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From moon to middle school

4/17/2025, 6 p.m.
Richmond’s first Moon Tree was dedicated at Thomas C. Boushall Middle School through a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service, …
Kamal Gbaeamosi, a ninth-grader at Cosby High School, joins Moody Middle School students as he volunteered to mulch trees planted during the pandemic in 2020. Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Richmond’s first Moon Tree was dedicated at Thomas C. Boushall Middle School through a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service, NASA, and the school. The tree’s seeds orbited Earth and the Moon during NASA’s Artemis I Mission, honoring the legacy of the Apollo 14 Mission.

photo  Richmond’s first Moon Tree, grown from seeds that orbited Earth and the moon during NASA’s Artemis I mission, was planted at Thomas C. Boushall Middle School through a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and NASA. The project honors the legacy of the Apollo 14 mission.
 



The dedication event featured interactive stations hosted by the U.S. Department of Forestry, the University of Richmond, Richmond Public Library and the Virginia War Museum. Thomas C. Boushall eighth graders also participated in a service project organized by South Side ReLeaf.

photo  Six-year-old Titus Vaughn slides down from the Lit Limo after picking out a book as student Andie Butler looks on.