L.A.'s Barnsdall Art Park | Tree Planting Ceremony

The Los Angeles topography is renowned for its admixture of cityscape and ocean tides. While this balance is the city of angel’s pinpoint of allure, there has been an apparent decline of lush recreational spaces as urban development persists. Barnsdall Art Park is working towards an initiative that will help restore the space in a manner that also pays respect to the community and the park’s origins.   

The Barnsdall Art Park, known for its historic olive grove, has been a staple of L.A. since its establishment in the 1890s. Boasting 463 olive trees, Barnsdall Art Park is the only public landscape designed by esteemed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright also designed the park’s Hollyhock House, a UNESCO world heritage site. The Barnsdall Art Center, a park feature, envelopes the community by offering college-level art classes at a low cost to encourage and inspire creativity in more L.A. locals. Overall, this famed park breeds artistry, which is a key reason for the park’s movement towards restoration.  

Barnsdall’s Art Park Foundation announced a Tree Planting Ceremony that will be held at the Barnsdall Art Park on Monday, June 16th, at 8:00 AM.

The ceremony will include the planting of 40 new olive trees, and this achievement will be remarked by park partners—the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, the Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Department of Cultural Affairs—as well as Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell. 

Barnsdall Art Park’s Tree Planting Ceremony is the amalgamation of jointly preserving art and history. The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation and its efforts to highlight and safeguard L.A. history remind us that we must not forget the soil that came before it—or the olive trees.