DIXIE CYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LA RIVER NATURE TOUR

Students from Kimberly Schwiesow's 4th grade class enjoy an LA River nature tour provided by the Village Gardeners. Students learn about the importance of native plants to the ecosystem, the source of water that supplies the LA River and more. Then, complete the tour with lunch at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom before returning to school. 

GOOD FOOD DAY-LA, AT THE RICHARD LILLARD OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

Hundreds turn out in observance of the Mayor's, Good Food Day-LA. A collaboration of several area non-profits including, the Studio City Neighborhood Council, the Village Gardeners, N. Hollywood NE Neighborhood Council, Mid-Town No Ho Neighborhood Council, Turning Pages Foundation, Celerity Palmati Charter School, TreePeople, Backwards BeeKeepers, Girl Scouts, Million Trees LA, LA Conservation Corps, FormLA Landscaping, LA Urban Chicken Enthusiasts and more.


Approximately, 150 fruit trees were adopted by LA residents at the event through the City of LA's, Million Trees LA initiative. The event had the feel of a county fair and was fun for all ages.


Many thanks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City of LA for sponsoring this exciting event and to everyone that helped make this event possible!

MOORPARK POINT PROJECT

This LA River Restoration project was made possible through the generosity of The Rotary Club of Studio City & Sherman Oaks, Peet's Coffee & Tea, The Charitable Foundation, Home Depot, Davey Tree and many more from the community. 
Many thanks from the Village Gardeners to all the contributors for their generosity and to the volunteers for their hard work! Special thanks to the non-profit org Philanthro for their help in implementing this project.

THANK YOU DAVEY TREE!

Special thanks to Davey Tree Company for helping us with site preparation by removing dead trees and pruning existing to make way for more native plants!


We love you guys!!!

LA RIVER RESTORATION WITH BAXTER BIOSCIENCE

Enthusiastic volunteers from Baxter BioScience show some love to The Village Gardeners' native plant garden at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom in Studio City. The volunteers spent the day removing invasive, non-native plant species from along the trail next to the river where the California Golden Poppies have grown for several years. The volunteers also planted some native plants.
This first event of the season paid off with awesome results! Many thanks from The Village Gardeners for your generous giving of your precious time!

NORTH VALLEYHEART RIVERWALK PROJECT

It’s official!

The North Valleyheart Riverwalk (Greenway) project is now a Los Angeles County project!

Not only is the county committed to implement the project, The Village Gardeners’ proposal for a beautiful and accessible native plant filled greenway, along the Los Angeles River, is their entry in the California River Parkways,  Proposition 84 grant competition.

Our project has been moved to the head of the line of LA County’s, LA River projects!


Special thanks to LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, his staff and LA County's Dept of Public Works for their generous support and hard work!

See North Valleyheart Riverwalk project plans here.

City Supplies New Trash Cans for Village Gardeners' Valleyheart Riverwalk Greenway

The City of Los Angeles, through its Adopt-A-Basket program, has supplied new trash cans for the Valleyheart Riverwalk Greenway. To further the improvement, The Village Gardeners recently purchased  and installed self-closing lids, which was made possible through the support and generosity of the community.

Currently, The Village Gardeners services 11-trash cans along the Los Angeles River on a weekly basis.

LA RIVER RESTORATION, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Many thank to students from Crespi Carmelite High School for helping the Village Gardeners maintain the native plant garden at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom in Studio City. They removed invasive, non-native plants species, mulched to restore the soil, cleared the catch basins along the river and more. They did an excellent job and their hard work paid off with awesome results!

LA RIVER RESTORATION, AUGUST 20, 2011

Many thanks to student volunteers from USC and members of the community for their hard work at the native plant garden at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom in Studio City. They did an exellent job of removing invasive non-native plant species, mulching to restore the soil, cleared the catch basins along the river and more.

L.A. RIVER RESTORATION - NORTH VALLEYHEART RIVERWALK GREENWAY

Once again, our hard work has paid off with awesome results!!! Special thanks to the volunteers of the non-profit organizations Corregidores Lions Club, Philanthro, L.A. Conservation Corps', River Corps crew, staff and volunteers from TreePeople, the Village Gardeners and other members of the community, for their hard work and support. Many thanks to the City of Los Angeles', Office of Community Beautification for supplying the tools for this and many other events!

As a result of this awesome display of community participation, we were able to perform substantial maintenance along a 1/2 mile stretch of the L.A. River in Studio City and Sherman Oaks, CA.

Next event: Saturday, August 20. Please see website for details.

Many thanks from the Village Gardeners!