Friends of Bandy Field Nature Park
Recently spotted at BFNP
Nellie Blair submitted pictures of her recent finds
We would love to see more Woodland Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) like the one that Nellie found at BFNP. Get more information on this turtle here.
Nellie also found a “ghost plant” a.k.a “Indian pipe” (Monotropa uniflora), a parasitic perennial which lacks chlorophyll and thus does not photosynthesize. Learn more about this plant here.
We would love to publish your original photos or videos of nature finds at the park. Send your photo or video to FOBFrsvp@gmail.com and make sure to state that you give permission for it to be published on our website.
What’s New at BFNP
Reforestation Project underway
In a joint project of the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and Friends of Bandy Field Nature Park, with funding in part by the Virginia Department of Forestry, a large reforestation project is taking place in northwest portion of the park (north of Ridgetop Recreation Association’s tennis courts).
This area is terribly infested with invasive Chinese wisteria, which winds tightly around trees causing death of the host by girdling or by excessive weight which topples the tree.
The wisteria have already brought down many large trees and they threaten all the rest if not suppressed.
Volunteers have prepared the area by clearing vines and debris from around all trees that can be saved.
On April 22-24, a Forestry Mulcher came to the area to chip/shred the wisteria and other invasive vines, leaving this mulch on the ground to enrich the soil as it degrades as well as prevent erosion.
More work on the invasive sprouts will occur over the coming months.
Hundreds of trees will be planted in the area in February and March of 2026.
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