COMPLETED: Great Shiplock Park
![Waterfront/Riverside Park: Place where you can relax, walk or ride along and play by the water (includes water bodies of all types). May include a beach; swimming and wading may be possible. Waterfront/Riverside Park](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_62.gif)
![Water Feature: Display or drinking fountain, beautiful waterfall or natural pond. May simply celebrate water or offer a refreshing drink in an ecologically sound way. Water Feature](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_63.gif)
![Native Forests/Plants: Flora that is indigenous in the region, sometimes called old growth, heirloom or indigenous species. Native species requires less water and care than exotic imports, and usually attract more birds, bees and butterflies, and help the cycle of life stay in balance. May include a master gardener, permaculturalist or horticulturalist or information center. Native Forests/Plants](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_75.gif)
![Water Recycling: Uses plants, aquatic animals, layered soils, movement, (constructed) wetlands and or/ swales to aerate, filter and purify water, without adding chemicals. Systems that slow the drainage in the built environment, grey water, rainwater gardens, rain barrels and other types of high and low technology water recycling systems that reduce consumption can be included. Water Recycling](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_20.gif)
![Spring Blossoms: Natural or cultivated flowers or flowering trees are especially beautiful and bountiful in this area. Spring Blossoms](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_78.gif)
![Cleaned-Up/Rebuilt Site: A previously contaminated (or disaster) area that has been restored and remediated for safe public use, according to environmental standards. Can include brownfield remediation sites, development sites with soil/groundwater cleanup efforts, or reclaimed cleaned-up land such as urban parks and gardens. Cleaned-Up/Rebuilt Site](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_69.gif)
![Eco Landscaping: Place where the land is beautified in an ecologically sustainable manner. Eco Landscaping](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_71.gif)
Overview
At the invitation of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation (VCTF), what began as a request to landscape the kiosk at the western trailhead turned into an extraordinary collaboration with the City of Richmond, corporate citizens, private foundations, local landscape architects, designers, engineers, non-profit organizations and individuals to transform a neglected historic site into a beautiful riverfront park. At Great Shiplock Park, where tree roots once struggled with weeds and concrete, expansive gardens, shady trails, and storm water amenities have taken root, providing a green gateway to historic Chapel Island, where the collaboration resulted in the additional restoration of hundreds of native plants.
Over 1,300 trees and plants were initially installed, including native plants and a rain garden at historic Great Shiplock Park, part of Richmond’s James River Park System, located at Dock and Pear Streets in Shockoe Bottom. Improvements to the park include the adjacent Chapel Island, making the first step in Richmond’s Riverfront Plan green in both plant material and in its gentle treatment of adjacent wetlands.
The gardens came about when VCTF invited Capital Trees to take a look. Capital Trees collaborated with landscape architects at 3north, and soon plans were underway to make the site not only greener and more beautiful, but also greener and kinder to the sensitive James River environment, with rain gardens and bio-filtration.
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COMPLETED: Great Shiplock Park
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