Henrico Master Gardener Pollinator Fest & Plant Sale
Join CRLC at the Henrico Master Gardener Pollinator Festival and Plant Sale on Saturday, May 30, 2026.
This Gift of Land in Varina is a Step Toward Food Justice
“A site in Varina that served as an encampment for U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War has been gifted to an area nonprofit to provide fledgling farmers of color with a place to live and provide much-needed fresh food…
CRLC Raising Funds to Buy More of New Market Heights battlefield, Transfers Nearby Farmland to Land Trust
“The Capital Region Land Conservancy has just made two more moves in its bid to preserve land in eastern Henrico. The local nonprofit last month launched a roughly $1.5 million capital campaign to build a war chest toward its ongoing plan…
Central Virginia Nonprofit Granted 60 Acres in Henrico Where BIPOC Farmers Can Live & Work
“In a fallow field off the Virginia Capital Trail in Henrico County Tuesday morning, urban agriculture expert Duron Chavis walked through the grass alongside Parker Agelasto, a former Richmond City councilman who now leads the Capital Region Land Conservancy. Chavis…
CRLC Transfers Prime Farmland to Central Virginia Agrarian Community Land Trust
Capital Region Land Conservancy Transfers Prime Farmland to Central Virginia Agrarian Community Land Trust While Protecting Historic and Natural Resources Henrico, VA – A feature of the HenricoNEXT 2045 draft comprehensive plan is the Prime Agriculture/ Rural Conservation designation to…
Announcing Special Projects: New Market Heights Campaign
In the midnight darkness of September 28, 1864, more than 25,000 Union troops under Gen. Benjamin Butler advanced across pontoon bridges over the James River. The next morning before dawn, the Tenth Corps would attack Confederate positions on high ground above New Market Road.…
Capital Region Land Conservancy, Henrico, and Developer Partner to Protect Historic Land by Roslyn Hills Park
Site Was Part of Ziontown Community Founded Following Emancipation by Newly Freed Man Henrico, VA – Capital Region Land Conservancy and Henrico County have joined forces to acquire and preserve 6.4 acres of wooded property for expanded public access adjacent…
Indian Springs Farm On Chickahominy River Now Fully Protected
Henrico, VA – Since his early childhood, Irvine Wilson has called a patch of forests and fields along the Chickahominy River home – 330 acres of family land called Indian Springs Farm near Sandston. The farm has a long and…