RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

ASLA! Join our tour with Jen Toy, Jenny Jones, and Alex Robinson

Community Landcare in Los Angeles: Lessons from Test Plot

Tour three unique Test Plot sites in Los Angeles (Elysian, Rio and Rainbow Canyon) that showcase design through maintenance as a practical and inspiring form of land work in public parks. This experience highlights the work of Test Plot, a nonprofit supporting community-led land care, by offering an up-close look at California's incredible native plants and stewardship in action.

Includes transportation. Moderate walking.

Accessibility: Some locations are within public parks and require approximately a 30-foot walk along a trail to access. Closed-toe shoes are recommended.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn about the philosophy of Test Plot, and how to transform design skills into an actionable land stewardship practice.

• Understand how to approach Design through Maintenance in public landscapes, with cost and time-effective stewardship methods.

• Learn about how unique and diverse community partnerships can lead to more robust land care outcomes.

• Explore Southern California's unique native ecology, including the biological and cultural value of specific species.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

Usually on 3rd Saturdays but this time on the 4th Saturday.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Community Workday led by our four huyyatka UC Berkeley student fellows: Saksham, Anna, Zia and Catalina.

Come prepared: Please wear closed toe shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. The hillside can be steep and uneven in places! We will have gloves and tools available to borrow but please free to bring your own. Wear a sunhat and bring layers as it can get chilly as the fog rolls in.

Closest address: The Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

Enter the main entrance to Lawrence Hall of Science. You don’t need to pay. Tell the front desk you are volunteering at the hillside. Walk past the planetarium and back outside to the “Dinosaur lookout.” The plot is located near the picnic tables and open during main visiting hours. 

Parking info: Parking can be found in the two surface lots. There’s a ticket machine across the street so leave time to put the ticket in your car.

Partners: Test Plot, Lawrence Hall of Science, Terremoto, mak-’amham, 'ottoy initiative, The Green Initiative Fund.

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

RSVP HERE with AUDUBON CENTER

Address: Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 Griffin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031

From the Audubon Center walk to the parking lot entrance and up to the right along a dirt trail (look to the right of the wider Walnut Forest Trail). The plot is 200’ up the path.

Please join us for native habitat gardening with Test Plot, Terremoto and the Audubon Center at Debs. We meet the first Friday of the month 8:30-11:30am.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP HERE and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail, Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

Join Terremoto for a community workday at our Burn Plot in Elysian Park. Park at the small lot at the Elysian Park Trailhead, cross the street and head northeast on the Elysian Park Trail for 500’. The Burn Scar Test Plot will be on the left.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER HERE

Join us for community workdays the second Saturday of each month.

Address: Closest address is 310 W Ave 45, Los Angeles, CA 90065

The pedestrian entrance to Rainbow Canyon is off Ave 45. It is easily accessible from the "Southwest Museum" Metro A Line Stop. The plots are distributed along different areas of the lower canyon. 

Partners: Test Plot, MRCA, Community Nature Connection, the Mt. Washington Alliance, CD1.

Planting Day!! Help us add more California Native Plants to our test plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: 3200 Flanagan Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93063

Join us this fall for 3 mornings of “clearing, planting, and weeding.” Look for days Oct 10, Oct 24, and Nov 7. For background on the site and project, check out Isaac Trejo’s LOG POST “Getting Started”

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail Entrance, closest address is 2221 Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90026

The plots are located around the Marian Harlow Memorial Grove. Park along Park Dr. and walk north along the Elysian Park trail for 3-5 mins. The plots are spread out around multiple hillsides.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Community Workday led by our four huyyatka UC Berkeley student fellows: Saksham, Anna, Zia and Catalina.

Come prepared: Please wear closed toe shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. The hillside can be steep and uneven in places! We will have gloves and tools available to borrow but please free to bring your own. Wear a sunhat and bring layers as it can get chilly as the fog rolls in.

Closest address: The Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

Enter the main entrance to Lawrence Hall of Science and tell them you are here to volunteer at the hillside. You don’t need to pay admission. Walk past the planetarium and back outside to the “Dinosaur lookout.” The plot is located near the picnic tables and open during main visiting hours. 

Partners: Test Plot, Lawrence Hall of Science, Terremoto, mak-’amham, 'ottoy initiative, The Green Initiative Fund.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Community Workday! Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: 3200 Flanagan Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93063

Join us this fall for 3 mornings of “clearing, planting, and weeding.” Look for days Oct 10, Oct 24, and Nov 7. For background on the site and project, check out Isaac Trejo’s LOG POST “Getting Started”

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Help us plant pollinator friendly plants from the Xerces Society!

Closest address: The Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

Enter the main entrance to Lawrence Hall of Science and tell them you are volunteering at the hillside. You don’t need to pay admission. Walk past the planetarium and back outside to the “Dinosaur lookout.” The plot is located near the picnic tables and open during main visiting hours. 

Partners: Test Plot, Lawrence Hall of Science, Terremoto, mak-’amham, 'ottoy initiative, The Green Initiative.

RSVP HERE with AUDUBON CENTER

Address: Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 Griffin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031

From the Audubon Center walk to the parking lot entrance and up to the right along a dirt trail (look to the right of the wider Walnut Forest Trail). The plot is 200’ up the path.

Please join us for native habitat gardening with Test Plot, Terremoto and the Audubon Center at Debs. We meet the first Friday of the month 8:30-11:30am.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: 3200 Flanagan Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93063

Join us this fall for 3 mornings of “clearing, planting, and weeding.” Look for days Oct 10, Oct 24, and Nov 7. For background on the site and project, check out Isaac Trejo’s LOG POST “Getting Started”

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

RSVP AND SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER HERE

Address: 2000 N Fuller Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046, near Hollywood Boulevard. The plot is up the trail on the left near the ruins.

PARTNERS: Friends of Runyon Canyon, Test Plot, LA Recreation and Parks

RSVP HERE and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail, Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

Join Terremoto for a community workday at our Burn Plot in Elysian Park. Park at the small lot at the Elysian Park Trailhead, cross the street and head northeast on the Elysian Park Trail for 500’. The Burn Scar Test Plot will be on the left.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER HERE

Join us for community workdays the second Saturday of each month.

Address: Closest address is 310 W Ave 45, Los Angeles, CA 90065

The pedestrian entrance to Rainbow Canyon is off Ave 45. It is easily accessible from the "Southwest Museum" Metro A Line Stop. The plots are distributed along different areas of the lower canyon. 

Partners: Test Plot, MRCA, Community Nature Connection, the Mt. Washington Alliance, CD1.

Drop-in Gardening at Puente Hills Test Plot. Help us weed, water, and maintain our native plant plots.

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail Entrance, closest address is 2221 Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90026

The plots are located around the Marian Harlow Memorial Grove. Park along Park Dr. and walk north along the Elysian Park trail for 3-5 mins. The plots are spread out around multiple hillsides.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Community Workday led by our four huyyatka UC Berkeley student fellows: Saksham, Anna, Zia and Catalina.

Come prepared: Please wear closed toe shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. The hillside can be steep and uneven in places! We will have gloves and tools available to borrow but please free to bring your own. Wear a sunhat and bring layers as it can get chilly as the fog rolls in.

Closest address: The Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

Enter the main entrance to Lawrence Hall of Science and tell them you are here to volunteer at the hillside. You don’t need to pay admission. Walk past the planetarium and back outside to the “Dinosaur lookout.” The plot is located near the picnic tables and open during main visiting hours. 

Partners: Test Plot, Lawrence Hall of Science, Terremoto, mak-’amham, 'ottoy initiative, The Green Initiative Fund.

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join our bi-weekly community workdays to care for our various Test Plot projects at Rio. We meet every other Sunday and will be weeding, watering, and trimming our various habitat plots. Meet at the flagpole.

RSVP HERE with AUDUBON CENTER

Address: Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 Griffin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031

From the Audubon Center walk to the parking lot entrance and up to the right along a dirt trail (look to the right of the wider Walnut Forest Trail). The plot is 200’ up the path.

Please join us for native habitat gardening with Test Plot, Terremoto and the Audubon Center at Debs. We meet the first Friday of the month 8:30-11:30am.

RSVP HERE with LA Works

Address: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

PLANTING DAY! Meet at the flagpole.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER HERE

Join us for community workdays the second Saturday of each month.

Address: Closest address is 310 W Ave 45, Los Angeles, CA 90065

The pedestrian entrance to Rainbow Canyon is off Ave 45. It is easily accessible from the "Southwest Museum" Metro A Line Stop. The plots are distributed along different areas of the lower canyon. 

Partners: Test Plot, MRCA, Community Nature Connection, the Mt. Washington Alliance, CD1.

Planting Day!! Help us add more California Native Plants to our test plots donated from the Xerces Society!

RSVP HERE

Address: 3301 Workman Mill Rd, South El Monte, CA 91733

Project website: https://www.puentehillstestplot.info/

Partners: The event is made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (First District), the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Southern California Edison, Puente Hills Youth@Work Cohort, Studio-MLA, and Test Plot.

RSVP HERE and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail, Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

Join Terremoto for a community workday at our Burn Plot in Elysian Park. Park at the small lot at the Elysian Park Trailhead, cross the street and head northeast on the Elysian Park Trail for 500’. The Burn Scar Test Plot will be on the left.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTER WAIVER

Address: Elysian Park Trail Entrance, closest address is 2221 Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90026

The plots are located around the Marian Harlow Memorial Grove. Park along Park Dr. and walk north along the Elysian Park trail for 3-5 mins. The plots are spread out around multiple hillsides.

RSVP and SIGN VOLUNTEER WAIVER

Community Workday led by our four huyyatka UC Berkeley student fellows: Saksham, Anna, Zia and Catalina.

Come prepared: Please wear closed toe shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. The hillside can be steep and uneven in places! We will have gloves and tools available to borrow but please free to bring your own. Wear a sunhat and bring layers as it can get chilly as the fog rolls in.

Closest address: The Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

Enter the main entrance to Lawrence Hall of Science and tell them you are here to volunteer at the hillside. You don’t need to pay admission. Walk past the planetarium and back outside to the “Dinosaur lookout.” The plot is located near the picnic tables and open during main visiting hours. 

Partners: Test Plot, Lawrence Hall of Science, Terremoto, mak-’amham, 'ottoy initiative, The Green Initiative Fund.