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Growing Coastal Resilience
If you received a ‘Growing Coastal Resilience’ seed packet at one of our events, we want to see where you planted it! Post a photo on Instagram and tag us @VTCoastal, or email us your photos with the planting location to be featured on our Growing Coastal Resilience plant map. The seed mix includes achillea filipendulina, achillea millefolium, aquilegia vulgaris, calendula officinalis, centaurea cyanus, cheiranthus allionii, chrysanthemum shasta, coreopsis ianceolata, coreopsis tinctoria, dianthus barbatus, digitalis purpurea, echinacea purpurea, eschscholzia californica, gaillardia aristata, gaillardia pulchella, gypsophila elegans, liatris spicata, linum perenne, linum grandiflorum rubrum, lotus corniculatus, lupinus perenne, oenothera lamarkiana, papaver rhoeas, ratibida columnaris, rudbeckia amplexicualis, rudbeckia hirta, saponaria ocymoides.
Email us here:
VTCoastal@vt.eduVoices of the Bay, Fall 2025
We want to hear your stories about our Virginia coastlines! NOAA is leading an effort to collect oral histories related to Community Regional Resilience Challenge (CRRC) projects through their Voices Program. Through our CRRC NOAA grant award, Leveraging Cooperative Extension to Build an Enduring Capacity for Resilience in Rural Agricultural Communities across Coastal Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, Virginia Tech will work with NOAA to compile all submissions into a public viewing catalog; selected entries will be featured throughout the fall on VTCC media.
Location: Virtual | Cost: Free | Date: Fall (TBA) 2025
Sign up for more information here: Voices of the Bay
Past Events
Meditation by the Bay, June 13, 2025
Grab your yoga mats and join us on Friday, June 13th at Buckroe Beach for a free meditation class taught by our very own Dr. Stout! Dr. Stout is a certified yoga, meditation and mindfulness instructor and will be leading us in a class focused on mindfulness and the Chesapeake Bay, in support of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week.
Location: Buckroe Beach, Hampton, VA | Cost: Free | Date: June 13, 2025 | Ages: 18+
Sign up for more information here: Meditation by the Bay Sign Up
Beach Cleanup, July 7, 2025
Keep our beaches clean! If you can’t make it to our event, take this day to clean up a waterway near you – and share your photos with us to be featured on VTCC media.
Location: Buckroe Beach, Hampton, VA | Cost: Free | Date: July 7, 2025 | Ages: All
Sign up for more information here: Beach Cleanup Sign Up
For any questions regarding VTCC events, please email:
VTCoastal@vt.edu