Never Leave a Stub Behind! Seriously! Stubs- whether on a tree or shrub- should never be left when pruning. Their unsightly appearance aside, they are potentially harmful to the plant, promising dead, diseased branch ends and/or sprouts of weakly-attached growth. People heal, plants seal When people are cut or injured, our bodies heal. We replace…
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TWO Challenges for Students!
December 13, 2018TreePeople and Generation Earth are hosting two challenges for Los Angeles County school students from grades 6-12: Recycle to Win and Streets to the Sea! Remember, YOU CAN JOIN EITHER AT ANY TIME as long as you finish your project(s) by March 1, 2019, so please get involved! Recycle to Win is a battle of the…
TreePeople Youth Leadership All-Star: Emily!
December 12, 2018We want to highlight one of TreePeople’s all-star youth leaders: Emily, an 11th-grade student from Clark Media Magnet who was recently awarded a Gold Scout Award. Emily contacted TreePeople for the first time in late June 2018 wanting to enroll in TreePeople’s Summer Tree Care Program and, after a phone meeting, we realized that Emily’s true…
Winter is Here – It’s Time to Plant!
December 3, 2018Southern California winter months are the ideal time to install native and climate-appropriate non-native plants into your landscape. In Southern California, it rains in late fall, winter and spring with almost no rain in the summer. Rainfall in December is around 1.75 – 2” increasing to 2.75” in January and then begins to decrease after…
Educating Campuses Across LA County
November 13, 2018Over the past few months, TreePeople has been educating both teachers and students throughout Los Angeles County on green issues that challenge campuses and communities, and projects they can do to help. On September 8, 2018- TreePeople held their Generation Earth Recycling and Beyond Workshop led by Trash Guru and Recycling Specialist Kenny Derieg. We…
Soil Maintenance – the Secret to Healthy Plants!
November 8, 2018One of the keys to maintaining native and climate-appropriate plants in your sustainable landscape is the health of the soil. Plant roots utilize and store nutrients in the soil environment, so it is essential that the soil contains what the roots need! Can’t I Just Add Fertilizer? It is not necessary to spend your…
A Dirty Recipe for Perfect Soil
October 30, 2018One of our recent blogs gave you an idea of why organic soil is better for your plants than dousing your garden with chemicals. Here are the key components of healthy soil, explained: Sand, Silt, and Clay These materials comprise the texture of soil. While the three are comprised of rocks and minerals, they vary in…
Getting Water-Wise about our Cistern!
October 17, 2018Is this a scene from a scary movie? Does an evil clown lurk down here? Is a local acting group doing a cult film reenactment? NOPE. THE TRUTH IS MUCH MORE TERRIFYING. This is our underground cistern: it provides a smart way to collect and store up to 216,000 GALLONS of rainwater, which…
A Night to Remember: An Evening Under the Harvest Moon
October 11, 2018On one of the first fall evenings of 2018, a cool breeze blew through Coldwater Canyon Park, sending the fallen leaves of our deciduous trees dancing down the winding hiking trails. At the top of the hill, the TreePeople Conference center bustled with energy as our massive cistern was transformed into a grand ballroom…
The Green California Schools & Community Colleges Summit and Exposition will be in Pasadena October 29-30, 2018!
October 11, 2018Attention educators and school administrators! 2018 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit and Exposition will be coming to the Pasadena Convention Center October 29-30, 2018. The nation’s first statewide green schools event, the conference focuses on the strategies, best practices, and technologies needed to create healthy, high-performance learning environments for California students. The opening session…
Imagine a Day Without Water
October 10, 2018A message from Value of Water Campaign For people who work in the water sector, on water protection, or create water technology, you know the importance of water. But most Americans turn on the tap or flush the toilet without thinking twice about the incredible systems that bring water to them and take it away safely,…
The Future of California Water is in Your Hands!
October 3, 2018We’re only a few weeks out from election day and we want to remind you to vote YES on Prop 3! The bond will invest $8.877 billion dollars in California water infrastructure, including key categories like safe drinking water, Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGMA) implementation, watershed restoration, fish and wildlife habitat conservation, infrastructure repair, and many…