Grow zinnias. Ask your community to sponsor your growing effort. Every dollar raised supports the Pierce Street Museum and the programs that keep this neighborhood alive.
Grow zinnias and support Pierce Street Gateway
Pierce Street is one of the most historically significant streets in Virginia — home to a Tuskegee airman, the first Black female architect, and one of the first Black-owned business in Lynchburg, among others. Pierce Street Gateway exists to tell those stories and keep this neighborhood's history alive. We're mid-renovation on a museum and community hub at 1301 Pierce Street, and Flower Power is our first peer-to-peer fundraiser — a way for the community to get involved, grow something together, and fund the work that makes all of it possible.
Sign up as a grower. Plant your zinnia seeds. Ask your friends and family to sponsor your growing effort. Their donations go directly to the Pierce Street Museum and its programs.
It runs five weeks, from the June 25 kickoff through the August 6 Finale Festival.
Pay the $10 registration fee and get your personal fundraising page. That's where your donors will give.
Come to the June 25 kickoff garden party at the Pierce Street Community Garden. Pick up your zinnia seeds, growing instructions, and fundraising guide.
Plant your seeds and share photos with your network as they grow. Ask friends and family to sponsor your effort. We'll send you weekly reminders and content to help.
Bring your blooms to the August 6 Finale Festival at the Pierce Street Farmers Market. Compete for prizes. Hear the fundraising totals. Celebrate what your community built.
June 25, 2026 · 5:30 - 7:00pm
Kickoff Garden Party
Pierce Street Community Garden · 1301 Pierce Street, Lynchburg
Join us for the launch of Flower Power. Pick up your seed packet, stop by one of the growing instruction stations, and get your fundraising page set up with help from our team. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, a signature elderflower cocktail, beer, and wine. Door prizes.
$10 registration covers your zinnia seeds and snacks
Hands-on growing stations — pick up your seeds and learn the best way to grow them
Our team will be on hand to answer any questions
June 25 - August 6
Grow, share, and fundraise
Plant your seeds, photograph your progress, and reach out to your friends and family to ask for their support. We'll send you weekly texts and emails with reminders, social media posts to share, and tips for asking for donations.
August 6, 2026 · 5:30pm
Finale Festival
Pierce Street Farmers Market
Bring your blooms to the August Farmers Market for our closing celebration. Show what you grew, compete for prizes in several categories, and hear the campaign fundraising totals announced.
Every dollar raised through Flower Power goes directly to Pierce Street Gateway's programs and the community events that make this neighborhood worth showing up for.
Hands-on programs that bring local history to life for students and visitors.
Register as a Flower Power grower. We'll see you June 25 at the Pierce Street Community Garden. Bring your friends — the planting, and the fundraising, starts that night.
$10 registration · includes zinnia seeds and snacks at the kickoff garden party · all ages welcome
KICKOFF
June 25, 2026
FINALE
August 6, 2026
LOCATION
Pierce Street Community Garden
REGISTRATION
$10
