Grizzly Getaway at Grafton Bethel

09/17/2025

At last month’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Virginia Cooperative Extension volunteers were recognized as York County’s Outstanding Volunteer Organization of the Year! 🎉

In 2024, Extension volunteers contributed 22,000+ hours of service—part of the 66,699 hours given by 1,838 countywide volunteers, valued at more than $2.3 million.

From 4-H youth programs and Master Gardener Learning Gardens to environmental education and school gardens, these volunteers make a lasting difference through leadership, stewardship, and hands-on learning. 💚

Join us in thanking our Extension volunteers for their dedication to York County!

10/20/2023

We'd love to see you this Sunday afternoon for a workday in the Grizzly Getaway. We'll be joined by 4H Schoolyard Habitats outreach partners. Come for a little or stay the whole time - you will make a difference in our schoolyard.

08/17/2023

Looking forward to our clean up event this weekend! We got the ball rolling on Monday with Crossroads Community Church and hope to keep the momentum going! Thank you for all your help in maintaining our ALL volunteer run garden!

06/21/2023

We've got another car load of plants ready to get in the ground! We've selected a variety of pollinator plants to support our insect friends this pollinator week and every day the rest of the year.

06/20/2023

It's national and Virginia pollinator week! How will you celebrate? 🐝🦋

05/20/2023

Unfortunately due to illness, we have to cancel the Grizzly Getaway Workday for Sunday, May 21.

04/25/2023

Have you ever wondered how our Grizzlies use the habitat gardens? Check out our presentation to the YCSD school board to learn how!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO64gl9Hvm8
Grafton Bethel Elementary PTA Grafton Bethel Elementary School York/Poquoson - VCE Master Gardeners

Grafton Bethel Elementary - Environmental Based InstructionIn collaboration with the 4H Schoolyard Habitats Outreach, and the PTA, students at Grafton Bethel...

04/12/2023

SAW THE FIRST MONARCH TODAY!!! Get your milkweed ready!
Grafton Bethel Elementary PTA Grafton Bethel Elementary School

04/07/2023

Spring Native Plant Sale at the Virginia Living Museum! April 22, 23, 29, 30 from 9AM-4:30PM in the Conservation Garden.

Find more information via the QR code or visit: https://thevlm.org/events/native-plant-sale/

04/07/2023

https://wapo.st/3zGyejo

An opinion piece from Washington post about native plants. A "regular person" learns how to improve his own fraction of an acre for the wildlife around him.

At Grafton Bethel Elementary School we're making a continued effort to remove invasives and replace with natives. We'd love it if you joined us - at the school or in your own yard. Grafton Bethel Elementary PTA

Your lawn and garden are helping to doom the Earth. If you want to save the planet, all you really need to do is plant a single oak tree.

03/15/2023

This is how everyone shops for plants, right?