Friends of Bandy Field Nature Park

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 22-23, a Forestry Mulcher will come 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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