This year marked an important evolution for our Native Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program. At its core, the program creates meaningful opportunities for students from The Howard School to learn, work, grow, and spend time outside.

For board member Erin Lopez, Summer Camp at Reflection Riding is part of her family’s story. Erin attended camp here as a child and still remembers a day spent sliding and playing in the mud pit with friends, an experience she describes as a “core childhood memory.”

People come together at Reflection Riding. Throughout the year, our events create meaningful opportunities for families, friends, and neighbors to share music, meals, and time outside.

This year, we launched the Tennessee Valley Seed Project, a long-term effort to better understand, preserve, and share the locally adapted native plants of our region.

This year, we continued to expand our work across campus to restore landscapes where native plants—and the wildlife that depend on them—can thrive.

Explore how Reflection Riding has brought the power of native plants to our community.

In 2026, our Welcome Center underwent a beautiful transformation with sustainably-minded renovations.