NN Green Foundation

We enhance the quality of life in Newport News through the preservation, transformation, and promotion of green space through out the city.

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

📢 Save the date for Party at the Pond! 🎉

🗓 Wednesday, September 25

Party at the Pond is our annual fundraiser at Chatham Trail! Enjoy food, drinks, and live music while supporting the preservation of green space in @CityofNN! 🌳

Details here: https://t.co/TdDQxxf8XQ

[Arbor Day Foundation @arborday]

Hear the word “infrastructure” and people think of transportation systems, telecommunications networks, and electrical grids. But let’s not forget those hardworking trees that also provide an unbeatable service.

#ATreeCanBe a roadmap, showing us what it means to be a community.

[ForestryVA @ForestryVA]

Our annual acorn and nut collection is on! 🌰🔍🌳 From now 'til Oct. 15, collect acorns, walnuts and chestnuts and drop them off at any DOF office. We'll then plant and grow them at our nurseries for reforestation projects across Virginia. Learn more: https://t.co/CA7zPMuY2p

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Green Award nominations are due TODAY! 🥇 Nominate a local business or org that contributes to the overall beauty and health of the @CityofNN through their landscaping efforts and property maintenance! 🌳

Get started 👉 https://t.co/kmlZJ8ca2I

[Arbor Day Foundation @arborday]

We need urban trees now more than ever. They:

☀️ Cool our streets
🏭 Filter urban pollutants
🌎 Mitigate climate change
🦉 Increase biodiversity
📈 Boost property values
❄️ Reduce A/C expenses
🧠 Improve mental and physical health
💪 Unite communities

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Party at the Pond is 3️⃣ weeks away! Want to help transform our local communities through the preservation of green spaces in the @CityofNN ? 🌳 Sponsor Party at the Pond! 🎉

Get started ➡ https://t.co/Hc2jYLy2Z0

#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #PartyAtThePond

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Calling all volunteers! 📣We need your help to clean up our green spaces! 🌳🙌 Volunteers are needed for 3️⃣ cleanups at different green spaces in the @CityofNN this fall! ➡️Sign up at https://t.co/nk6yisb2yw. 🔗

#NewportNews #Volunteer #Cleanup #LoveNN

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Can’t beat the views from Victory Landing Park at the @CityofNN Drop the Mic Summer Concert Series! 🌅

Only3️⃣more concerts this summer! 🤩

Come see us tonight at the beer tent to support green spaces!🌳

⏰ 7:00–9:00 p.m.
📍Victory Landing Park (50 26th Street)

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

See you TONIGHT for Green Drinks! 🍻

⏰ 6:00–8:00 p.m.
📍 Coastal Fermentory
🎤 Delegate @shelly_simonds

100% of tips and 10% of sales will be donated to the Green Foundation tonight!

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/rRlkMOMVVF

#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #GreenDrinks #Events

[Arbor Day Foundation @arborday]

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[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

✨ Native plant spotlight: Coreopsis (or tickseed) ✨

Tickseed is identified by its beautiful golden yellow flowers with bronze red centers. 🌻

These flowers are perfect for your garden because they are easy to grow, and they attract butterflies, bees, and other pollinators! 🦋

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Shout out to Iris Denner on her Letter to the Editor advocating for green spaces in @CityofNN!💚

Iris was one of the @CNUcaptains students in Professor Joe Balay's Environmental Ethics course who researched our green spaces in the fall semester!🌳
https://t.co/HUdYn0VVZl

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

#FunFact: Urban trees can reduce air conditioning needs by 30% when strategically placed around buildings. 🌳🏙️

Trees help to keep us cool and save us money during summer heatwaves! 😎

Learn more about our efforts to preserve #GreenSpaces @CityofNN 👉 https://t.co/lGEXavNNZ4.

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Make this your summer of no egrets!🌞🦢

Get out and explore green spaces near you in the @CityofNN and wherever you travel this summer! 🌳

📷 Joe Balay, Newport News Park
#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #Bird #NoEgrets

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

We had an another great cleanup at our Eastwood Drive green space this weekend! 🌳

Thank you to the volunteers who braved the heat! You help make the @CityofNN a greener place! 💚

#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #Volunteer #LoveNN

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

You can support green spaces this summer by making a purchase at the beer tent at the Drop the Mic Summer Concert Series in the Yard! 🌳🍻

🗓 Every Thursday through August
⏰ 7:00–9:00 p.m.
📍Victory Landing Park (50 26th Street)

@CityofNN

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

✨Native plant spotlight: Monarda (or beebalm) ✨

Its vibrant red flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, making it a perfect addition to your garden.🌼

#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #Beebalm #NativePlants #Virginia

[ForestryVA @ForestryVA]

Pollinators of all kinds play a crucial role in healthy forests, gardens and grasslands. 🐝🪲🐜🦇🦋🐦

Flies and beetles pollinate common pawpaw (first image). Other native plants such as common milkweed (second image) and jewelweed attract bees, butterflies & hummingbirds.

[Arbor Day Foundation @arborday]

When a city welcomes different species to its ecosystem by planting more trees, it can reduce the threat of disease, pests, and natural disasters while improving the resiliency of the community.🏡

Cities need trees. City dwellers need trees.

It's time to get planting 💪

[NN Green Foundation @nngf]

Happy summer solstice! 🌞

Today marks the longest day and shortest night of the year!

Extra sunlight means extra time outside in green spaces in the @CityofNN! 🌳

#NewportNews #GreenFoundation #Summer #SummerSolstice #LoveNN