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!

People, Pets & Native Plants Project

A project of The Village Gardeners made possible through the generosity of the community. Volunteers from Sony Pictures Entertainment, Southern California Edison and the Village Gardeners come together to re-plant a section of the Los Angeles River that was devastated by Oleander Leaf Scorch disease. Special thanks to The Charitable Foundation, Rotary Club of Studio City & Sherman Oaks, Safeco Insurance Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Wells Fargo Bank and others from the community for their generous donations, and to all the volunteers for their hard work!

DAY OF SERVICE ON THE L.A. RIVER EVENT, APRIL 30, 2011

The Village Gardeners observe Mayor Villaraigosa's and the City of Los Angeles', Day of Serice on the Los Angeles River Event with an L.A. River restoration event in their adopted 1/2 mile section of the L.A. River in Studio City and Sherman Oaks, CA. During The Village Gardeners' event, volunteers from the community swept the streets along the river, cleared the catch basin covers, provided tree care maintenance to native trees, removed invasive, non-native plant species and mulched around the native plants to restore the soil and to retain moisture over the long summer ahead. Special thanks to Mayor Villaraigosa and the City of Los Angeles for the funding for supplies and materials for the event and to the volunteers for their hard work!

L.A. RIVER RESTORATION - RICHARD LILLARD OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, April 10, 2011

The Village Gardeners' 3rd annual, L.A. River restoration event at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom in Studio City, CA. Volunteers from the community remove invasive, non-native plant species and mulch the grounds of the native plant garden to restore the soil.

Special thanks to the Buckley School's, S.O.S Go Green Club, for their continued support of our efforts, which have paid off with awesome results!

NATIVE PLANT GARDEN AT THE RICHARD LILLARD OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

Recent photos from the native plant garden at the Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom in Studio City. This is in the Village Gardeners' adopted stretch of the L.A. River. Our hard work has paid off well! Thanks to all the volunteers for their participation and to the community for it's support!