at Old Dominion University is working to break down and quantify those benefits to better inform local governments and communities.

Read our full coverage here: https://tinyurl.com/yjasun39

A tree deserves a second life is woodworker Tom Kane's philosophy. Giving felled trees a beautiful new life as furniture also has become like a second life for Tom in his retirement.

Read more about one of LRNow's Pearl Neighborhood Captains and his craftsmanship in Nature Notes: www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/naturenotes/trees-are-a-centerpiece-of-tom-kanes-love-for-the-environment/

Unlike walls, living shorelines use oyster castles and plants to stop erosion, filter water, and boost biodiversity. We are looking for volunteers to help plant native grasses at a living shoreline site.🌱

This final phase of living shoreline restoration is perfect for all ages—no heavy lifting required! Join us for the most relaxing step and marvel at the finished product.

🗓Thursday, June 11
⏰10:00 a.m. to noon
🔗https://x.gldn.io/6gTANHwss3b

🚲It's the time of the year to get your bicycle up and running! This premium bike tune-up package from the Bike Shop at REI Virginia Beach will help you do just that.🛠

Normally $460, we have one package available for only $220 with proceeds to benefit LRNow. Purchase directly from LRNow at our website: https://lynnhaven-river-now.square.site/

Students at First Colonial HS cleaned up 434 lbs of waste from around their campus on Tuesday. 4The most common items were small pieces of consumer plastic. Students got a hands on understanding of how trash pollutes our waterways through stormwater systems.

Special thanks to the Biology teachers and Conservation Club at FC for organizing with us!