ALTADENA GREEN

Heritage · Preservation · Renewal

Altadena Green is working to preserve and restore the character, heritage and culture of the tree canopy of Altadena.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 17LA County Planning Listening Sessions – Land Use/Zoning Saturday,Oct. 17 • 9:30am-12:30pm The Collaboratory, 540 W. Woodbury
LA County Planning Listening Sessions – Land Use/Zoning
Saturday, Oct. 17 • 9:30am-12:30pm

More info here: https://planning.lacounty.gov/blog/altadena-listening-session/
LA County Planning and participating agencies would like to invite Altadena community members to a series of three listening sessions that cover topics related to projects currently underway. The session topics and dates are as follows:
1. Economic Development – Saturday 9/19
2. Land Use/Zoning – Saturday 10/17
3. Infrastructure – Saturday 12/12
9:30am – 12:30pm Eaton Fire Collaborative – The Collaboratory, 540 W Woodbury Rd, Altadena, CA 91001, USA
Kenturah Davis: Rest Stops
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Crenshaw Dairy Mart & Destination Crenshaw present Kenturah Davis: Rest Stops, reimagining a sensory garden, healing after the Eaton Fire.

Co-presented by Crenshaw Dairy Mart and Destination Crenshaw

The Crenshaw Dairy Mart and Destination Crenshaw are pleased to co-present Kenturah Davis: Rest Stops as part of a post-wildfire garden initiative started in Altadena, California, led by artist and native Kenturah Davis. In response to the loss of her family homes and surrounding community in the Eaton Fire, Davis envisions a series of sensory gardens offering moments of rest and renewal amid the scorched landscape. Inspired by Black quilting traditions, the project stitches together a network of green spaces designed to heal both land and community. Kenturah Davis: Rest Stops is an exhibition of the artist's prototypes and drawings reimagining public and private thresholds across Altadena, offering resilient, restorative spaces which support soil remediation and lay the groundwork for restoring the natural habitats that have long defined Altadena's foothills.

Altadena, nestled in the San Gabriel foothills, has long been a refuge, especially for Black families who built generational stability and cultural vibrancy despite redlining and housing discrimination. For decades, it stood as one of the few places in Los Angeles County where Black homeownership flourished. Today, the aftermath of the Eaton Fire threatens that legacy- placing generational wealth and long-standing community ties at risk. In response, this project proposes adaptive gardens using natural and native materials to support reflection, resilience, and ecological renewal. As families throughout Altadena rebuild, these spaces aim to help safeguard belonging, continuity, and rootedness in Altadena. Rest Stops is also a 3 year project by the artist and her studio, Accordion Press, inviting families who lost their homes to steward a garden on their burned lo…
4:00pm – 7:00pm 8629 Crenshaw Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90305

RESOURCEs

An ever growing list of downloads and links to valuable information on Supporting Trees, Soil Health, Fire Recovery and Resiliency, and more.

Waiver of Certain Permit Requirements

Los Angeles County Oak Tree Ordinance Related to a Disaster

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Created: 29-06-2026

Updated: 29-06-2026

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ABOUT US

Altadena Green is a grassroots organization of volunteer landscape professionals who have deep connections to the community and want to help coordinate actions to preserve trees and share resources for residents as they embark on the process of bringing Altadena back to life.

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Your support and contributions will enable us to protect trees in the Altadena burn zone and to help reforest the community. We can now accept donations via our fiscal sponsors Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs.

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