Since January, Henrico has planted 10,000 new native tree seedlings in public areas throughout the county.
The efforts have cost the county “little to nothing,” said Deputy County Manager Steve Yob, with Henrico using local volunteers and grants from the U.S. Department of Forestry. During the past three years, the county has planted a total of 17,700 new native trees.
When Henrico’s Environmental Action Resource Team (or HEART) began efforts in partnership with Richmond’s Capital Trees in 2023, using 180 seedlings gifted by the Department of Forestry, about 50 community volunteers came out to Lake Hening to help plant…