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TreePeople was founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by an 18-year-old activist Andy Lipkis. [2] Lipkis and a group of other teenagers began planting trees three years prior at summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains. [2] Lipkis heard that smog from Los Angeles was drifting up to the mountains and killing the forest. He rallied his fellow campers ...
Many municipalities and utilities around L.A. offer free trees for residents to plant in their yards or they will add trees to parkways. Here's a list.
Spanning five decades from 1944 to 1989, the works provide five baseline studies for understanding the history and geography of the urban woodland of the park, as well as the trees in Santa Monica and neighboring portions of Los Angeles, including cemeteries, schools, colleges, and businesses. Some of the tree species at Palisades Park include:
The Chavez Ravine Arboretum, in Elysian Park, just north of Dodger Stadium, at 1025 Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles, California, contains more than 100 varieties of trees from around the world, including what are believed to be the oldest and largest Cape Chestnut, Kauri, and Tipu trees in the United States. Admission to the arboretum is free.
Many are still quite young, so really what I like about them is their potential, like some of the more than 400 trees planted in and around Skid Row by folks at Industrial District Green; or the ...
For the story “The greatest trees of Los Angeles,” writer Ryan Bradley and photographer Devin Oktar Yalkin went on a quest to find the city's most beloved trees.Among their many finds: the ...
The park is located adjacent to the Topanga neighborhood of Los Angeles. Covering 11,000 acres (4,500 ha), with 36 miles (58 km) of trails and unimproved roads, the park's boundaries stretch from Topanga Canyon to Pacific Palisades and Mulholland Drive .
The California Geotour--Online Geologic Field Trip Guides (with several field trips to fossil-bearing places of interest) Geologic Units in California; University of California Museum of Paleontology: Exploring California's Fossil History; Paleoportal: California; Fossils of Los Angeles